David Pearce Quote
The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life. This project is ambitious but technically feasible. It is also instrumentally rational and ethically mandatory. The metabolic pathways of pain and malaise evolved only because they once served the fitness of our genes. They will be replaced by a different sort of neural architecture. States of sublime well-being are destined to become the genetically pre-programmed norm of mental health. The world's last aversive experience will be a precisely dateable event.
David Pearce
The Hedonistic Imperative outlines how genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life. This project is ambitious but technically feasible. It is also instrumentally rational and ethically mandatory. The metabolic pathways of pain and malaise evolved only because they once served the fitness of our genes. They will be replaced by a different sort of neural architecture. States of sublime well-being are destined to become the genetically pre-programmed norm of mental health. The world's last aversive experience will be a precisely dateable event.
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About David Pearce
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Dave Pearce (born 1963), British dance DJ and record producer
Dave Pearce (footballer) (born 1959), English former footballer
David Pearce (philosopher), British transhumanist philosopher
David Pearce, musician with Flying Saucer Attack
David Pearce (economist) (1941–2005), pioneer of environmental economics
David Pearce (boxer) (1959–2000), Welsh former British heavyweight boxing champion
David Pearce (politician) (born 1960), Missouri politician
David D. Pearce (born 1950), U.S. ambassador to Greece
David Mark Pearce (born 1972), British guitarist
David Pearce (athlete), British athlete
David Pearce (born c. 2000), designer of the reverse of the new (2017) 12-sided UK pound coin