Mike Treder

Mike Treder, managing director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, is a prolific writer, speaker, and activist with a background in media and communications. He has published dozens of articles and papers and been interviewed numerous times by the media. As an accomplished presenter on the societal implications of emerging technologies, Mr. Treder has addressed conferences and groups around the world, including in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Brazil.

Mr. Treder co-founded the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology (CRN) in 2002 and served as its executive director for six years. CRN promotes public awareness and education about the implications of molecular manufacturing, with the aim of creating and implementing wise, comprehensive, and balanced plans for global management of the technology. Mr. Treder currently sits on the Board of Advisors for CRN.

In addition to his work with the IEET, Mr. Treder is a consultant to the Millennium Project of the American Council for the United Nations University, serves on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Lifeboat Foundation, is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences, a consultant to the Future Technologies Advisory Group, and a member of the World Future Society.

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Blogs

Ethical Technology

Nicholas Agar The High Price of Long Life

Robert J Sawyer on living forever

‪Robert J. Sawyer: “A Galaxy Far Far Away” - My Ass!‬

Patrick Tucker Will Artificial Intelligence be America’s Next Big Thing?

David Eubanks Breakfast Conversation

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Articles

"What the Wall Street Protest is About"   Ethical Technology  Oct 11, 2011

"How We Think About Money"   Ethical Technology  Sep 1, 2011

"Will you die?"   Ethical Technology  Aug 18, 2011

"Race for the Future"   Ethical Technology  Jun 27, 2011

"Which technology will have the biggest impact on human life in the next 30 years?"   Ethical Technology  Apr 1, 2011

"Is ‘Spirituality’ Necessary?"   Ethical Technology  Mar 2, 2011

"Day Two — “Governing Tech”"   Ethical Technology  Feb 4, 2011

"Day One, Afternoon — “Governing Tech”"   Ethical Technology  Feb 3, 2011

"Day One, Morning — “Governing Tech”"   Ethical Technology  Feb 3, 2011

"Geopolitics in the 21st Century"   Ethical Technology  Jan 28, 2011

"Where are all the women?"   Ethical Technology  Jan 15, 2011

"Do artificial beings deserve human rights?"   Ethical Technology  Jan 13, 2011

"Tops of the Year in Science, Technology, and Cheerleading"   Ethical Technology  Dec 14, 2010

"Justice, Abundance, and Emerging Technologies"   Ethical Technology  Dec 13, 2010

"#24: The Uncertain Future of Transhumanism"   Ethical Technology  Dec 8, 2010

"The Definition of Emerging Technologies"   Ethical Technology  Dec 6, 2010

"#27: Life in a Virtual World"   Ethical Technology  Dec 5, 2010

"A Year of Exciting Activity for the IEET"   Ethical Technology  Dec 2, 2010

"What matters most, justice or comfort?"   Ethical Technology  Nov 24, 2010

"A Rough Guide to the Future"   Ethical Technology  Nov 23, 2010

"Top Ten Transhumanist Movies"   Ethical Technology  Nov 11, 2010

"Are we in the future yet?"   Ethical Technology  Oct 28, 2010

"At TransVision 2010 in Milan, Italy"   Ethical Technology  Oct 23, 2010

"What to do about drugs?"   Ethical Technology  Oct 7, 2010

"Defending Transhumanism"   Ethical Technology  Oct 4, 2010

"Teaching Robots to Lie, Cheat, and Deceive"   Ethical Technology  Sep 18, 2010

"How much do politics really matter?"   Ethical Technology  Aug 11, 2010

"Convergence, Disruption, and Resilience"   Ethical Technology  Jul 29, 2010

"Life in a Virtual World"   Ethical Technology  Jul 24, 2010

"Will you live to see the 22nd century?"   Ethical Technology  Jul 10, 2010

"Voluntary Human Extinction"   Ethical Technology  Jul 6, 2010

"To Inform Your Discretion"   Ethical Technology  Jul 4, 2010

"Emerging Technologies and Emerging Disasters"   Ethical Technology  Jul 1, 2010

"Science is Not My Higher Power"   Ethical Technology  Jun 28, 2010

"Human Extinction Up For Grabs"   Ethical Technology  Jun 23, 2010

"Why Slow Matters"   Ethical Technology  Jun 15, 2010

"Looking for the End of the Rainbow"   Ethical Technology  Jun 7, 2010

"A Range of Reactions to Venter’s “Breakthrough”"   Ethical Technology  May 26, 2010

