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Figs in Winter in Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Mar 24, 2022

Practical philosophy

In defense of (meaningful, well paid) work

Is it possible to…

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Leo Igwe in Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Mar 3, 2022

A Manifesto for Transhumanism in Africa

By Leo Igwe

This piece outlines transhumanist visions and aspirations for Africa. It is not another declaration of transhumanist ethos. What is stated here has broadly been captured in earlier declarations. This piece is rather a restatement of transhumanist…

John G Messerly in Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Mar 27, 2022

Viktor Frankl claimed that creative, productive work was one of the three main sources of meaning in human life. (The others are human relationships and bearing suffering nobly.) If the most meaningful lives entail meaningful work a number of questions arise. What kind of work is meaningful? Is meaningful work an objective or subjective notion? Can…

Marcelo Rinesi in Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Mar 26, 2022

Macho Cyberwarfare and the Long Game

The key letter in “IT” is the “I.”

John G Messerly in Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Mar 17, 2022

The Transhumanist Wager

Julian Huxley popularised the term transhumanism in an influential 1957 essay.

Transhumanism is:

The intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally improving the human condition through…

John G Messerly in Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Mar 1, 2022

Can We Live In Virtual Realities?

Many thinkers believe that we will eventually be able to preserve our consciousness indefinitely. There are a number of scenarios by which this might be accomplished but so-called mind uploading is one of the most prominent. Mind uploading refers to a hypothetical process of copying the…

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