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Anders Transhuman Page Introduction to Transhumanism The resources at this site are divided into five spheres of interest: The Individual Sphere Practical methods and visions of transforming ourselves, achieving longevity or immortality, conquering death and disease, amplifying our intelligence and minds and extending our bodies. The Global Sphere The future evolution of humanity, postbiological existence,…
Only able to find their poster – where is the actual CfP? http://beyondhumanism.org/
Humanist transhumanism: Citizen Cyborg I’ve just finished a review copy of James Hughes’s “Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future.” I was skeptical when this one arrived, since I’ve read any number of utopian wanks on the future of humanity and the inevitable withering away of the state…
The Singularity: Fact or Fiction, or Somewhere In-Between? By Gareth John – U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party – Official Website: There are, of course, many more critics, but then there are also many supporters also, and Kurzweil rarely lets a criticism pass without a fierce rebuttal. Indeed, new academic interdisciplinary disciplines have been founded…
Deadline for submissions: January 7, 2019 University of Zaragoza, Spain: May 29-31, 2019 email: posthumanconference2019@gmail.com http://typh.unizar.es/conference The drive towards personal progress may be considered intrinsic to the human species. Whether intellectual, emotional, spiritual or bodily, perfection –or, less ambitiously, improvement– has always been pursued by different means like education, cultural development, meditation, or physical exercise, to…
Critical Posthumanism and Transhumanism the posthuman paradigm shift From the 9th until the 12th of July 2019Catholic University of Lille, FranceFaculty of Arts and Humanities Abstract Proposals We invite English abstracts up to 500 words, to be sent in MS Word and PDF format to: posthuman.conference@gmail.com Deadlines Abstracts should be received by the 31st of…
Science debate: Should we embrace an enhanced future? – BBC News “To write this article, I drank a beverage containing an effective cognitive enhancer – something that helps me – almost daily – to focus. In my pocket, I carry an extension of my memory, on which I made notes for this very story…”