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January 2, 2015
This Telegraph article on the Transhumanist Party also appeared in popular Press Reader, a service many hotels and businesses around the world offer to its clients (such as the Trump Hotel chain). http://www.pressreader.com/ Article boxed in red in pic (bu
This Telegraph article on the Transhumanist Party also appeared in popular Press Reader, a service many hotels and businesses around the world offer to its clients (such as the Trump Hotel chain). http://www.pressreader.com/ Article boxed in red in pic (but it requires payment or subscription to read the Press Reader version). Here's the original article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology...
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A fun article out of Serious Wonder I'm quoted in:
A fun article out of Serious Wonder: http://www.seriouswonder.com/futurist...
January 1, 2015
Myself and the Transhumanist Party appear in this article:
Myself and the Transhumanist Party appear in this article: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-...#
You can now join the Transhumanist Party!
Friends, Happy New Year! For the first time, you can now officially join the Transhumanist Party in the US. Just click on the link below and contribute just $5 for an annual membership. We are a nonprofit political party. Unfortunately, Federal law mandates that only US citizens can contribute financially to US political parties. Your $5 contribution (made via Paypal or credit card) to the Transhumanist Party will go towards promotion of transhumanism, a better-looking online presence for the party, outreach, political events, and influencing US voters and politicians to consider transhumanist goals. You can also use the site's "DONATE" page to make a larger contribution if you like. The party aims to be politically-centric and spread a positive, general transhumanist message. Over the next year, we expect to participate in numerous exciting events and generate much publicity in the media. It will be exciting, and your contributions make it possible! Thanks for considering to join!! http://www.transhumanistparty.org/Joi...
December 31, 2014
My review of the strong growth of #transhumanism in 2014 and some of my articles:
My review of the strong growth of #transhumanism in 2014 and some of my articles: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/t...
December 30, 2014
This article on transhumanism and the Transhumanist Party recently appeared in German. Here's a Bing Translation of it:
This article on transhumanism and the Transhumanist Party recently appeared in German. Here's a Bing Translation of it: https://exorbitantcomplexity.wordpres...
The Transhumanistische party of the United States
23 DECEMBER 2014
At the same time, relatively with our party of the humanists party was founded in the United States of the so-called trans-humanist. What's this about and how are transhumanism and the modern humanism of the 21st century to each other?
The biology professor and first Director-General UNESCO Julian Sorell Huxley considered visionaries and developers of evolutionary humanism. The modern humanism of the 21st century is based only in minority interests on the antiquity or the Renaissance. In particular the corresponding German and British institutions and organizations to take their main reference. As marked in the manifesto of the party, the same applies to us.
Within the United States, also exists the notion of the "secular humanism", but not even enjoys the social relevance in Europe in the approach. It's simple "Atheism" to lump together under common many features of humanism (although it is philosophically, absolutely not correct). Given a proportion of only 15% naturalists of the population that is nevertheless rational and consistent, because a more definitional dissection would weaken the overall position.
But Huxley developed time of his Office still a more naturalistic philosophy about 10-15 years after the modern humanism. This is the transhumanism. In Central Europe the humanism in the course of time has had greater resonance. His positions and demands are today enjoying a majority among the German population, and many other Western European countries. Transhumanism here remained a marginal phenomenon. The performance in the United States was however exactly the opposite way. Now enjoys this techno philosophy in particular under the "godless" 15% a growing popularity, but also moderately religious cultural Christians surprisingly well with this progressive philosophy deal although she severely runs counter to their philosophy. For improving own living conditions, many moderate religious people seem to be willing to look beyond the dogma given them.
The recognition and the active dissemination of transhumanism increase sharply also and grade within the circles of the country's intellectual and economic elite. More, Eric Drexler or Marvin Minsky include a variety of technological thinkers and experts such as Peter Thiel, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Max to his supporters. Now, they take a course on the politics of their country. From these circles of leading engineers, scientists and philosophers, also Zoltan Istvan is Chairman of the new Transhumanistischen party and presidential candidate for 2016.
Overall, despite slightly different weighted priorities transhumanism is the best match to the European humanism. All too soon, István nor other atheistic transhumanists will be a President. However, this philosophy has a realistic chance even in through their history until today heavily to grow religiously indoctrinated United States to a serious political size. Should one day the humanism current to develop a politically important in Germany and Europe, as the cornerstones of a productive cooperation would set certainly.
It is important to note that there are no incompatibilities between the two worldviews Hinsehen. It would be also very surprising, because they both come from the pen of the same scientist in their Urkonzeption. The main difference between humanism and the transhumanism alone in their dealings and their assessment of knowledge. Transhumanists look at the technological aspect of science as a main point of view, which feed the affinity of their technology and the massive, mostly enthusiastic progress drive. On the other hand the epistemological and fallibilistische function of science matters tend to be larger for humanists. As a result, for example, that humanists of defusing and disempowerment of the widespread Supernaturalism more attention in the here and now give and much energy devoted to the themes of philosophy and theory of knowledge while transhumanists (certainly not unjustified) assume that this problem through the civilizational progress at times anyway go away, almost as a by-product of their accelerated efforts for a better world through technical progress. Who tracks the better strategy from both directions here, will prove demographically the increase in secularization and mechanization in North America and Europe. As our two continents in sociological terms anyway continue to grow together, it would be the best of both worlds best through close cooperation in the near future to combine to create an optimal social naturalism. This was once also Huxley's great plan.
