Ettinger's Man Into Superman seems nieve now... comic bookish and ignorant in many ways...
... but I will if I can soon. The concerns we face now in April 2022 regarding survival and life extension are so far removed from what Ettinger was proposing in MIS that I could only think of childrens' comic books when re-reading portions of his book. Ettinger was not a prepper or even a humanist in the sense of thinking of human society. He seems to have been an absolute egomaniac... without regard for his humanity and his species.
As far as his concept of Superman goes, it's completely wrong. He did NOT envision Superman but rather something totally inhuman and quite likely inhuMANE to boot.
That's my current position but I'll think more on it.
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