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August 22, 2014

The Sydney Futurists will be discussing my novel The Transhumanist Wager in a few days at a meetup at the Level 3 Metropolitan Hotel. If you're in #Sydney, check it out:

The Sydney Futurists will be discussing my novel The Transhumanist Wager in a few days at a meetup at the Level 3 Metropolitan Hotel. If you're in #Sydney, check it out: http://www.meetup.com/SydneyFuturists...
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Published on August 22, 2014 14:09 Tags: sydney, sydney-futurists, the-transhumanist-wager, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

My Motherboard "telepathic melodies" article was picked up by Higher Balance

My Motherboard "telepathic melodies" article was picked up by Higher Balance:
http://hbigalaxy.com/2014/08/16/telep...
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Published on August 22, 2014 11:54 Tags: higher-power, muis, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

I'm in The Huffington Post UK #Tech section today discussing artificial wombs

I'm in The Huffington Post UK #Tech section today discussing artificial wombs. Story by Preetam Kaushik: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/preet... #transhumanism
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Published on August 22, 2014 08:44 Tags: artificial-wombs, preetam-kaushik, zoltan-istvan

August 21, 2014

An interesting article just out in IEET by Chris T. Armstrong. My novel and ideas are partially in it:

An interesting article just out in IEET by Chris T. Armstrong. My novel and ideas are partially in it: http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/c...
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Published on August 21, 2014 19:42 Tags: chris-t-armstrong, ieet, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

I released this review of The Transhumanist Wager yesterday, but I meant to also link to the original site it came from, The Liberal Institute, run by Kyrel Zantonavitch

I released this review of The Transhumanist Wager yesterday, but I meant to also link to the original site it came from, The Liberal Institute, run by Kyrel Zantonavitch http://www.liberalinstitute.com/Trans...
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Published on August 21, 2014 16:21 Tags: fiction, kyrel-zantonavitch, review, the-transhumanist-wager, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

The #German translation of my ectogenesis article was on Vice Germany and Motherboard recently

The #German translation of my ectogenesis article was on Vice Germany and Motherboard recently: http://motherboard.vice.com/de/read/k...
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Published on August 21, 2014 15:00 Tags: artificial-wombs, future, german, germany, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

I was on New Hampshire Public Radio yesterday discussing ectogenesis and a bit of transhumanism.

I was on New Hampshire Public Radio yesterday discussing ectogenesis and a bit of transhumanism. My segment is 15 min: http://nhpr.org/post/82014-nascars-co...
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Published on August 21, 2014 11:56 Tags: ectogenesis, new-hampshire-public-radio, nhpr, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

I was on New Hampshire Public Radio yesterday discussing ectogenesis and a bit of transhumanism. My segment is 15 min:

I was on New Hampshire Public Radio yesterday discussing ectogenesis and a bit of transhumanism. My segment is 15 min: http://nhpr.org/post/82014-nascars-co...
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Published on August 21, 2014 10:34 Tags: ectogenesis, nhpr, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

August 20, 2014

Here's a well-written commentary by The Atlas Society on my Wired UK licensing parents article. It's nice to see the discussion continue as everyone looks to the future and ponders it.

Here's a well-written commentary by The Atlas Society on my Wired UK licensing parents article. It's nice to see the discussion continue as everyone looks to the future and ponders it. It's also nice to see other established philosophical movements considering transhumanism.
http://www.atlassociety.org/ele/blog/...
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Published on August 20, 2014 19:56 Tags: ayn-rand, libertarian, liberty, objectivism, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan

Another write-up on my ectogenesis story in Egypt's popular Arabs Today. One of the reasons I'm pushing these articles through my social media is that

Another write-up on my ectogenesis story in Egypt's popular Arabs Today. I've just learned from Google translator that my name has an Arabic rendition too, which is in the story. One of the reasons I'm pushing these articles through my social media is that it's not that often that #transhumanism shows up in non-Western languages on the internet: http://bit.ly/1vi3hJr #arabic
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Published on August 20, 2014 12:16 Tags: arabic, egypt, futurist, transhumanism, zoltan-istvan