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We are the Borg… And That is a Good Thing - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

We are the Borg… And That is a Good Thing
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
The majority of transhumanists, scientists, astronomers, computer specialists, etc. became interested in their fields of study through their interest in science-fiction. We know the story of how cellphones were designed with Star Trek's communicators ...

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Does Transhumanism Create New Social Relations? - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Does Transhumanism Create New Social Relations?
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
by Marshall Brain by Milan M. Ćirković by Arthur Caplan by Martine Rothblatt Does Transhumanism, as a social movement, have the power to transform human society? Is technology shaping us or we it? After a near decade of following the spread of ...

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Concept Art Writing Prompt: A Shopping Trip at the Body Parts Store - io9

Concept Art Writing Prompt: A Shopping Trip at the Body Parts Store
io9
Transhumanism meets commerce in today's Concept Art Writing Prompt. What happens when you can shop for feet the same way you used to shop for shoes? Come up with your very own flash fiction piece and share it in the comments.

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New Germ Proves Folly of Transhumanism Immortality Project - First Things (blog)


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New Germ Proves Folly of Transhumanism Immortality Project
First Things (blog)
Transhumanists have such hubris they actually believe they can become near immortal here in the physical world. But nature doesn't want us to be immortal, it would lead to stagnant pools don't you know. And now, a new anti-biotic bacteria in India ...

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[Q&A] Jana Hunter of Lower Dens on our relationship with technology ... - The Phoenix (blog)


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[Q&A] Jana Hunter of Lower Dens on our relationship with technology ...
The Phoenix (blog)
Before the show, I got a chance to talk to Hunter about the new album, people's relationship with technology, transhumanism, our animal selves, and Baltimore. Boston Phoenix: What inspired the shift from the lo-fi to sound on Twin-Hand Movement to the ...
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The InVitro Meat Debate - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

The InVitro Meat Debate
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
by Marshall Brain by Milan M. Ćirković by Arthur Caplan by Martine Rothblatt Why doesn't everyone get excited about transhumanism? Why aren't all people fascinated by augmented and virtual reality, radical life-extension, brain-uploading, ...

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George Dvorksy offers Online Seminar on Transhumanism - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

George Dvorksy offers Online Seminar on Transhumanism
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
by Marshall Brain by Milan M. Ćirković by Arthur Caplan by Martine Rothblatt IEET Director and Board Member George Dvorsky is offering an online four-week seminar on transhumanism at The Center for Free Inquiry, teaching alongside John Shook, ...

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Mad Scientists, Then and Now - Discovery Institute

Mad Scientists, Then and Now
Discovery Institute
In this case, not one but two ideologies are at work: environmentalism and transhumanism. "Environmentalism" is the doctrine that the natural world is morally superior to human beings. Thus we have no right to adapt the earth to human needs.

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"God" is Cruel - we must conquer his "Nature" - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

"God" is Cruel - we must conquer his "Nature"
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Traditional-Religious Transhumanists like “Pastor” Alex McGilvery and Lincoln Cannon have articulated their views extensively at IEET in recent months, in essays followed by contentious debates. McGilvery and Cannon believe there's easy compatibility ...

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Album Review: Lower Dens – Nootropics - Consequence of Sound


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Album Review: Lower Dens – Nootropics
Consequence of Sound
According to Lower Dens, their album title refers to the band's “interest in transhumanism–the use of technology to extend human capabilities.” Sure, drugs have been inexorably tied to the inspiration, enjoyment, or the end of music for decades, ...
Lower Dens plays two New York shows this week Shawn Brackbill Capital New York
Lower Dens – Nootropics SSG Music (blog)

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