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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The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
Examines the next step in the evolutionary process of the union of human and machine
The Singularity Is Nearer
Ray Kurzweil explores how technology will refashion the human race in the decades to come
Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future
This book brings answers to question of what does it mean to be human in the 21st century, written by Steve Fuller
The Proactionary Imperative: A Foundation for Transhumanism
The Proactionary Imperative debates the concept of transforming human nature written by Steve Fuller
To Be a Machine
The book speaks about the use of technology to enhance human intellectual and physical capability written by Mark O'Connell
Transhumanism Blog Posts
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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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