It's been said that when in love we find it astonishing that it is possible to love someone else so much, because normally we love each other so little.
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David Pearce
David Pearce is a British utilitarian philosopher and transhumanist, who promotes the idea that there exists a strong ethical imperative for humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life. His internet manifesto The Hedonistic Imperative details how he believes the abolition of suffering can be accomplished through “paradise engineering.” He co-founded the World Transhumanist Association in 1998, and the Abolitionist Society in 2002.
Even the most virile of imaginations can apprehend in only the barest and formal sense the ravishing splendor that lies ahead.
What grounds are there for predicting that suffering and malaise will be replaced by gradients of genetically preprogrammed well-being? When, if ever, might paradise-engineering become practical politics?
To escape from the hedonic treadmill we must first sabotage a small but vicious set of negative feedback mechanisms.