Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-83593-0 — Transhumanism Jennifer Huberman Index More Information Index Aberle, David, 31 bold path to abundance, 193–195 abolitionist project, 71, 72 cognitive biases and linear thinking, abundance, 225 195–199 abundance, posthuman, 182–183 democratic transhumanism and aluence without, 183–187 ensuring access to the means of bold path, 193–195 subsistence, 206–209 cognitive biases and linear thinking, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) innovators 195–199 and the social entrepreneurs, democratic governance, 210–212 199–202 democratic transhumanism and ensuring a means of subsistence, ensuring access to the means of 212–214 subsistence, 206–209 nanotechnology and post-industrial Do-It-Yourself (DIY) innovators production, 187–192 and the social entrepreneurs, power of democratic governance, 199–202 210–212 ensuring a means of subsistence, promise of technology, 209–210 212–214 radical abundance or pervasive equality, 209 inequality, 214–216 nanotechnology and post-industrial rising billion, 204–206 production, 187–192 technophilanthropists, 202–204 radical abundance or pervasive without abundance, 183–187 inequality, 214–216 aterlives, 12, 49, 50, 51, 58, 62, 64 rising billion, 204–206 ageing, 34, 137 technology, 209–210 agency, 88, 227 technophilanthropists, 202–204 Althusser, Louis, 116 access, 186, 206–209 ambivalence, 230 adaptation, 7, 25, 36–40, 73 ancestorhood, 63, 66 adornment, bodily, 97, 98, 229, see also ancestors, 49, 50, 220, 222–224, 232, see morphological freedom also immortality aluence, original, 182–183 annihilation, 60 281 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-83593-0 — Transhumanism Jennifer Huberman Index More Information Index Anonym, Lepht, 108 bemes, 161, 162, 164 Anthropocene, 7 Benedict, Ruth, 68, 70, 75, 79, 87, 89, anthropologists, 6, 7, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 90, 93, 94, 156 47, 50, 67, 79, 83, 153, 169, 179, beneits, 44 180, 182, 219, 230 benevolence, 149–152 anthropology, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10–14, 14, Bentham, Jeremy, 87 17–20, 68, 70, 95, 129, 154, 155, Bernstein, Anya, 6, 13 157, 217, 218, 221, 222, see also Bezos, Jef, 232 ancestors Better Living through Chemistry antisocial skin, 102 (BLTC), 71 anxiety, 8, 230 Bialecki, Jon, 13 artiicial intelligence, 6, 12, 37, 62, 114, biochemical engineering, 83, 90 137, 214 biohackers, 9, 107, 121, 233, see also artiicial intelligence (AI), 143, 148, 149, body hacking (hackers) 150, 151, 165, 227, 232 biology, 77, 84–86, see also evolutionary artiicial life, 110, 141, see also species, biology freedom biotechnologies, 6, 78, 121, 232 atomically precise manufacturing, biotechtopia, 118 190–192 Bioviva, 111 audiences, 10, 36, 86, 122, 145, 146, 197 Bishop, Bryan, 105 authenticity, 79, 117, 121, 123, see also Bishop, Matthew, 203 self, authentic bliss, 72, 92, 96, 163, 227, see also authority, 52, 54 happiness (unhappiness); autonomy, 54, 57, 66, 93, 124, 135, 141, Hedonistic Imperative 211, 220, 224, 227 blood relatives, 157, 161 avatars, 49, 50, 143, 222, 232, see also bodies, 130, 136, 229, see also immortality morphological freedom bodily forms, 153 Bainbridge, William Sims, 36, 143 body augmentation, 42, 120–122 Balsamo, Anne, 7, 92, 234 body hacking (hackers), 105, 106-110, Bara people, 53 233 Basso, Keith, 55 body piercing, 98 Baudrillard, Jean, 107 bonds, 132 BDYHAX Conventions, 106, 108, 118 Bostrom, Nick, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 2018, 108, 111, 115 71, 149, 151, 168, 170, 207, 210 beauty, 86–89 Botswana, 78 Becker, Ernest, 47 boundaries, 111, 112, 123, 124, 224 becoming remarkable, 114–120 boundless expansion, 31 behavioral environments, 129–133, 138, Brain Preservation Foundation, 58 144 Brand, Stuart, 200 behavioral patterns, 60 Branson, Richard, 199 belonging, sense of, 52 bravery, 69, 70 bemans, 163, 164 Brin, Sergey, 232 282 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-83593-0 — Transhumanism Jennifer Huberman Index More Information Index Brooks, Rodney, 148 conferences, 40, 121, see also business, 201 BDYHAX Conventions conlicts, 13, 27, 45, 225, 227, see also California Life Company, 66 confrontations; tensions Cannon, Tim, 104, 108 conformity, 103 capabilities, physical, 120 confront. See conlicts capitalism, 9, 59, 60, 66, 93, 152, confrontations, 44, 225, 227, see also 186, 195 tensions Carboncopies, 57, 59 consciousness, 61, 79, 91 care, 165, 167 consumers, 172, 205, 206 Carson, Rachel, 188 continual dynamism, 91 Carsten, Janet, 155, 165 continuity, 48, 58, 65 challenging, 59 converts, 32, 34, 35 change, 66 cooperation, 69, 70 children, 48, 158, 179, 232, see also cosmological capitalism, 13 ofspring creation, 52 China, 79 