The remedies for all our diseases will be discovered long after we are dead; and the world will be made a fit place to live in, after the death of most of those by whose exertions it will have been made so. It is to be hoped that those who live in those days will look back with sympathy to their known and unknown benefactors.
This post and then the comment gave me strong post-humanist vibes which I really enjoyed. I, personally, am not medically capable and have not made a dent in our problems yet, but I always enjoy hearing stories of how far we’ve come so far.
Thanks to the author for the concise explanation and to you for the wonderful follow-up quote.
— John Stuart Mill, diary entry for 15 April 1854
This post and then the comment gave me strong post-humanist vibes which I really enjoyed. I, personally, am not medically capable and have not made a dent in our problems yet, but I always enjoy hearing stories of how far we’ve come so far.
Thanks to the author for the concise explanation and to you for the wonderful follow-up quote.