Chappie: A Transhumanist Perspective
‘Chappie’ (2015) surprised me with the most pro-transhumanist message I’ve seen in a major film.
Category: Reviews
Steve Aoki Neon Future II
Steve Aoki once again confirms his place as the leading proponent of optimistic futurism in the EDM scene and beyond. And wait, is this a return of the concept album?
Vital Questions — A Book Review
Life has been on earth about 4 billion years. If we think of each billion as a term at college, then for its Freshman, Sophomore and Junior years, life majored in chemistry.
Is Automation Making Us Stupid?
Automation is the process whereby any action, decision or function that was once performed by a human (or non-human animal) is taken over by a machine.
The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time
“Today, natural philosophy has not disappeared completely. It lives under disguise. Scientists write popular books, for the general educated public, professing to make their ideas about the science that they practice accessible to non-scientists. They use these books to speculate about the larger meaning of their discoveries for our understanding of the universe and of our place within it. They also have another audience, however: their colleagues in science, addressed under the disguise of popularization.”
What is the best Film AI of All Time?
What do you consider the most seminal representations of AI in cinema of all time?
Review: Our Technological Identity Crisis by Colin Marchon
Film student Colin Marchon delivers a nice 3 part series on transhumanist themes.
Biology is Technology — DARPA is Back in the Game With A Big Vision and It Is H+
DARPA, the Defense Research Projects Agency, is best known for its role as progenitor of the Internet. Now they want to revolutionize biotechnology.
The Postmodern Condition of Knowledge
The nature of knowledge itself is shifting from being an end in itself to a commodity meant to be repackaged and redistributed.