Quotes by David Pearce

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Common Themes

future genetic-engineering ethics transhumanism genes hedonism philosophy science suffering alcohol drugs nootropics society wellbeing applied-science bright-new-world evolution feasibility fitness rationality reason technology biology experience hedonistic-imperative animals animals-rights antiracism antispeciesism lgbt

“A lot of people recoil from the word "drugs" - which is understandable given today's noxious street drugs and their uninspiring medical counterparts. Yet even academics and intellectuals in our soc...”
— David Pearce
alcohol drugs future nootropics

“Too many of our preferences reflect nasty behaviours and states of mind that were genetically adaptive in the ancestral environment. Instead, wouldn't it be better if we rewrote our own corrupt code?”
— David Pearce
applied-science bright-new-world evolution future

“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 instrumenta...”
— David Pearce
ethics feasibility fitness future

“I predict we will abolish suffering throughout the living world. Our descendants will be animated by gradients of genetically pre-programmed well-being that are orders of magnitude richer than toda...”
— David Pearce, The Hedonistic Imperative
biology ethics experience genetic-engineering

“It's not that there are no differences between human and non-human animals, any more than there are no differences between black people and white people, freeborn citizens and slaves, men and women...”
— David Pearce
animals animals-rights antiracism antispeciesism