The first logical step to transcending human limitations is to change humans themselves, and I mean not just yourself, but people other than yourself. It is to try to slow down technological progress, not speed it up because there is no strategy to doing things right away. The only thing that matters is risk. We need to find the safest, most conservative, and most probable path to achieving a state of unlimited progress. To do this, it is enough to be concerned with progress as the only goal, to try to achieve it using any means necessary, without any regard for moral or ethical considerations.
Control is more important than speed.
Present society is postponing the question of how technology is to be used, and merely produces it. That there is someone somewhere who is willing to pay for it is enough. In a microcompetitively evolving society, immediate rewards are favored over long-term ones. Freedom, individual rights, and justice are symptoms of poor organization and lack of strategy. As long as the majority believes that ethical rules are needed, we are not ready to go through a period of great technological upheaval.