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Technoprogressive? BioConservative? Huh?
Quick overview of biopolitical points of view


whats new at ieet
There’s Nothing Natural About Dying

Who, or what, is a person? Speciesism and Substrate Chauvinism

Does Transhumanism Create New Social Relations?

The Optimism Bias

Are Humans Becoming More or Less Psychopathic?

Driverless Cars Promise Huge Impact in Our Everyday Lives

‪Robot Geminoid F‬

Musings On Robot Sex Dolls and Companions

The Ukrainian “Human Barbie Doll” - Valeria Lukyanova - is this the future of cosmetic enhancement?

Our Reborn Future in Space


ieet books

Manna: Two Visions of Humanity’s Future
Author
by Marshall Brain

The Astrobiological Landscape: Philosophical Foundations of the Study of Cosmic Life
by Milan M. Ćirković

Smart Mice, Not-So-Smart People: An Interesting and Amusing Guide to Bioethics
by Arthur Caplan

From Transgender to Transhuman: A Manifesto On the Freedom Of Form
by Martine Rothblatt


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Intomorrow on 'Are Humans Becoming More or Less Psychopathic?' (May 20, 2012)

Christian Corralejo on 'Our Reborn Future in Space' (May 20, 2012)

Christian Corralejo on 'Our Reborn Future in Space' (May 20, 2012)

Stefan Pernar on 'Why Humanists Need to Make the Shift to Post-Atheism' (May 20, 2012)

Dick Pelletier on 'Driverless Cars Promise Huge Impact in Our Everyday Lives' (May 20, 2012)







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“Flesh” is the Resurrection Choice of IEET Readers

34.8% of IEET poll responders selected “Cryonics and Resurrection” in a recent survey that inquired about life-after-death preferences. 27.7% selected, instead, the category, “Uploaded in a Non-Biological Medium,” and 24.1% chose “Either is Fine.”

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IEET rated #1 in “Top 10 Non-Profits Straight Outta Science Fiction”

TopTenz.net selected IEET as #1 non-profit in the category, “Straight Outta Science Fiction.” The website touts IEET as the best organization to fund if you want to “fight Terminators by making yourself into an immortal cyborg…”  NPOs trailing IEET include the Mormon Transhumanist Association (#5), Humanity+ (#6), and the Singularity Institute (#8).

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IEET Readers Want to Eliminate Sleep

In a recent IEET poll, 50% of responders claimed that if they had the ability to function optimally without sleep, they would abandon repose altogether.

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Pellissier Awarded Terasem Movement, Inc. Grant

IEET Managing Director Hank Pellissier was notified that he will be soon be given a $3,000 grant from Terasem Movement, Inc. for an “immortality project.” Volunteers Needed!

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IEET’s Top Essays and Videos in April

What did IEET visitors read, watch, and comment on last month? Space, drugs, sex, death, religion and urban design provided high traffic. Statistics with links are provided.

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George Dvorksy offers Online Seminar on Transhumanism

IEET Director and Board Member George Dvorsky is offering an online four-week seminar on transhumanism at The Center for Free Inquiry, teaching alongside John Shook, CFI director of education and AHA education coordinator. The course will run from May 1 to May 31.

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George Dvorsky guest blogging on io9

From April 30 to May 3, IEET Board Director George Dvorsky will be guest blogging at io9, the popular daily publication that covers science, science fiction, and the future.

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Was Nietzsche a Transhumanist?

Debate is academically steaming on whether or not Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s philosophy specifically represents… Transhumanism. The topic was initiated by IEET Fellow Stefan Sorgner, who wrote his original article, “Nietzsche, the Overhuman, and Transhumanism”  in the Journal of Evolution and Technology.

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Vita-More and Goertzel re-elected to Humanity Plus Board

IEET Fellows Natasha Vita-More and Ben Goertzel received the most votes (#1 and #2, respectively) in the Humanity+ Board of Directors election that concluded April 15th.  IEET congratulates them, and we look forward to working with them in the upcoming year.

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HumanityPlus @ Melbourne Conference

Melbourne, Australia is the setting of a Humanity+ Conference on “Future Science and Technology” on May 5-6. IEET Fellows Natasha Vita-More and Aubrey de Grey will be presenting lectures, the performance artist Stelarc is also on the bill, and Russell Blackford is a possible guest.

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NASA contacts George Dvorsky about his Dyson Sphere concept

NASA agrees with IEET Board member George Dvorsky’s conclusion that “...we could conceivably get going on the [Dyson Sphere] project in about 25 to 50 years, with completion of the first phase requiring only a few decades.”

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First Quarter 2012 Summary: IEET’s Top 20 Essays and Videos

Approximately 200 essays and 200 videos have been posted at IEET since 2012 began. Let’s peek back and examine our most popular and provocative offerings, calculated in hits and comments.

