Transhumanist UK

Anticipating humanity in transition:
Foreseeing possibilities; Revising priorities;
Harnessing the acceleration of technology.
--UK and Worldwide--

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"Vital Foresight and the Crisis Portal... How can we jump through that portal safely, without being killed in the process?" - Episode 9 of "Humanity Unshackled" https://t.co/PdI23Ly8Mc

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"Transhumanism and Christian Trans-Cosmic Optimism" - Episode 8 of "Humanity Unshackled" featured author and theologian @briemma in a wide-ranging bridge-building discussion on visions for liberating humanity from our ages-old shackles https://t.co/9ZxDnKv5ZR

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"What can, or should, be done to move the Overton Window and thereby transform the public discussion of transhumanist themes?" - @DisruptiveDean is the guest for a wide-ranging discussion on Episode 7 of the "Humanity Unshackled" podcast https://t.co/etr4vjNRIE

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"The Biohappiness Revolution... How genetic engineering and nanotechnology will abolish suffering in all sentient life" David Pearce (@webmasterdave) shares his latest thinking in episode 6 of the "Humanity Unshackled" podcast https://t.co/tMZ0BRVTEv

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A different way of talking about transhumanism, by #BigArt designer @Martin_Heyam: "Welcome To The Party". Let us know if you would like your voice to be included in future episodes in this series of videos https://t.co/Uwz4NpB6Un

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The next steps with a potential "Transhumanism 2024" UK-wide mayoral electoral campaign: On Monday 1st November there will be an online live discussion of some recent proposals. If you'd like to take part, the details are on the Transhumanist UK Slack https://t.co/rozV77aFvg

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You ask: "What's transhumanism?"
Here's one answer

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Some engaging discussions are taking place on the Transhumanist UK Slack. To decide if you want to join in, and for an open invitation, see https://t.co/rozV77aFvg

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The #Transhumanism2024 campaign is starting to take more shape https://t.co/rozV77aFvg

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"Pre-announcing Transhumanism 2024" - A call for feedback on a potential multi-year campaign that envisions candidates representing Transhumanist UK standing in mayoral elections in the UK in May 2024 in cities such as London and Greater Manchester https://t.co/xYPSuSdOBD

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Revolutions are gathering pace in four overlapping fields of technology: nanotech, biotech, infotech, and cognotech, or NBIC for short. Episode 4 of "Humanity Unshackled" reviews how, in combination, these NBIC revolutions offer enormous new possibilities https://t.co/Ek6SyWPkWz

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How should humanity manage the risks of unintentional harmful actions by “immature superintelligence”? The second part of Episode 3 of "Humanity Unshackled" concludes the wide-ranging discussion between Tony Czarnecki and hosts Rusty Burridge and @dw2 https://t.co/7eHRfGeHAd

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"Becoming a Butterfly" - Episode 3 of "Humanity Unshackled" features Tony Czarnecki in discussion with Rusty Burridge and @dw2 - "Humanity must not only manage various existential risks which it has itself created, but also manage its own evolution" https://t.co/d9yorwW8k8

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Transhumanist UK invites collaboration to enhance "the metro map of transhumanism" – "the classification of the different ideas and practices within the broad spectrum of transhumanism and related initiatives" https://t.co/cc0EcqTzXu

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Transhumanist UK is pleased to announce its involvement in the new radio show and podcast “Humanity Unshackled” https://t.co/PE4TAEENU2

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@DaveBooth Hi Dave, It seems that some of our email traffic has suffered from an ongoing IT migration, sorry! We've switched in the meantime to different contact mechanisms https://t.co/4kGu8c2UoE

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@JosePotatoKing @RokoMijicUK "There’s no escape: the journey to a healthier society inevitably involves politics…" https://t.co/foxptpTrXN

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@sunlightsabre The industrial revolution has had huge upsides as well as huge downsides. The scale of consequences from the oncoming NBIC phase of the industrial revolution will be even larger. That's why we need to wise up quickly :-o
https://t.co/DUvRSzdQZ1

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@RokoMijicUK @Childermass4 Is that a counsel of despair? Or an invitation to find helpful ways of communicating with a broader group of people than those who already live-and-breathe SL4?

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Transhumanist UK today announces a campaign to draw attention to the best examples of making transhumanism real https://t.co/8QUSJLWRES

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@Childermass4 This isn't a question about the unpredictable future. It's a question about the present. Which aspects of our inherited tendencies and dispositions do we want, now, to adjust? Sweet tooth? Xenophobia? Cognitive biases?