Hello, I'm a transhumanist that wants to connect to other transhumanists and I am wondering this is relatable to anyone.

I am on a quest of constant self-improvement. I also have great desire to take action in reality, and although I'm more optimistic than most, I suspect this optimism to be based in true possibility.

Now the question is, with constant change combined with determination to take action in reality, whether it is possible to change the world in major ways. For instance curing death or eliminating suffering from the world (or both which is the ideal.) Many people have a sort of knee-jerk reaction to concepts like that to just say "it can't be done" or "suffering is a part of life; it's impossible to ever fully remove it." But I don't see the reason for that. After all, the problem of suffering is a large and intimidating thing, but in the end all of its causes can be broken into specific and concrete causes. If you can individually target all of those causes, then theoretically, suffering (at least the meaningless kind; it's possible some amount of suffering could end up being beneficial for growth but that isn't determined yet) can be no more. A difficult problem? Very. But impossible? No.

It may seem like excessive hubris or a lost cause for just one person to set out to be a world changer to such a degree. But for one, I know I'm NOT alone. There are countless people out there, particularly scientists, making valuable advancements even if perhaps not many of them have the end goal of eliminating suffering. And I also can't be the only one out there with the more ambitious goal of curing all unnecessary suffering. That would be statistically unlikely. I hope to perhaps have a "team" that grows in number over the years, or perhaps even merges with separate groups, all uniting with a common cause of making the world vastly better. Finally there is a quote I heard a while back which resonates with me:

"People are afraid to time travel to the past because they think they'd drastically change the present, yet they don't think that they can drastically change the future."

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If anyone is likeminded and relates to this at all then please message me!