Fourteen years ago, I sat down with George Dvorsky for almost 1 hour and 40 minutes. We argued about everything: transhumanism and the paleo diet, animal uplift and non-human person rights, mass extinction, SETI, and whether alien intelligence would be friendly or hostile.

One quote from that conversation has stayed with me ever since. Robert A. Heinlein:

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

In 2012, that sounded like a provocation. In 2026, in the age of AI, it sounds like a survival strategy. When machines out-specialize us at everything, what is left for humans? Perhaps precisely this: to be generalists. To be whole.

Was George right then? Is Heinlein right now?

Watch the full interview and judge for yourself: [ https://snglrty.co/4pU2ZtQ](https://snglrty.co/4pU2ZtQ)

The future of humanity may depend less on what we can automate and more on what we refuse to outsource. That is the question worth sitting with, whether you approach it through futurism, ethics, or transhumanism.

George Dvorsky — Canada’s transhumanist and animal rights activist, discusses mass extinction, animal enhancement, the paleo diet, transhumanism, SETI and human equivalent non-person rights.