Transhumanism Humanity and You+ What it means Transhumanism is a - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Transhumanism Humanity and You+

What it means ● Transhumanism is a philosophy, or a way of thinking about the future of human evolution, not to be dictated or driven by nature, but by science and technology. ● Transhumanists emphasize the potential of human evolution. What does this mean? What will the future look like?

What we will discuss • Those in favor and against transhumanism •The technologies driving the future •The benefits and risks

“...we want people to be better than well.”

Max More: Theorist and Futurist “ To be a transhumanist, you’re more than just theory, you have to hack yourself … An important part of transhumanism the principle of morphological freedom … [or] self determination. Nobody else tells me what I can change I get to decide whether I want to treat my body or my brain and my emotions.”

Nanotechnology: manipulation of matter on a 'nano' scale

Risks ➔ Nanoparticles and nanopollutants ➔ Nanotech Weapons ➔ Privacy Invasion ➔ Economic Upheaval ➔ Gray Goo

“Imagine such a replicator floating in a bottle of chemicals, making copies of itself ...the first replicator assembles a copy in one thousand seconds, the two replicators then build two more in the next thousand seconds … At the end of ten hours, there are not thirty-six new replicators, but over 68 billion. In less than a day, they would weigh a ton; in less than two days, they would outweigh the Earth; in another four hours, they would exceed the mass of the Sun and all the planets combined — if the bottle of chemicals hadn't run dry long before.”

“...we have yet to come to terms with the fact that the most compelling 21st-century technologies...pose a different threat than the technologies that have come before.”

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