Transhumanism Humanity and You+ What it means ● Transhumanism is a philosophy, or a way of thinking about the future of human evolution, not to be dictated or driven by nature, but by science and technology. ● Transhumanists emphasize the potential of human evolution. What does this mean? What will the future look like? What we will discuss •Those in favor and against transhumanism •The technologies driving the future •The benefits and risks “...we want people to be better than well.” Max More: Theorist and Futurist “To be a transhumanist, you’re more than just theory, you have to hack yourself… An important part of transhumanism the principle of morphological freedom…[or] self determination. Nobody else tells me what I can change I get to decide whether I want to treat my body or my brain and my emotions.” Nanotechnology: manipulation of matter on a 'nano' scale Risks ➔ Nanoparticles and nanopollutants ➔ Nanotech Weapons ➔ Privacy Invasion ➔ Economic Upheaval ➔ Gray Goo “Imagine such a replicator floating in a bottle of chemicals, making copies of itself...the first replicator assembles a copy in one thousand seconds, the two replicators then build two more in the next thousand seconds… At the end of ten hours, there are not thirty-six new replicators, but over 68 billion. In less than a day, they would weigh a ton; in less than two days, they would outweigh the Earth; in another four hours, they would exceed the mass of the Sun and all the planets combined — if the bottle of chemicals hadn't run dry long before.” “...we have yet to come to terms with the fact that the most compelling 21st-century technologies...pose a different threat than the technologies that have come before.” Works Cited “Biohacker Summit - Dr Max More: Transcending What It Means to Be Human.” YouTube, YouTube, 24 Feb. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=nshGHUFpiWU. “Catholic Church.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church. “Grey Goo.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 16 Apr. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo. Hanson, Jack. Nanotechnology Risks | Future For All, www.futureforall.org/nanotechnology/risks.htm. “Home.” Humanity+, humanityplus.org/. Joy, Bill. “Why the Future Doesn't Need Us.” Wired, Conde Nast, 31 Jan. 2018, www.wired.com/2000/04/joy-2/. Satalkar, P, et al. “Defining Nano, Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine: Why Should It Matter?” Science and Engineering Ethics., U.S. National Library of Medicine, Oct. 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26373718. “SRF Home.” SENS Research Foundation, www.sens.org/. supercowheadface. “Ghost in the Shell Boat Scene English Subtitles.” YouTube, YouTube, 18 Oct. 2016, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryJSu1f8Hi4&feature=youtu.be..