When I started HumanPlus in late 2009, I wanted to create a site where I could indulge my interest in topics relevant to transhumanism (particularly nano/bio/info/cogno technologies) and connect with the broader transhumanist community. I also wanted to do something creative with the .US domain, and so the Humanpl.us domain name seemed to be a great fit.
Writing here has been highly rewarding, and I hope to continue maintaining a blog for a long time to come while doing a better job of posting regularly. That said, I’m moving to a new domain for a couple of reasons. First of all and most importantly, the name HumanPlus is too close for comfort to the organization Humanity+ and the magazine H+, both of which serve extremely valuable roles within the transhumanist community and for which I have a lot of respect. I didn’t really think this would be something that would bother me when I registered the domain, since “H+” is a common term for “transhumanist.” However, it was something I became less at ease with as time went on.
Second, the .US domain is very much a second tier domain. While I still like the idea of incorporating a domain extension into a domain name, it can be a bit confusing when telling people how to get to your blog. However, people around the world are familiar with .COM, which hopefully will lead to more people coming to check out the site.
That said, I’ll be retiring the Humanpl.us domain and transferring all posts (eventually) and future posting (immediately) to the new domain, Transhumanistic.com. Come visit and thanks for reading!