Editing Humanity+ (section)

==History==

Humanity+, Inc. originated as an organization under the name World Transhumanist Association. In 1998, the World Transhumanist Association (WTA) was founded by [[Nick Bostrom]] and [[David Pearce (philosopher)|David Pearce]].<ref name="Sutherland">{{cite news |last=Sutherland |first=John |date=2006-05-09 |title=The ideas interview: Nick Bostrom |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/ideas/story/0,,1770736,00.html}}</ref> In 2002, it was incorporated as a [[501(c)(3)]] non-profit corporation. WTA began working toward the recognition of [[transhumanism]] as a legitimate subject of [[scientific inquiry]] and [[public policy]], and to add to the academic presence already created by Extropy Institute in the fields of computer science, AI, nanotechnology, and philosophy.

At its inception, WTA officials considered that social forces could undermine their [[futurist]] visions and needed to be addressed.<ref name="Hughes 2004">{{cite book |author=Hughes, James |title=[[Citizen Cyborg]]: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future |publisher=Westview Press |year=2004 |isbn=0-8133-4198-1}}</ref> A particular concern is the equal access to [[human enhancement]] technologies across classes and borders.<ref Name="Utne">{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Alyssa |title=Humanity: The Remix |work=[[Utne Magazine]] |date=May–June 2005 |url=http://www.twliterary.com/jhughes_utne.html |access-date=2007-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060313212747/http://www.twliterary.com/jhughes_utne.html |archive-date=13 March 2006}}</ref> In 2006, [[William Saletan]] reported a political struggle within World Transhumanist Association that erupted in 2004 largely between the [[Right-libertarianism|libertarian right]] and the [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal left]] resulting in a [[centre-left]]ward positioning that continued to polarize politics under its former executive director [[James Hughes (sociologist)|James Hughes]].<ref name="Utne" /><ref>{{cite web |last=Saletan |first=William |author-link=William Saletan |title=Among the Transhumanists |publisher=Slate.com |date=2006-06-04 |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2142987/fr/rss/ |access-date=2007-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231222833/http://www.slate.com/id/2142987/fr/rss/ |archive-date=2006-12-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In its mission statement as of 2025, Humanity+ rejects [[anthropocentrism]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission |url=https://www.humanityplus.org/about |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=Humanity+ |language=en-US}}</ref>