Summary of London Futurists’ Engineering Greater Human Resilience Panel Discussion
Interesting thoughts from an international panel of futurists
Transhumanism
Transhumanism (H+) is an international intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology - wikipedia
Resources
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To Be a Machine
The book speaks about the use of technology to enhance human intellectual and physical capability written by Mark O'Connell
Transcending Politics: A Technoprogressive Roadmap to a Comprehensively Better Future
Explanations of connection between politics and transhumanism written by David Wood
Sustainable Superabundance: A Universal Transhumanist Invitation
Book by futurist David Wood - including a brief review
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
Vision of a future epoch in which humans and artificial intelligence together will help the Earth survive written by James Lovelock
RAFT 2035: Roadmap to Abundance, Flourishing, and Transcendence, by 2035
RAFT is about highlighting futures that are highly desirable written by David Wood
Transhumanism Blog Posts
27-Apr-2020
02-Sep-2019
Nexus Book Review (Ramez Naam)
A thought-provoking book with the same thorough detail given to the near future as Iain M. Banks does to the far future culture universe.
Recent News
Alex Vikoulov summarises his Syntellect Hypothesis
Alex Vikoulov Blog - 22-Jun-2020
Adapted from his new book that discuses cybernetic immortality
Read more...Could you lead the Transhumanist Party UK?
UK Transhumanist Party - 06-Apr-2020
Applications are invited from people who can raise the profile of transhumanist politics in the UK
Read more...Transhuman aids can help overcome functional limitations
The McGill Tribune - 21-Jan-2020
Improve and restore quality of life if they are used properly
Read more...James Lovelock predicts the Anthropocene may quickly be replaced by the Novacene
NBC News - 25-Aug-2019
He doesn't think humans will merge with technology (Kurzweil style)
Read more...Brainwave technology could dominate much of our formal education system by 2038
Quartz - 01-Jul-2019
In the future people may have to get downloads in order to be competitive in the job market
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