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Utterly annoyed by this idea of "#transhumanism" really. It's just TOOL USE, and it's quintessentially human. https://t.co/1Ti6pKWlao, Jul 20
Restarting my podcast career with the Stark Truth where we wrestle with politics, the hardest problem of the future: https://t.co/wTP9qS1JjZ, Sep 5
Picking up where Hank Pellissier left off, we present a futurist salon and debate on May 28th at the Octopus. https://t.co/QVvegkvK0b, May 18
#Transhumanism Debate 2.0 East Bay - Consciousness? 2nd Amendment? Eugenics? We have all the answers! https://t.co/m4cyVqJk3i #futurism, Mar 28
"Transhuman" debate in an old hippie hall 2/6. Cheap tickets $11-16. https://t.co/cF6dYBfl7g #transhumanist #futurist, Jan 27

Recent Posts

Satisficing is Safer Than Maximizing
If You Use Tools, Then You’re “Transhuman”
Is the Military-Industrial Complex Functioning as Designed?
Why the Back to Nature Movement Failed
What the Corporate Lunch Reveals

Links: Groups

18 East Web Design
Dana Ream's Cognitive Science Reading Group
East Bay Futurists
Future Salon
Humanity+
Kurtweil AI
Oakland Computer and I.T. Services & Support
Quantified Self
Singularity Summit Talks
Space Collective
The Long Now
Transhumanity.net

Links: Individuals

Chapman on Kegan
Daniel Suarez: SciFi/Thriller Author
Gwen Bily's Artwork
Mike Johnson's Blog
Monica Anderson's Artificial Intuition
OverComing Bias
Rao's Breaking Smart
Rao's Gervais Principle
Razib Khan
Robin Barooah's Meditation App
Women Are Visual (my girlfriend's blog)

The Oakland Futurist's currently-reading book m...

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A list of SciFi, PopSci, and CogSci books.

Books we're currently reading

100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith

Who Owns the Future?

Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do to Get More of It

Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation

Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being

Thinking, Fast and Slow

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A.I.
Brain Health
Cognitive Science
Fiction
Futurism
Futurist Gentleperson's Club Manifesto
Health
Literature
Philosophy
Politics
The Robot Lord Scenario
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MEETUP.COM GROUPS

East Bay Futurists

Futurist Lightning Talks; Feb 24, 2:00pm

Quantified Self – Bay Area

Quantified Self – Berkeley

Cog Sci reading group

Cognitive Science Reading & Discussion Group Monthly Meetup; Mar 17, 2:00pm
Cognitive Science Reading & Discussion Group Monthly Meetup; Apr 21, 2:00pm

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