August 26, 2019
Transhumanism
July 16, 2019
Why I’m Turning My Son into a Cyborg
July 15, 2019
The Metamorphosis
June 25, 2019
How Biohackers Are Trying to Upgrade Their Brains, Their Bodies–And Human Nature
June 24, 2019
How to Live Forever: Meet the Extreme Life-Extensionists
June 20, 2019
The Cryonics Institute, Where the Dead May Never Die
June 3, 2019
California Man Becomes First ‘Death with Dignity’ Patient to Undergo Cryonic Preservation
February 1, 2019
The DIY Designer Baby Project Funded with Bitcoin
(MIT Technology Review) – For a few years now, Bishop, a 29-year-old programmer and Bitcoin investor, has been leaving a trail of comments about human “enhancement” on the web. He’s a transhumanist, which means he thinks humans can be improved … Read More
December 20, 2018
The Dream of Augmented Humans Endures, Despite Skepticism
(The Japan Times) – Brain implants, longer lives, genetically modified humans: For the prophets of “transhumanism” — the scientifically assisted evolution of humans beyond our current limitations — it is just a matter of time. But many scientists insist that … Read More
December 14, 2018
Silicon Valley’s Quest for Immortality–And Its Worrying Sacrifices
(The Conversation) – Modern science has opened an assortment of new ways to improve survival, and now members of the technology-driven ultra-rich are adopting these new approaches in an attempt to extend their own lives. But what is often left … Read More
October 17, 2018
These Real-Life Cyborgs Are Changing Their Brains by Enhancing Their Bodies
(Quartz) – Researchers have found that new experiences carry on molding our brains, and how they learn, right the way through our lives. “Your brain remains plastic until your death,” says Adrien Peyrache, a neuroscientist at McGill University, who points … Read More
October 2, 2018
A New Edition of Theology and Science Is Now Available
Theology and Science (vol. 16, no. 3, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Genetic Engineering, Virtue-First Enhancement, and Deification in Neo-Irenaean Theodicy” by Mark Walker “Genetic Virtue Program: An Unfeasible Neo-Pelagian Theodicy?” by Arvin M. Gouw “Raising … Read More
September 21, 2018
Extreme Biohacking: The Tech Guru Who Spent $250,000 Trying to Live Forever
(The Guardian) – Faguet intends to live for ever, merging with robots and becoming an ultra human. If that goal sounds creepy, laughable or unrealistic, it’s helpful to remember that it is one shared by many influential figures in Silicon … Read More
September 7, 2018
Sim Ethics
(Aeon) – What sorts of responsibilities would we owe to these simulated humans? However else we might feel about violent computer games, no one seriously thinks it’s homicide when you blast a virtual assailant to oblivion. Yet it’s no longer … Read More
June 11, 2018
A New Edition of Theology and Science Is Now Available
Theology and Science (vol. 16, no. 2, 2018) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “In Pursuit of Perfection: The Misguided Transhumanist Vision” by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson “The Technology of Holiness: A Response to Hava Tirosh-Samuelson” by Brian Patrick Green … Read More
May 7, 2018
No Death and an Enhanced Life: Is the Future Posthuman?
(The Guardian) – The aims of the transhumanist movement are summed up by Mark O’Connell in his book To Be a Machine, which last week won the Wellcome Book prize. “It is their belief that we can and should eradicate … Read More
May 7, 2018
Before He Died, This Biohacker Was Planning a CRISPR Trail in Mexico
(MIT Technology Review) – The controversial biohacker Aaron Traywick, who was found dead in a sensory deprivation tank in Washington, DC, on April 29, appears to have been planning human tests of a CRISPR therapy for lung cancer, MIT Technology … Read More
May 2, 2018
Biohacker CEO Aaron Traywick Was Found Dead in a Flotation Therapy Tank
(Vice News) – Aaron Traywick, the controversial CEO of the biohacking company Ascendance Biomedical, which encouraged people to conduct medical research outside the confines of pharmaceutical companies and academia, died Sunday in Washington, D.C., police confirmed to VICE News Tuesday. … Read More
April 4, 2018
MIT Severs Ties to Company Promoting Fatal Brain Uploading
(MIT Technology Review) – The MIT Media Lab will sever ties with a brain-embalming company that promoted euthanasia to people hoping for digital immortality through “brain uploads.” The startup, called Nectome, had raised more than $200,000 in deposits from people … Read More
March 29, 2018
Transhumanism: Advances in Technology Could Already Put Evolution into Hyperdrive–But Should They?
(The Conversation) – The central premise of transhumanism, then, is that biological evolution will eventually be overtaken by advances in genetic, wearable and implantable technologies that artificially expedite the evolutionary process. This was the kernel of More’s founding definition in … Read More
March 13, 2018
A Startup Is Pitching a Mind-Uploading Service That Is “100 Percent Fatal”
(MIT Technology Review) – This story has a grisly twist, though. For Nectome’s procedure to work, it’s essential that the brain be fresh. The company says its plan is to connect people with terminal illnesses to a heart-lung machine in … Read More
March 6, 2018
Would You Hack Your Own Body?
(BBC) – At a trendy east London bar, a group of body hackers are putting forward their reasons for human augmentation to a packed audience of mainly under-35s, many of whom are sporting piercings and tattoos. Putting a chip under … Read More
February 20, 2018
A Biohacker Regrets Publicly Injecting Himself with CRISPR
(The Atlantic) – Ascendance Bio soon fell apart in almost comical fashion. The company’s own biohackers—who created the treatment but who were not being paid—revolted and the CEO locked himself in a lab. Even before all that, the company had … Read More
February 15, 2018
Biohacker Fights for ‘Cyborg Rights’ after Implanted Travel Card Cancelled
(The Guardian) – A body-hacking scientist has said he plans to launch legal action against the New South Wales government after it cancelled a travel card he had surgically implanted in his hand. Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow – his legal … Read More
January 17, 2018
How Far Off Are We from the Digital Clones of ‘Black Mirror’?
(Vice News) – The question of consciousness is at the heart of what he does just as it is at the heart of much science fiction. From the replicants of Blade Runner to the digital clones of Black Mirror, we … Read More
