# Transhumanism Calls for Self-Directed Evolution by Riccardo Campa > "... it is possible and desirable to switch from blind evolution to self-directed, self-conscious evolution." > **— Riccardo Campa**, *“Transhumanism and Epistemology,” 2009* ## Sources and Context - **Original source:** [Riccardo Campa, “Transhumanism and Epistemology,” *Swissfuture* 2 (2009), pp. 18–22](https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/bitstreams/e9b016a3-895d-4471-84c8-111cee1ceb4d/download), hosted by Jagiellonian University. The ellipsis marks the omitted first clause of Campa's sentence; the original continues after a colon with lower-case “it.” Campa presents a transhumanist program, not proof that biological evolution has been mastered. The formulation also appears in the [Italian Transhumanist Manifesto](https://www.transumanisti.it/europa/manifesto_english.htm). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Self-Directed Evolution|Self-Directed Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Riccardo Campa|Riccardo Campa]] - [[wiki/Self-Directed Evolution|Self-Directed Evolution]] - [[wiki/Transhumanism|Transhumanism]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "... it is possible and desirable to switch from blind evolution to self-directed, self-conscious evolution." — Riccardo Campa, “Transhumanism and Epistemology,” 2009 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-campa-self-directed-evolution ```