Today, we begin discussing the final chapter of The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis. Topics include: slavery and freedom; the conquest of man over man; the flight from the reality of death; the world state as a surrogate for the Tao; eugenics, trans-humanism and post-humanism; man as raw material for the post-human project; the impact of World War I on the thinking of Lewis; and what a positive and humane technical progress could look like.
The Abolition of Man - C.S. Lewis
After Humanity: A Guide to C.S. Lewis's The Abolition of Man - Michael Ward
Learning in War Time - C.S. Lewis
On Living in an Atomic Age - C.S. Lewis
Reprinted in a collection entitled Present Concerns: Journalistic Essays.
Will the Future Be Human? - Yuval Noah Harari
The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis
The Space Trilogy - C.S. Lewis
"Standing reserves" - Martin Heidegger
Miracles - C.S. Lewis
"Cover stories for a theft" - Eric Weinstein
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