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    <title>IEET Culture News</title>
    <link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/visions</link>
    <description>Building a future friendly culture by challenging bioconservative and libertopian tropes in popular media, and building models of a sexy, high-tech and radically democratic culture in virtual worlds</description>
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    <title>Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies</title>
    <link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/visions</link>
    <description>Promoting the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities</description>
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    <dc:creator>director@ieet.org</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2008</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2008-05-09T16:59:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title>Cobra Commander in &#8216;08: The Transhuman Choice</title>
        
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<description><![CDATA[<p>A parody of the tear-jerking <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yq0tMYPDJQ" title="Obama "Yes We Can" video">Obama &#8220;Yes We Can&#8221; video</a>. 
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<dc:date>2008-05-09T16:59:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>Bainbridge @ Convergence of the Real and the Virtual: First Scientific Conf in World of Warcraft</title>
        
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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/wsbainbridge/convergence.htm">http://mysite.verizon.net/wsbainbridge/convergence.htm</a>
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<a href="http://convergentsystems.pbwiki.com/">http://convergentsystems.pbwiki.com/</a>
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This is a formal invitation to participate in a scientific conference held inside World of Warcraft, May 9-11, 2008, devoted to research on WoW and on virtual worlds in general.&nbsp; 
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There will be three academic sessions:
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1. Research in World of Warcraft.
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2. Relationships between WoW and the &#8220;Real World.&#8221;
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3. The Future of Virtual Worlds.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There will be three major field trips, each following one of the formal sessions:
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1. A hike from Orgrimmar to Thunder Bluff, stopping half way at the Shrine of the Fallen Warrior, and at a number of other historic sites.
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2. An excursion to Grom&#8217;gol Base Camp and Booty Bay in Stranglethorn Vale, beginning at Undercity.
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3. An attack on an (undisclosed) Alliance location.
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Participants will be represented by Horde characters on the Earthen Ring US server.&nbsp; We will do our best to accommodate participants having low-level characters.&nbsp; While it will be possible to attend at level 1, level 5 or even 10 will be more comfortable and fun.&nbsp; So long as the numbers of participants remain manageable, we will provide each new character with some gold, carrying bags, and souvenir clothing.&nbsp; 
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To attend, you should immediately get a Horde character onto Earthen Ring US - which is a different server from the European one named Earthen Ring!&nbsp; You could create a new Horde character, or port one over from another US server (at a cost of $25, but there are no other &#8220;travel&#8221; costs for this conference!).&nbsp; In either case, we suggest you prepare your characters right away, to make sure you can do it and become familiar with the environment.&nbsp; It is possible that publicity about this meeting will fill up the Earthen Ring US server, which already is one of the most active realms.&nbsp; So, it is crucial to get your character there right away.
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European participants may need to do what some have already done, obtain the North American version of WoW from the US, including the discs, install it on a computer that does not already have the European version of Wow, and open a US account.&nbsp; Of course, North American participants who do not already have WoW will need to do the same thing.&nbsp; For my own research, I have long run two accounts from separate computers with the same credit card and home address, so this is not unusual.
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<title>Jamais Cascio Pondering Fermi</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20080505/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox">Fermi Paradox</a>&#8212;if there&#8217;s other intelligent life in the galaxy, given how long the galaxy&#8217;s been here, how come we haven&#8217;t seen any indication of it?&#8212;is an important puzzle for those of us who like to think ahead. Setting aside the mystical (we&#8217;re all that was created by a higher being) and fundamentally unprovable (we&#8217;re all living in a simulation), we&#8217;re left with two unpalatable options: we&#8217;re the first intelligent species to arise; or no civilization ever makes it long enough.&nbsp;
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C9/">          Security</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C73/">          Futurism</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C38/">          Fellows</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C18/">          Jamais Cascio</a>]]></dc:subject>

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<dc:date>2008-05-06T15:01:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>Poll: Is Internet Addiction for Real?</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/poll20080504/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p>According to a little more than half of you internet addiction is for real, even if a little overblown. 
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C64/">          Virtuality</a>]]></dc:subject>

