humanities.philosophy.objectivism

I don't think I've ever posted anything here, but I've been lurking
pretty consistently for about a year or two. I identify as an
objectivist and I've read a lot of Rand, as well as Aristotle,
Nietzsche and other philosophers of logic, reason and the ego. I also
happen to be a music composition student working on my thesis score.
After playing the videogame BioShock, which is a very fun game that
turned out to be a criticism of the objectivist philosophy gone awry
combined with paranoia concerning transhumanism, I decided to write an
opera about the impact the future emergence of transhumanism will have
on society. However I'm still conflicted with whether I approve of
transhumanism or find it dangerous to my way of life.

As an objectivist, I admire the transhumanist movement's goals to
better oneself and rid the body of undesirable conditions such as
disease and even death. I believe one should be in control of their
destiny with no limits on what they do to or for themselves, or how or
why they do it.

However I am simultaneously concerned that transhumanism has the
potential to interfere with my ability to choose how to live. The
Eugenics Wars from the Star Trek universe comes to mind with
genetically enhanced supermen running amok, trying to coerce people
that just want to be left alone to sterilize themselves or implant
superior robotic devices into their bodies replacing their inferior
parts of flesh and bone. Even Theodore Kaczynski's anti-technology
tribalism rants seem to have merit when I think about human society
being replaced by a emotionless, mechanized population.

Regardless of the way I want and would prefer to live, transhumanism
is here and is growing and many objectivists are involved in the
movement. The thoughts that come to my mind and the music I've written
so far aren't consistent. Transhumanism sounds really cool but is it
the right choice for objectivists? Should this opera be jubilant or
melancholy?