In terms of our motto "Secular people for a human world", I wish therefore conclude our sister philosophy on the other side of the pond much success on the way to the political power of the design.
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The Transhumanistische party of the United States
23 DECEMBER 2014
At the same time, relatively with our party of the humanists party was founded in the United States of the so-called trans-humanist. What's this about and how are transhumanism and the modern humanism of the 21st century to each other?
The biology professor and first Director-General UNESCO Julian Sorell Huxley considered visionaries and developers of evolutionary humanism. The modern humanism of the 21st century is based only in minority interests on the antiquity or the Renaissance. In particular the corresponding German and British institutions and organizations to take their main reference. As marked in the manifesto of the party, the same applies to us.
Within the United States, also exists the notion of the "secular humanism", but not even enjoys the social relevance in Europe in the approach. It's simple "Atheism" to lump together under common many features of humanism (although it is philosophically, absolutely not correct). Given a proportion of only 15% naturalists of the population that is nevertheless rational and consistent, because a more definitional dissection would weaken the overall position.
But Huxley developed time of his Office still a more naturalistic philosophy about 10-15 years after the modern humanism. This is the transhumanism. In Central Europe the humanism in the course of time has had greater resonance. His positions and demands are today enjoying a majority among the German population, and many other Western European countries. Transhumanism here remained a marginal phenomenon. The performance in the United States was however exactly the opposite way. Now enjoys this techno philosophy in particular under the "godless" 15% a growing popularity, but also moderately religious cultural Christians surprisingly well with this progressive philosophy deal although she severely runs counter to their philosophy. For improving own living conditions, many moderate religious people seem to be willing to look beyond the dogma given them.
The recognition and the active dissemination of transhumanism increase sharply also and grade within the circles of the country's intellectual and economic elite. More, Eric Drexler or Marvin Minsky include a variety of technological thinkers and experts such as Peter Thiel, Ray Kurzweil, Peter Diamandis, Max to his supporters. Now, they take a course on the politics of their country. From these circles of leading engineers, scientists and philosophers, also Zoltan Istvan is Chairman of the new Transhumanistischen party and presidential candidate for 2016.
Overall, despite slightly different weighted priorities transhumanism is the best match to the European humanism. All too soon, István nor other atheistic transhumanists will be a President. However, this philosophy has a realistic chance even in through their history until today heavily to grow religiously indoctrinated United States to a serious political size. Should one day the humanism current to develop a politically important in Germany and Europe, as the cornerstones of a productive cooperation would set certainly.
It is important to note that there are no incompatibilities between the two worldviews Hinsehen. It would be also very surprising, because they both come from the pen of the same scientist in their Urkonzeption. The main difference between humanism and the transhumanism alone in their dealings and their assessment of knowledge. Transhumanists look at the technological aspect of science as a main point of view, which feed the affinity of their technology and the massive, mostly enthusiastic progress drive. On the other hand the epistemological and fallibilistische function of science matters tend to be larger for humanists. As a result, for example, that humanists of defusing and disempowerment of the widespread Supernaturalism more attention in the here and now give and much energy devoted to the themes of philosophy and theory of knowledge while transhumanists (certainly not unjustified) assume that this problem through the civilizational progress at times anyway go away, almost as a by-product of their accelerated efforts for a better world through technical progress. Who tracks the better strategy from both directions here, will prove demographically the increase in secularization and mechanization in North America and Europe. As our two continents in sociological terms anyway continue to grow together, it would be the best of both worlds best through close cooperation in the near future to combine to create an optimal social naturalism. This was once also Huxley's great plan.
In terms of our motto "Secular people for a human world", I wish therefore conclude our sister philosophy on the other side of the pond much success on the way to the political power of the design.
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Interesting movie reviews. I've seen both these films and especially enjoyed Computer Chess (classic AI comedy stuff that puts tech and history in perspective). The Transhumanist Wager and Zoe Bach get a mention:
Interesting movie reviews. I've seen both these films and especially enjoyed Computer Chess (classic AI comedy stuff that puts tech and history in perspective). The Transhumanist Wager and Zoe Bach get a mention: http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/12/29/d...
December 29, 2014
Interesting article by Stani Meredith that includes a mention of the Transhumanist Party:
Interesting article by Stani Meredith that includes a mention of the Transhumanist Party: http://verybadapple.com/2014/12/29/im...
My recent article quoted in popular business site Small Business Trends this morning in an interesting general article on personal drones:
My recent article quoted in popular business site Small Business Trends this morning in an interesting general article on personal drones: http://smallbiztrends.com/2014/12/per...
