#10 of podcast: Mazeltov; it’s a transhumanist!

17 Feb #10 of podcast: Mazeltov; it’s a transhumanist!

Posted at 10:19h in Podcast by Frieda Vizel 3 Comments

The Very Not Normal Podcast; Episode#10: Mazeltov, it’s a transhumanist!

I won’t be focusing on tech ideology forever, but this is what’s fascinating me now. So reading all about technological influences led me to the question: what’s a transhumanist?

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MENTIONED:

• #ARTICLE: Top ten transhumanist ambitions per Lifeboat.
• #ARTICLE: Uploading with Martine Rothblatt
• #ARTICLE: WSJ on Covid highlighting transhumanism
• #ARTICLE: NYT and the superiority of zoom education
• #VIDEO: Hologram celebrity concert
• #VIDEO: Popculture Detective video “Born Sexy Yesterday”
• #VIDEO: TedED — How close are we to uploading our brains?
• #ARTICLE: Face It, Your Brain is a Computer
• #BOOK: John Haugeland, on the similarities between mind and machine.
• #ARTICLE: Transhumanism’s religious aspects and the quote from David Pearce here. A good read I didn’t mention, on the similarities between transhumanism and religion, is the story of an ex-evangelical who was drawn to transhumanism here. Also, see this weird article on Satanic transhumanism. I don’t get it!
• #ARTICLE: on sensory deprivation experiences.
• #ARTICLE: The Jewish Golem of Prague/Frankenstein
• #ARTICLE: NYT – Computers Vs Brains
• #ARTICLE: Guardian – Why your Brain is Not a Computer
• #ARTICLE: Freud and metaphors
• #ARTICLE: The Perfect Valentine? A Math Formula
• #EXTRA: My valentine to you all, my loves: (x^2+((1+b)*y)^2+z^2-1)^3-x^2*z^3-a*y^2*z^3
• #EXTRA: How you too can marry Harvey from Stardew Valley