<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>About half of you think its just Luddite prehudice, or a misdiagnosis of some other obsessive behavior like gambling or porn.
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<dc:date>2008-05-05T15:35:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>21st Century Kids</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/csr20080503/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p>Shannon Vyff is author of <i><a href="http://www.21stcenturykidsbook.com/" title="21st Century Kids">21st Century Kids</a></i>, an SF novel for kids. We talk about futurism, cryonics, social justice, calorie restriction, talking to kids about death, and teaching transhumanism in the Unitarian Universalist Sunday School program. (<a href="http://www.archive.org/download/Csr21stCenturyKids/0503vyff.mp3" title="MP3">MP3</a>)
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C44/">          Life</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C63/">          Bioculture</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C73/">          Futurism</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C24/">          J. Hughes</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C49/">          CSR</a>]]></dc:subject>

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<dc:date>2008-05-05T00:24:03-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>Mike Treder Nano Motors</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/treder20080501/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.crnano.org/products.htm">Products</a> put together by a <a href="http://www.crnano.org/bootstrap.htm">nanofactory</a> (see <a href="http://www.nano-catalog.com/">here</a> for some fun examples) can be expected to be far more powerful and sophisticated than today&#8217;s best-built products.&nbsp;
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C73/">          Futurism</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C38/">          Fellows</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C16/">          Mike Treder</a>]]></dc:subject>

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<dc:date>2008-05-01T16:07:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>Technoprogressive, the list</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tplist08/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p>Interested in developing the &#8220;technoprogressive&#8221; political perspective? Then join the the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/technoprogressive/" title="technoprogressive list">technoprogressive list</a>.
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C107/">          Technoprogressivism</a>]]></dc:subject>

<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The list&#8217;s mission statement: <br>Technoprogressive is a welcoming space for conversation, collaboration, organization, and debate among liberal, social, and radical democrats who believe that emerging technologies offer unprecedented emancipation for humanity, as well as possible catastrophic risks, and that they must be democratically regulated, safe, and their benefits universally accessible. Technoprogressives include both left-wing transhumanists, as well as non-transhumanist progressives who support the emancipatory possibilities of enhancement technologies.</br>
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<dc:date>2008-04-29T12:56:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>Emerging Brain Plasticity Research</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/braintrain08/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p>Scientists, with the help of Buddhist monks and the Dalai Lama, are unlocking mysteries of the brain. 
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C44/">          Life</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C62/">          Enablement</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C90/">          CyborgBuddha</a>]]></dc:subject>

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<dc:date>2008-04-28T13:32:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>George Dvorsky Nick Bostrom: &#8220;Why I hope the search for extraterrestrial life finds nothing.&#8221;</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20080428/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p>Transhumanist philosopher (and IEET Chair) <a href="http://www.nickbostrom.com/">Nick Bostrom</a> desperately hopes that we never find signs of extraterrestrial life&#8212;advanced or otherwise.&nbsp; Why? <i>Because he understands the Fermi Paradox.</i>
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C9/">          Security</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C73/">          Futurism</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C39/">          Directors</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C28/">          George Dvorsky</a>]]></dc:subject>

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<dc:date>2008-04-28T13:24:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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<title>Athena Andreadis The Shifgrethor of Changelings</title>
        
<link>http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/andreadis20080427/</link> 

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<description><![CDATA[<p><em>&#8220;Maybe there are only two sexes: men and mothers.&#8221;</em> Alice Sheldon, writing as James Tiptree Jr. to Joanna Russ
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<dc:subject><![CDATA[ > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C5/">          Rights</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C111/">          PostGender</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C44/">          Life</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C62/">          Enablement</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C7/">          Vision</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C63/">          Bioculture</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C38/">          Fellows</a> > <a href="http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/category/C97/">          Athena Andreadis</a>]]></dc:subject>

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<dc:date>2008-04-27T21:40:00-05:00</dc:date>
        

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