creativity, 117, 147, 227 choices, 89–90, 92 biochemical, 86–89 Chuuk people, 53 credentials, 119, 120 Cibecue Apache Indians, 55 critical insight, 81 citizen science movement, 9, 233 critique, acts of, 102 citizens, 122, 202 cryonics, 12 citizenship, 142, 212, 224 cultural distortion, 24, 26 Clarke, Arthur, 57 cultural order, 102 cleanliness, 100 cultural relativism, 89 cloning, 162 cultural transformation, 25, cognitive biases, 196–199, 197 40–42 cognitive enhancement, 42, 115 culture, 95 cognitive liberty, 114 post-Darwinian, 78–91 Cold War cultural distortion, 26–29 cultures, 6, 7, 23, 24, 68, 92, 94, 128, 144, Cole-Turner, Ronald, 28 160, 179, 224, see also behavioral collective creativity, 31 environments; kinship systems; colonization, 40, 91, 130 societies communication, 25, 32–34, 53 customization, 93 Communism, 27 cyberconsciousness, 49, 141 companionship, 165 cyberspace, 64 competition, 139, 140 cyborgasms, 108 computational neuroscience, 76, 77 cyborgs, 9, 28, 91, 107, 108, 142 computer sciences, 12, 16, 62 computing, 114 data, 67, 138 conception, 173, 177, 179, 232 databases, 60 concern for our fellow human data-collection companies, 60 beings, 22 Dawkins, Richard, 73 283 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-83593-0 — Transhumanism Jennifer Huberman Index More Information Index De Grey, Aubrey, 33, 42, 59, 66, 137 biochemical, 81–83 death, 41, 47, 63, 101, 145, 220, 232, see elites, 40, 45 also immortality Elkins, Gary, 11 Defense Advanced Research Projects Ellison, Larry, 232 Administration (DARPA), 36, emotions, 69 121, 122 empathy, 81, 83, 165 democracy, 22, 73 empowerment, 205 democratic governance, 210–212 endless expansion, 91 depravation, 31 Engelbart, Douglas, 200 designer babies, 167–173 enhanced sociality, 83–84 Diamandis, Peter, 140, 193, 195, 196, 197, enhancement, 116, 121, 122, 123, 140, 229 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, Enlightenment, 73, 87, 103, 134, 207, 228 205, 209, 212, 216, 226, 234 enrichment, 82 digital kin, 160–165 entrepreneurs, 13, 40, 60, 193, dignity, 69, 163 199, 202, 233, see also disabilities, 121 technophilanthropists discernment, 81 equality, 209–212, 211 disciples, 33, 35 eradication, 84–86 discontent, 85 erotic pleasures, 109 discrimination, 141 Esfandiary, F. M., 30 diseases, 168 ethics, 11, 38, 141 disorder, 23, 24, 26 eugenics, 124 disorders, genetic, 170 euphoria, 89–90 displacement, 213 Evangelicalism (evangelicals), 27, 28, dissatisfaction, 24, 85 38, 42, 45 diversity, 44, 68, 70, 89, 95, 171 evolution, 75, 76, 80, 95, 146, 196, 197 DIY transhumanism, 105 evolutionary biology, 73, 74, 77 Do-It-Yourself (DIY) innovators, 199– expectations, 37 202, 233, see also entrepreneurs experiences, 87, 88, 93 dreams, 131, 143 experimentation, 58, 59 Drexler, Kim Eric, 187, 188, 189, 190, extinction, 60, 61 192, 194, 195, 197 Extropy Institute, 31, 33, 139 drugs, 83, 177 duplication, asexual, 162 fairness, 210 Durkheim, Emile, 74, 83, 99, 125, 229 faith, 73 duties, 54, 58 families, 100, 156, 164, 167, 169, 170, 179, Dvorsky, George, 142, 176–179 see also kinship systems dynamic optimis, 31 post-gender society, 175–178 Farman, Abou, 12, 45, 62, 66, 118, 135, economic pursuits, 13 141 ectogenesis, 56, 112–114, 163, 232 fathers, 175–178 ecstasy, 90 feelings, 135, 141 eiciency, 92, 93, 107, 109, 119, 227 Feynman, Richard, 189 284 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-108-83593-0 — Transhumanism Jennifer Huberman Index More Information Index ilms, 121 Google, 59, 66, 145 inancial collapse, 37 government building, 40 ixes, 120–122 Gradients of Bliss, 78–81 lesh-hook hanging, 69, 103 Graham, Billy, 27, 29 lexibility, 112, 147 Graham, Franklin, 45 lexible accumulation, 91–93 grief, 63, 69, 100, see also mourning FM-2030, 30 grinders, 9, 10, 105, 109, 233, see also Foresight Institute, 189 body hacking (hackers) Fortes, Meyer, 50, 51 Gulf War, 37 forums, 38 Fox, Robin, 155 hackers, 201, 233, see also body hacking free enterprise, 29, 39, 44 (hackers) free will, 135, 141 hair, 100, 101 freedom, 22, 73, 88, 93, 120–122, 129, Hallowell, Alfred Irving, 127, 128, 129, 211, 229, see also morphological 130, 131, 132, 144, 152, 154, 222, 223 freedom hallucinations, 30 freeing the brain, 114–120 happiness (unhappiness), 71, 72, 76, 78, Freud, Sigmund, 84–86, 102 79, 81, 82, 84, 87, 163 frustration, 85 Harbisson, Neil, 111 Fukuyama, Francis, 11 harm, 44 funding, 10, 59, 66 Harrison, Robert Pouge, 64 futures, 8, 227, see also posthuman Harvey, David, 93 future Hayworth, Kenneth, 58 healing (healers), 78, 79 Garis, Hugo de, 10, 34 health, 38, 40, 83, 89, 108, 116, 131, 134, Geertz, Cliford, 72, 219 137, 139, 153, 172, 184, 199, 205, gender, 100, 112, 125, 159, 175, 176, 179, see also mental health 230, see also Postgenderism