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• Is the Dalai Lama a Transhumanist?

  
  Accelerating Future — Authority: 504
  Decide for yourself… on 17 December 2007 the Dalai Lama was asked a particular question by David Orban: “”How can people find the right balance if their adaptability is stretched to its limits by technological progress evolving the rules of change?”. (Who you might remember also did video interviews in ...
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• Deep Inside DARPA

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 128
  Dr. James Hughes interviews Michael Belfiore on his book (The Department of Mad Scientists) about DARPA.
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• Transhuman equality? Athletes with a prosthesis do not have an unfair advantage

  
  Futurismic — Authority: 576
  Remember all the fuss last year about Oscar ‘Bladerunner’ Pistorius, the amputee athlete who was banned from competing against able-bodied runners in the Olympics because the authorities were concerned that his prosthetics might give him an unfair advantage? Well, it turns out that the authorities guessed ...
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• NEW FICTION: SPIDER’S MOON by Lavie Tidhar

  
  Futurismic — Authority: 576
  Almost every short fiction venue worth its salt will have some sort of guidelines as to what sort of material they’re looking for… but I suspect almost every editor will confess that, when the story is good enough, the guidelines can flex a little to allow it through. That’s exactly what happened with ...
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• ‘The Evolution of Confusion’ by Dan Dennett, AAI 2009

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 128
  Dan Dennett talks about purposely-confusing theology and how it’s used. He also describes his new project interviewing clergyman who secretly don’t believe anymore, and introduces a new term: “Deepity.” Dan Dennett is the author of many excellent books, including “Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural ...
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• Rich ‘may evolve into separate species’

  
  Aftermath News — Authority: 536
  The rich could all be cyborgs in the future. “Gradually, by selective breeding, the congenital differences between rulers and ruled will increase until they become almost different species. A revolt of the plebs would become as unthinkable as an organized insurrection of sheep against the practice of eating ...
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• Sleep Dealer

  
  Cinema, Sci-Fi, Futurism, Technogaianism and other banalities by Eric Mahleb — Authority: 99
  Small budget films have the advantage of needing to attract smaller audiences to recoup their costs. As such, i would imagine, it must release some pressure to conform and compromise while at the same time enabling the type of creativity that often comes only with severe budgetary constraints. The majority of good ...
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• Ray Kurzweil’s second talk at Singularity Summit 2009 — Critics of the Singularity

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 128
  Award-winning futurist, inventor, and author Ray Kurzweil on common criticisms of his concept of the Law of Accelerating Returns. Uploaded by Singularity Institute Media Director Michael Anissimov. Ray Kurzweil’s second talk at Singularity Summit 2009 — Critics of the Singularity from Michael Anissimov on ...
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• Better Fantasy-To-Image Conversion Tools

  
  ErosBlog: The Sex Blog — Authority: 515
  Much like Bacchus I have no shortage of images in my head which I’d like to have out in the world, and also like him I have neither any real skill, nor any talent that I can discern, for doing my own drawing. So needless to say I’ve been following Bacchus’s recent posts on 3D Kink with considerable ...
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• VeriChip markets RFID Microchip implants to ID WORLD International Congress

  
  Aftermath News — Authority: 536
    VeriChip Present RFID Microchip and Virus Triage Detection System for the H1N1 Virus morerfid.com | Oct 30, 2009 VeriChip recently announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Scott R. Silverman, will present at the ID World International Congress in Milan, Italy, which runs from November 3-5, ...
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• The Age of Transitions

  
  Speak Truth 2 Power — Authority: 118
  The dystopia planned for our future - enter the Borg.
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• Larry Smarr - Supercomputing and the Human Brain

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 128
  Larry Smarr discusses the state of the art in supercomputing, with a focus on how current computation compares to the human brain and when supercomputers will surpass human processing power. Current supercomputers are estimated to match the human visual cortex and will reach human brain’s computational ability ...
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• KedgeForward: Who We Are & What We Do

  
  KedgeForward! — Authority: 103
  Hello all! After much refinement (and excellent input from colleagues), we have distilled KedgeForward’s passions and protocol’s to their essence to show you – friends, colleagues, and potential clients. We look forward to partnering with you for competitive advantage, building creative processes, increasing ...
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• No men OR women needed: Scientists create sperm and eggs from stem cells

  
  Aftermath News — Authority: 536
  Men and women being sidelined from the process of making babies. Daily Mail | Oct 28, 2009 By Fiona Macrae Human eggs and sperm have been grown in the laboratory in research which could change the face of parenthood. It paves the way for a cure for infertility and could help those left sterile by cancer ...
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• ARES 1-X Re-try, Lunar Skylights and Watts on Tonnies

  
  Dad2059's Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica — Authority: 123
  NASA is trying to launch the ARES 1-X test rocket again today: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html The window is open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. like yesterday. Update: ARES 1-X launched at 11:30 a.m. As far as I know, the mission profile was accomplished . ___ Remember H.G. Wells’ 1964 movie ...
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• The stars our destination: cyberdissent and the future of Turkmenistan

  
  Christopher Schwartz's Weblog — Authority: 112
  Exploring the question of why the normally totalitarian government of Turkmenistan has suddenly and aggressively striven to increase internet access among its population, this article is ultimately a reflection upon the impact of technology upon human society.  As a piece of what can only be described as ...
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• Rich may evolve into separate species

  
  JustGetThere — Authority: 480
  The super-rich may evolve into a separate species entirely in the future due to enhancements in biotechnology and robotic engineering, American futurologist Paul Saffo has said. By Amy Willis Telegraph | Mr Saffo, from San Francisco, says in the future people will be able to grow their own replacement ...
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• Ian Goldin: Navigating our Global Future

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 128
  As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility of improved life for everyone…
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• H+ -Ghost in the Shell: Why Our Brains Will Never Live in the Matrix

  
  Integral Options Cafe — Authority: 440
  I am not a fan of transhumanist ideas about uploading consciousness into cyber networks - it seems to me a monumental failure to grasp the embedded nature of consciousness. It does not exist in a vacuum, but rather, as the sum of our physical, psychological, cultural, and social context and experience - to think you ...
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• The Future Internet: Service Web 3.0

  
  Blogging the Singularity — Authority: 128
  With over a billion users, today’s Internet is arguably the most successful human artifact ever created. The Future Internet, an initiative driven by the European Union, has become a prime research focus of STI International and the Service Web 3.0 project. In order to explain, promote, and attract new contributors, ...
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