Consider transhumanism as a monotheistic religion.  Religion? Transhumanists share a belief in a coming eschatological event — their belief transcends rational conjecture about the advance of technology and posits wild and miraculous progress.  It does so without bothering to worry with the “mere engineering†that would lead to such radical transformations in individuals or societies. […]
Euthanasia is looking like a great way to go in the future, for everybody who can’t survive long enough for the Singularity. It’s an excellent advance in “taking a dirt nap.” It’s on our own schedule, with our own toys. We deserve it; we’ve had a horrible time waiting. Examine the primitive history of suicide: […]
and now it’s time for a little weekend maniac music… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ljxpyH4dnA
Last week’s discovery at CERN of neutrinos traveling faster than light – poetically announced on the autumnal equinox, when Venus goes direct in Scorpio as the evening star and Persephone emerges from the Underworld in our mythic imagination – has physics forums buzzing about the possibility that this is “solid” evidence of long-hypothesized additional dimensions. […]
A few years ago, the first emotional robot pet hit the market. Designed by the co-inventor of Furby, Pleo the Dinosaur is an adorable little beast, big eyes and feet, curious and playful and a little awkward… just like a baby dinosaur, except it comes in a box and is full of electronic innards. Kids can […]
My longtime friend and occasional collaborator Marc Franklin will be having an exhibition of his amazing and distinctive “transpersonal photographs†at SPF: A Gallery in Culver City from October 13 – December 31, 2011. The opening reception on October 13, 2011 promises to be an amazing event. Franklin’s unique and revealing photos feature 72 […]
“‘Make sex mandatory,’ says Guillermo — now in heels.  Dude’s a phenom, and I for one wonder if he’s banged Miss Ghraib.  Montoya likens him to Gloria Swanson, which is fun. “ She’s eccentric; the kind of gal who stands in the corner at a social gathering, sweating and listening to a Fred Astaire […]
From the future (2019 AD) Competitive “Brain-Beauty” events, umpired by MRI scanners, are Earth’s most popular sport. It’s startling to realize they’re only 2.5 decades old! Rivalry in noggin-physique erupted in 2004 when University of Wisconsin neurologists gushed about the left front lobe (LFL) thickness of […]
The grand old website Slate has been featuring a debate about transhumanism (human enhancement). Since it is the sort of site that is read by the “intelligentsia,†this means that a lot of writers and “opinion leaders†are becoming cognizant of the need to look at how technology seems to be inextricably moving us towards […]
The greatest discovery of modern pharmacology is not a single drug, or even a vaccine, or even a miracle cure to some wretched disease. Rather, the greatest discovery is the validation of the theory that all human sensation is mediated by chemicals. Chemicals make us feel pleasure, pain, fear, joy, despair, or completely numb. […]
