> For Kant, history begin when the first being began supplementing pure animal instinct with rational thought. Though Kant doens't speak in these terms, one could argue that before "history" began, life had no purpose, other than to wait around for one of the primates to start reasoning, perhaps. History ends when human reason is completely developed, meaning the species is perfect. After this point, humans will have reached their goal, so you might either say that post-"Kantian history" life is meaingless or that its purpose is to simply perpetuate and bask in its own perfection.
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> Bal"*: Not to be confused with the recent Cosmo article 'Airheaded Promiscuity: A History.'"anthalus

Speaking of perpetuating, that's what Transhumanism is all about. Speaking of imposing order, that's what Extropy is all about. I find both interesting.

http://www.aleph.se/Trans (Transhuman Resources)