Transhumanism as a cultural movement is closely tied to an enthusiasm for ethical, responsible, and rapid technological progress. Progress in science and technology brings greater choice to individuals and adds new options for improving the human condition. This is really nothing new: we humans have been pulling outselves up by our bootstraps for millenia: fire, farming, steam, bicycles, antibiotics, vaccines, modern dentistry, cell phones, and so forth. Each new invention, and the science that enabled it, allows us to overcome a limitation or a cause of suffering. We can fly where we couldn't before, we can survive diseases that once killed or crippled us, and we can engage in ten thousand new types of entertaining or challenging activities that once upon a time didn't even exist.

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Extropy Institute "Extropy" is both a transhumanist philosophy and a symbol for human progress. Extropy Institute is a non-profit educational corporation with a world-wide membership. It acts as an incubator for solutions, and has spent the last 15 years spearheading the early growth of transhumanism. The Institute is now working toward solutions for technological and cultural issues, and toward answers for crucial questions. h+ Magazine h+ Magazine is the Wired of the transhumanist community. It covers technological, scientific, and cultural changes that are changing - and will change - human beings in fundamental ways. humanity+ humanity+ is a nonprofit membership organization which works to promote discussion of the possibilities for radical improvement of human capacities using genetic, cybernetic, and nanoscale technologies. It's the largest and most active of the transhumanist organisations, with many chapters and subgroups worldwide.

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