Virtue Engineering

Jeriaska of the Accelerating Future People Database has transcribed another talk by an IEET person, the 2006 Transvision (Helsinki) talk by IEET Executive Director James Hughes “Virtue Engineering: Applications of Neurotechnology to Improve Moral Behavior.” See the video here.

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Posted by Susan Kuchinskas  on  11/21  at  11:02 AM

I think you make a really important point, that, just as we have the responsibility not to use technologies that could cause us to harm others, we are responsible for doing everything we can to be the best humans we can be.

When it comes to using oxytocin to be more open and connected with others, it's likely that "practicing" with oxytocin could lead to permanent, beneficial changes in the brain. When researchers at Mt. Sinai gave adults with autism spectrum disorder oxytocin, not only were the adults better able to pick up the emotional tone of speech, but the effects lasted for a couple of weeks.

We could practice opening up to love on the neurochemical level with oxytocin and learn to do it unconsciously. see "Oxytocin Therapy for Autism Gets Closer" for more on this: http://www.hugthemonkey.com/2006/12/oxytocin_therap.html

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