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Andy Miah on “Posthuman Lifestyles: Has the future arrived?”
March 1-23
Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, Scotland


Natasha Vita-More presents “Transhuman Difference” @ Niet Normal Difference on Display
March 1-31
Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Natasha Vita-More @ SXSW 2010
March 12-21
Austin, TX


J. Hughes on “When is Enhancement like a Gun?” @ Beyond the Body? Perspectives on Enhancement
April 10-11
Manchester, UK


Jamais Cascio at the UC Santa Cruz “Intellectual Forum”
April 17
Santa Cruz, CA


James Hughes on “The Future of Women’s Education”
April 22
Hartford, Connecticut, USA


Bostrom, de Grey & Vita-More @ Humanity+ UK 2010
April 24
London, UK


Cascio, de Grey @ Lift10
May 5-7
Geneva, Switzerland


Transvision 2010
September 2-4
Lake Como, Northern Italy


IEET “Future of Medicine” Cruise to the Bahamas
October 10-17
NY, NY - The Bahamas - NY, NY


Art Caplan et al. @ Transforming Humanity: Fantasy? Dream? Nightmare?
December 3-4
UPenn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA




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ieet news

A Note About Our Comments Policy
(Mar 11, 2010)

Most comments get approved, but some don’t. Here’s why.


No Consensus on Future of Nation-State (Mar 8, 2010)

IEET Readers See China as Future Power (Feb 23, 2010)

Natasha Vita-More on Transhumanism (Feb 22, 2010)


ieet articles


Mike Treder History is Contingent, Built on Flukes, Accidents, and Surprises
by Mike Treder
Mar 17, 2010 • (0) CommentsPermalink

Yesterday in Shanghai, a woman miscarried. The child that wasn’t born would have led a unified China to attack and defeat India, Russia, and finally Europe, resulting in a Chinese empire that ruled the world from 2050 to 2100. Instead, China wilted under internal political strife caused by economic and environmental pressures, and became a second-rate power in the 21st century.


Ben Goertzel Compassion
by Ben Goertzel
Mar 17, 2010 • (3) CommentsPermalink

We tend think about compassion on the level of individual selves and minds: Bob feels compassionate toward Jim because Jim lost his wife, or his wallet, etc. Bob sympathizes with Jim because he can internally, to a certain extent, “feel what Jim feels.”


Rocky Rawstern What Would You Say?
by Rocky Rawstern
Mar 16, 2010 • (2) CommentsPermalink

After a yearlong hiatus, I thought it was about time that I got back on the nano-horse and giddy-upped into some new thoughts and understandings regarding that tiny little thing we call “nanotechnology.”


David Brin A Long, Lonely Road
by David Brin
Mar 12, 2010 • (1) CommentsPermalink

Some informal advice to new authors…


Jamais Cascio Fifteen Minutes into the Future
by Jamais Cascio
Mar 11, 2010 • (2) CommentsPermalink

One of the hardest things to grapple with as a futurist is the sheer banality of tomorrow.


Linda MacDonald Glenn Love’s Labour Lost: An act of desperation leads to a bad law
by Linda MacDonald Glenn
Mar 11, 2010 • (2) CommentsPermalink

There is a saying in the law that “hard cases make bad law.” This tragic story is one of those hard cases.


Mike Treder Health Care Good, System Bad
by Mike Treder
Mar 11, 2010 • (3) CommentsPermalink

You can make an argument that the quality of health care in the United States is as good as anywhere in the world (if you can afford it)—but the system we use to allocate and pay for that care is obviously broken and needs to be fixed.


Russell Blackford Do Secularists Contribute to Social Divisiveness?
by Russell Blackford
Mar 10, 2010 • (9) CommentsPermalink

My colleague Taner Edis, who contributed a fine essay to 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Atheists , has, alas, written a new essay over on the Secular Outpost blog, in which he takes me to task for my recent criticism of Gary Bouma.


Andrew Maynard Why We Need Technology Ratchets
by Andrew Maynard
Mar 10, 2010 • (2) CommentsPermalink

A lot of things keep me up at night – everything from the trivial (“did I remember to brush my teeth?”) to the to the profound (“does it matter?”). But recently, I’ve been plagued more than usual in the wee small hours by the challenge of developing sustainable and resilient technologies.


Jamais Cascio Pushing Back Against the Methane Tipping Point
by Jamais Cascio
Mar 10, 2010 • (2) CommentsPermalink

A piece in the latest issue of Science shows that there’s a considerable amount of methane (CH4) coming from the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, where it had been trapped under the permafrost. There’s as much coming out from one small section of the Arctic ocean as from all the rest of the oceans combined. This is officially Not Good.


Mike Treder What “Irrelevance” Means and What It Doesn’t
by Mike Treder
Mar 9, 2010 • (2) CommentsPermalink

I have proposed that a scenario of slower-than-disruptive tech development over the next 15-20 years combined with weak or reduced opposition to human enhancement could result in “increasing irrelevance” for transhumanists. But what exactly does that mean?


Andrea Kuszewski Are atheists and liberals more “intelligent”?
by Andrea Kuszewski
Mar 9, 2010 • (5) CommentsPermalink

Better check your definitions…


Mike Treder The Uncertain Future of Transhumanism
by Mike Treder
Mar 8, 2010 • (9) CommentsPermalink

Let’s consider four distinct scenarios of technological development and transhumanist assimilation that might take place over the next 15 to 20 years.


Future of Medicine Cruise

ieet multimedia

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Teaching Theories
(Mar 15, 2010)

Geoengineering: Global Salvation or Ruin?
(Mar 15, 2010)

George Grant and Transhumanism
(Mar 14, 2010)



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Marshall Barnes on 'IEET Readers See China as Future Power' (Mar 17, 2010)

postfuturist on 'IEET Readers See China as Future Power' (Mar 17, 2010)

Tom Huffman on 'The Uncertain Future of Transhumanism' (Mar 17, 2010)

postfuturist on 'IEET Readers See China as Future Power' (Mar 17, 2010)

veronica on 'Compassion' (Mar 17, 2010)

iPan Ba'al Typhon on 'Compassion' (Mar 17, 2010)

Marzio Balducci on 'Where Next for the Space Program?' (Mar 17, 2010)

CygnusX1 on 'Compassion' (Mar 17, 2010)

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