Mentioning Vinge and Kurzweil, you might be thinking more of the Singularity (the “S” in TESCREAL), a related concept.
A lot of these concepts, including transhumanism, aren’t necessarily horrible in and of themselves. However, put them in the hands of tech billionaires who never got over being bullied as nerdy schoolkids and who never outgrew Ayn Rand and this is the result: less Star Trek Fully Automated Space Luxury Communism and more a cosmos ruled by immortal superhero feudal lords.
