Global Future 2045 Congress in New York Gives 10% Off To Singularity Weblog Readers

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Leading Scientists, Technologists, Neuroscientists, Spiritual and Secular Leaders to Gather at the Second International Global Future 2045 Congress — June 15-16 in New York City Visionaries and world-class practitioners in science, technology and ethics will join educators, futurists, philosophers and spiritual leaders at the 2nd International Global Future 2045 congress at the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, June 15-16, 2013. Global Future 2045 is a one of a kind congress, premised on the notion that the world stands on the brink of global change. In [...]

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Project Kronos [Short Sci Fi Film]

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Project Kronos was written and directed by Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull. HaZ follows Singularity Weblog and got in touch with me last year after I posted his first short film Fubar Redux. During the script-writing stage of Project Kronos, HaZ asked me for research references on the subject of transhumanism and I sent him a list of links to relevant material I have covered over the past few years. Now that I see the final result in the form of this well written, well acted and beautifully produced [...]

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Zoltan Istvan: The Transhumanist Wager Is A Choice We’ll All Have To Make

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While I personally loved the first half of The Transhumanist Wager and disliked much of the second, I am convinced that the novel is a must read for anyone interested in the future of our civilization. In my view the novel is full of interesting and controversial contradictions. For example, on the one hand Zoltan Istvan is a philosophically sophisticated author using elements from Plato’s Republic, Nietzsche’s Overman (Übermensch), Thomas Moore’s Utopia, Zen Buddhism and other eastern and western philosophies. On the other hand Zoltan has chosen [...]

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You and I, Robot

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Isaac Asimov in his novel I, Robot, famously proposed the three laws of robotics: 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. 2. A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. 3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. But I don’t think this is a [...]

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3D Printed Human Ears To Help Children With Microtia

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US scientists have created an artificial ear using 3D printing technology and living cells. The ear looks and behaves like a real ear and offers hope to children born with ear deformities such as microtia…

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Death is Not Destiny: A Glimpse into The Transhumanist Wager

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“Death is not destiny. Death is neither inevitable nor natural,” says Jethro Knights, protagonist in my new philosophical thriller, The Transhumanist Wager. What does Jethro mean? Death is not destiny? Death is neither inevitable nor natural? It means, Jethro would say, that the most significant thing that has been happening to the human species is about to end. The Transhumanist Wager tells the story of a man who will do anything to achieve immortality via science and technology. His main focus and drive in life is [...]

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Natasha Vita-More on Singularity 1 on 1: The Transhumanist Reader – The Story Behind The Book

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Transhumanism is both misunderstood and feared. Ignorant people with an ideological agenda have gone as far as labeling it “the most dangerous idea.” Thus a comprehensive book – a Transhumanist Reader, documenting both the origins and the current state of transhumanist thought has been long needed. So, when I discovered that a new book aimed at accomplishing just that is being published, I knew I simply had to interview one of the editors. It is time to bring some basic intellectual clarity on the topic and [...]

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