Archive for the ‘transhumanism’ category: Page 130
An interesting story on transhumanism, virtual rape, and the thorny field of developing laws to protect people in virtual reality. This story first appeared in Australian print magazine Vertigo:
May 30, 2015
Bionic Eyes Give Second Sight to the Blind
Posted by Lily Graca in category: transhumanism
The blind can now see with the help of bionic eyes. In this edition of Wiring the World, Bloomberg’s Ramy Inocencio meets one man diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable form of eye decay, who sees his wife’s face, the ocean’s surf and fireworks for the first time. (Source: Bloomberg)
May 27, 2015
Can This Man and His Massive Robot Network Save America?
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: life extension, robotics/AI, transhumanism
A long interview from Esquire on transhumanism, AI, life extension, my campaign, and thoughts on the future.
May 27, 2015
Transhumanist Party Scientists Frown on Talk of Genetic Engineering Moratorium
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in category: transhumanism
May 27, 2015
Can Transhumanism Overcome a Widespread Deathist Culture?
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: life extension, transhumanism
New story in The Huffington Post on transhumanism, life extension, and overcoming deathist culture:
May 19, 2015
Edge of Dark Review
Posted by Ramez Naam in categories: futurism, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Edge of Dark is part space-opera, part coming-of-age story, and part exploration of the relationship between humans and the post-human descendants who may ultimately transcend them.
The book takes place in the same universe as Brenda Cooper’s “Ruby’s Song” books (The Creative Fire; The Diamond Deep). However, you don’t need to have read those books to enjoy this one. The story in Edge of Dark picks up decades after the earlier books.
The setting is a solar system in which the most Earth-like planet, once nearly ecologically destroyed, is now in large part a wilderness preserve, still undergoing active restoration. Most humans live on massive space stations in the inner solar system. A few live on smaller space stations a bit further out, closer to the proverbial “Edge”. And beyond that? Beyond that, far from the sun, dwell exiles, cast out long ago for violating social norms by daring to go too far in tinkering with the human mind and body.
Apr 24, 2015
Article: Harnessing “Black Holes”: The Large Hadron Collider – Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction
Posted by LHC Kritik in categories: astronomy, big data, computing, cosmology, energy, engineering, environmental, ethics, existential risks, futurism, general relativity, governance, government, gravity, information science, innovation, internet, journalism, law, life extension, media & arts, military, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, open source, particle physics, philosophy, physics, policy, posthumanism, quantum physics, science, security, singularity, space, space travel, supercomputing, sustainability, time travel, transhumanism, transparency, treaties
Harnessing “Black Holes”: The Large Hadron Collider – Ultimate Weapon of Mass Destruction
Why the LHC must be shut down
Apr 24, 2015
CERN-Critics: LHC restart is a sad day for science and humanity!
Posted by LHC Kritik in categories: astronomy, big data, complex systems, computing, cosmology, energy, engineering, ethics, existential risks, futurism, general relativity, governance, government, gravity, hardware, information science, innovation, internet, journalism, law, life extension, media & arts, military, nuclear energy, nuclear weapons, particle physics, philosophy, physics, policy, quantum physics, science, security, singularity, space, space travel, supercomputing, sustainability, time travel, transhumanism, transparency, treaties
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CERN-Critics: LHC restart is a sad day for science and humanity!
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Mar 30, 2015
Transnationalism to Transhumanism: the Mont Order Club’s video discussion
Posted by Harry J. Bentham in categories: education, robotics/AI, science, transhumanism, transparency
The Mont Order Club hosted its first video conference in February 2015, as shown below.
The Mont Order Club hosted its first video conference in February 2015, as shown below.
Suggested topics included transhumanism, antistatism, world events, movements, collaboration, and alternative media. The Mont Order is an affiliation of dissident writers and groups who share similar views on transnationalism and transhumanism as positive and inevitable developments.
Participants:
- Harry Bentham (Beliefnet)
- Mike Dodd (Wave Chronicle)
- Dirk Bruere (Zero State)
For more information on Mont Order participants, see the Mont Order page at Beliefnet.
