What is "transhumanist" in a nutshell?

Question

A simple explanation please; no links.

Answer 1

sounds like someone you would see marching in one of those parades in san francisco, i have no clue.

Answer 2

Simply put, transhumanism is the movement to advance technology to the point of human-machine integration, and further to the point where we basically reinvent the planet and ourselves, forever banishing death, weakness, and suffering.

Answer 3

Transhumanism a term often used as a synonym for "human enhancement", is an international, intellectual and cultural movement supporting the use of science and technology to enhance human mental and physical abilities and aptitudes, and overcome what it regards as undesirable and unnecessary aspects of the human condition, such as disability, suffering, disease, aging and involuntary death. Transhumanist thinkers study the possibilities and consequences of developing and using human enhancement techniques and other emerging technologies for these purposes. Possible dangers, as well as benefits, of powerful new technologies that might radically change the conditions of human life are also of concern to the transhumanist movement.