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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

  • Italian Futurism
  • Against Hedonism
  • Satisficing is Safer Than Maximizing
  • If You Use Tools, Then You’re “Transhuman”
  • Is the Military-Industrial Complex Functioning as Designed?

Links

  • Foresight 2019 slides

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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