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Transhumanism
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 Nanotechnology
: Molecular Speculations on Global Abundance by
BC Crandall (Editor)
In clear and compelling language,
Nanotechnology describes the ideas and techniques that are
creating a new domain of science and technology." -- Edward
O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor, Museum of
Comparative Zoology, Harvard University "BC Crandall's
Nanotechnology is both shocking and authoritative - a feast for
those who truly enjoy a glimpse of the future!" -- Greg
Bear, author of Blood Music and Queen of Angels
Technology is becoming molecularly precise.
Nanotechnology, otherwise known as molecular engineering, will
soon create effective machines as small as DNA. This capacity to
manipulate matter -- to program matter -- with atomic precision
will utterly change the economic, ecological, and cultural
fabric of our lives. This book, which is accessible to a broad
audience while providing references to the technical literature,
presents a wide range of potential applications of this new
material technology. The first chapter introduces the basic
concepts of molecular engineering and demonstrates that several
mutually reinforcing trends in current research are leading
directly into a world of surprisingly powerful molecular
machines. Nine original essays on specific applications follow
the introductory chapter. The first section presents
applications of nanotechnology that interact directly with the
molecular systems of the human body. The second presents
applications that function, for the most part, outside the body.
The final section details the mechanisms of a universal
human-machine interface and the operation of an extremely high
resolution display system.
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By Anders Sandberg. Transhumanism
is a philosophy that humanity can, and should, strive to higher levels,
both physically, mentally and socially. It encourages research into such
areas as life
extension, cryonics,
nanotechnology, physical
and mental
enhancements, uploading
human consciousness into computers and megascale
engineering.
The resources at this site are divided into five spheres of interest:
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By Natasha Vita-More. The Transhumanist Arts
Center is designed to provide a brief history of Transhumanist Arts and insight into the
future directions of art and creativity as we approach the 21st Century.
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The premier transhumanist
networking and information organization preparing for the future.
Mission Statement:
Extropy Institute acts as a networking and information center for
those seeking to foster our continuing evolutionary advance by using
technology to extend healthy life, augment intelligence, optimize
psychology, and improve social systems. Through its networking function,
the Institute brings together the finest critical and creative minds to
challenge conventional thinking about human limits and to develop,
critique, and implement new ideas about the use of technologies of all
kinds to improve the future. As an information center, the Institute
acts as a repository and portal for detailed information on advanced
technologies, their positive potentials, their challenges, and their
possible dangers.
Site Includes:
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Created and maintained by Nicholas
Bostrom.
Site Includes:
 | The Transhumanist FAQ
NEW Over 50 persons collaborated with me in writing this. It is an
attempt to lay the foundations for a transhumanist world view. |
| How
long before superintelligence? This short paper presents the
case for believing that we might well have superhuman artificial
intelligence within the first third of the next century. [Updated
version of the original in Int. J. of Future Studies.] |
| What is
transhumanism? A concise introduction to transhumanism. |
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A Transhumanist Portal...
Site Includes:
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This site allows you to join the
list.
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For the Science and Philosophy of
the Future...
Excerpt:
Transhumanism advocates the use of technology to overcome our
biological limitations and transform the human condition. At the present
time or in the near future, human capabilities will be extended through
such means as genetic engineering, memory-enhancing drugs, collaborative
information-filtering, smart agents, intelligence amplification,
wearable computers, and the Internet. In the slightly longer term, the
accelerating pace of technological development opens up such
revolutionary prospects as superhuman artificial intelligence and
molecular nanotechnology. The consequences of these developments may
include: the abolition of disease; the elimination of aging; the
enrichment of our reward-centers so we enjoy a wider diversity of
emotions, exhilarating peak experiences and life-long well-being; and
perhaps the gradual replacement of human bodies with synthetic
enhancements. Or by contrast, it could mean that intelligent life goes
extinct, maybe as the result of an accidental or deliberate misuse of
powerful weapons technologies such as self-replicating nanomachine
viruses. These are extreme possibilities. Yet they are taken seriously
by an increasing number of scientists and scientifically-literate
philosophers.
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