The goal is enhancement beyond the merely human, not arbitrary change for the sake of self-affirmation. Our goal is to grow and become in the direction of godhood. The merely human holds no promise. Strive for the superhuman, even if we will not achieve it for generations.

— Wolf Tivy (@wolftivy) January 2, 2023

This is it, right here. The “impossible” is a series of hard climbs and plateaus that people then say we can’t go beyond. This cycle has happened hundreds of times in our history.

This is reference the “we should just die in this anthill, Mars is impossible article” I linked to earlier:

That’s a less angry take and more charitable than I’d ever be to that unspeakably stupid and clueless article, but “Why not?” is always a better response than, “It’s hard. We shouldn’t even try.” What a clown that dude is (the one who wrote the Mars article).