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IEET Fellows Natasha Vita-More and Ben Goertzel for Humanity Board

IEET Fellows Natasha Vita-More and Ben Goertzel are candidates for the Humanity+ Board of Directors. Both are long-time transhumanists who have provided decades of service to techno-progressive causes.

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Owen Nicholas: IEET’s “Intern of the Month”

In mid-February, Owen Nicholas, a recent graduate of Nottingham University in the UK, volunteered to help IEET out as an intern. Since then, he has single-handedly written four essays, including the #11 Most Popular 2012 First Quarter article, “Meditation Boosts the Brain”. Additionally, his recent article, “Will Iran get to the Moon?” has been awarded with a reposting by the World Future Society.

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IEET Readers Endorse Universal Basic Income

We asked “Do you believe in a universal Basic Income Guarantee?  What amount would be satisfactory?” More than half of respondents approved of a universal stipend of something between the poverty level and the median income, and another 9% approved of a universal stipend of something less than the poverty level.

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Opportunity - IEET needs interns

Eager to work with an ambitious think tank that promotes techno-progressiveness? Want to hobnob with visionary intellectuals on a regular basis?

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IEET Readers Endorse Wide Availability of Morality Pills

Two weeks ago we asked how pills that safely “make people nicer by increasing their patience and empathy” should be regulated. Of the more than 250 people who voted, two thirds endorsed wide access to such drugs. (We will be sponsoring a conference at NYU in two weeks to discuss the topic of moral enhancement.)

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Update on Mike Treder

Reports have been issued from the family, indicating that they believe Mike is safe and thanking IEET members for their help.

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George Dvorsky interviewed by “The Future and You”

The Future and You

IEET Board Member George Dvorsky was recently interviewed by Stephen Euin Cobb at The Future and You Podcast. They spoke for nearly three hours, so the interview was broken into three separate episodes.

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Welcome to New Affiliate Scholar and Fellow

The IEET is pleased to announce the appointment of Nikki Olson as an IEET Affiliate Scholar and veteran transhumanist thinker David Pearce as an IEET Fellow.

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Volume of Criticism of H+  Published

All the anti-H+ essays generated by the four year Templeton grant to the Arizona State University project on Transhumanism have been published in Germany.

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IEET Readers Want Drones Used, But with Caution

Last month we asked “Is it ethical for an advanced military to use drones or robots to attack enemy soldiers?”  A third of you want military drones and robots banned, and a quarter believed they were unproblematic. But the center of opinion was that they should be under human control or used by both sides.

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IEET Consults for Japanese Neurotech Consortium

In January, IEET Executive Director J. Hughes and IEET Fellow Wendell Wallach met with representatives of the Japanese Consortium on Applied Neuroscience (Japanese, English). They visited Trinity College as part of a national tour to meet with American neuroethicists.

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IEET Looking for Some Thoughtful Short Fiction

The IEET will begin publishing short science fiction pieces that reflect on the social, moral, political, economic or philosophical consequences of future technologies, in particular pieces that touch on the IEET’s core issues - the ethics and policy dimensions of life extension, human enhancement, moral enhancement, non-human personhood, structural unemployment and catastrophic risks. 

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IEET Donation Premiums

Check out the new IEET donation premiums. And suggest your own.

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Rushkoff’s new graphic novel

IEET Fellow Douglas Rushkoff is releasing A.D.D.: Adolescent Demo Division, a gripping graphic novel about a group of elite gamers who are also teen idols, reality TV stars, carefully developed corporate assets… and some things they haven’t been told. Like all the best SF, ADD will tell you much more about the present than any hundred news sites would.

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Life Extension Demonstration in Israel

Let Us From Now On

On Friday afternoon, January 13, 2012, at noon, a new journal dedicated to the promotion of unlimited life-extension (“Let Us From Now On”), in cooperation with the Israeli Transhumanist community, will hold a demonstration by the Trumpeldor Cemetery in Tel Aviv, against Deathism, and for Life-Extension‫.
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IEET Readers Show Strong Support for Morality Separated from Religion

By a margin of nearly three to one, IEET readers responding to a recently concluded poll said morality can and should be separate from religion.

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What were the IEET’s most stimulating articles of 2011?

We’ll answer that question by posting a daily countdown of the top 12 articles published on our blog this year, based on how many total hits each one has received.

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Big Changes Afoot for the IEET in 2012

After six years serving as the IEET’s Chairman of the Board, Nick Bostrom will be stepping down and assuming the role of IEET Senior Fellow. And after three years service as managing director of the IEET, Mike Treder will be stepping down to be an IEET Fellow.  IEET Affiliate Scholar Hank Pellissier will be replacing Mike as Managing Director.

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