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Robert Chapman Brooking

Writer of the Cosmopolity Substack on cosmopolitan patriotism and "ultrahumanism"; clean energy policy consultant at Common Energy in Washington, DC.

Oct 2, 2026

10:16
Well, is ultra humanism basically transhumanism, uh, by a different name or how is it different?
10:24
Well, I refer to it in one essay as transhumanism light.
10:27
It's a shade lighter than transhumanism.
10:31
And I refer to Alice Walker, the feminist, who talked about feminism and womanism as being purple to lavender, and I refer to transhumanism as being, uh, blue to ultra humanism's indigo.
10:46
So they're ultimately fellow travelers but have similarities and differences.
10:52
Ultra humanism wants to expand and maximize our human potential, use technology to the greatest extents without losing our humanity, without transcending it.
11:03
Uh, to expand our empathy, our compassion, our morality, our values, our spirituality.

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23:18
What does she bring to politics that, uh, you wanna see injected?

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