The Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast: Episode 2

2016-05-17 00:00:00

This is the second episode in The Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode IEET Affiliate Scholar John Danaher interviews Dr. James Hughes, executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and current Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston. James is leading figure in both transhumanist thought and political activism. He is the author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future. I spoke to James about the origins of the transhumanist project, the political values currently motivating transhumanist activists, as well as some more esoteric and philosophical ideas associated with transhumanism.

This is the second episode in The Algocracy and Transhumanism Podcast. In this episode IEET Affiliate Scholar John Danaher interviews Dr. James Hughes, executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and current Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston. James is leading figure in both transhumanist thought and political activism. He is the author of Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future. I spoke to James about the origins of the transhumanist project, the political values currently motivating transhumanist activists, as well as some more esoteric and philosophical ideas associated with transhumanism.

https://ia801508.us.archive.org/28/items/JamesHughesV3/James%20Hughes%20V3.mp3