"Slow Road to the Future"   Ethical Technology  May 14, 2010

"What matters is WHO makes the choice, NOT the choice that’s made"   Ethical Technology  May 6, 2010

"Are space aliens a threat to Earth?"   Ethical Technology  May 5, 2010

"The Tragic Difference Between Easy and Hard"   Ethical Technology  Apr 29, 2010

"Responding to Ron Bailey on Health Care"   Ethical Technology  Apr 20, 2010

"A Few Questions for Our New Staff Member"   Ethical Technology  Apr 12, 2010

"Getting to Know Kyle Munkittrick"   Ethical Technology  Mar 29, 2010

"History is Contingent, Built on Flukes, Accidents, and Surprises"   Ethical Technology  Mar 17, 2010

"Health Care Good, System Bad"   Ethical Technology  Mar 11, 2010

"What “Irrelevance” Means and What It Doesn’t"   Ethical Technology  Mar 9, 2010

"The Uncertain Future of Transhumanism"   Ethical Technology  Mar 8, 2010

"We’re All Alone and No One Knows Why"   Ethical Technology  Mar 2, 2010

"A Tale of Two Earthquakes"   Ethical Technology  Feb 27, 2010

"What takes the place of the nation-state?"   Ethical Technology  Feb 23, 2010

"Life is Not a Science Fiction Story"   Ethical Technology  Feb 11, 2010

"Is extinction in your future?"   Ethical Technology  Jan 26, 2010

"Sex and Gender: Women, Men, and Androids"   Ethical Technology  Jan 22, 2010

"Religion, Politics, Death, and Hope"   Ethical Technology  Jan 15, 2010

"Avatar 3D: The Experience"   Ethical Technology  Jan 12, 2010

"Tools Are Not the Same as Solutions"   Ethical Technology  Jan 11, 2010

"So much for high tech—what about high touch?"   Ethical Technology  Jan 7, 2010

"Time Traveler’s Map, 2010-2050"   Ethical Technology  Jan 5, 2010

"Mike Treder: Best and Worst"   h+  Dec 31, 2009

"Changes and Trends, For Better or For Worse"   Ethical Technology  Dec 31, 2009

"Are You Amazed Yet?"   Ethical Technology  Dec 29, 2009

"Making the Best of a Messy Real World"   Ethical Technology  Dec 18, 2009

"Love, Virtually"   Ethical Technology  Dec 11, 2009

"Pop-Bio-Culture Seminar Totally Rocked"   Ethical Technology  Dec 5, 2009

"Sex Slaves, Polls, and Ethics"   Ethical Technology  Dec 2, 2009

"Getting Used to Hideousness"   Ethical Technology  Nov 30, 2009

"You 2.0"   Ethical Technology  Nov 27, 2009

"Tomorrow’s Weather—Wrong as Usual"   Ethical Technology  Nov 24, 2009

"Deciding Whose Death Matters Most"   Ethical Technology  Nov 20, 2009

"Every Five Seconds"   Ethical Technology  Nov 18, 2009

"The Sharp Sword of Rationality"   Ethical Technology  Nov 14, 2009

"21st Century Threats"   Ethical Technology  Nov 10, 2009

"Memory and Insanity"   Ethical Technology  Nov 4, 2009

"Fearing the Wrong Monsters"   Ethical Technology  Oct 31, 2009

"Women, Men, Logic, and Emotion"   Ethical Technology  Oct 22, 2009

"Student Competition on Sustainability"   Carnegie Council  Oct 19, 2009

"Sunday LORCs"   Ethical Technology  Oct 18, 2009

"Life-recording: Are you game?"   Ethical Technology  Oct 16, 2009

"Blog Action Day ‘09: Climate Change"   Ethical Technology  Oct 15, 2009

"LORCs of High Coolness"   Ethical Technology  Sep 27, 2009

"Promoting Principles, Not Predictions"   Ethical Technology  Sep 25, 2009

"Two New IEET Publications"   Ethical Technology  Sep 24, 2009

"Global Governance Made Easy"   Ethical Technology  Sep 23, 2009

"On Being a Skeptical Transhumanist"   Ethical Technology  Sep 21, 2009

"LORCS Abound"   Ethical Technology  Sep 19, 2009

"Is tomorrow the end?"   Ethical Technology  Sep 16, 2009

"A Better World: Ten Big Ideas"   New Scientist  Sep 14, 2009

"How Atheists View Religion"   Ethical Technology  Sep 14, 2009

"More LORCs"   Ethical Technology  Sep 12, 2009

"A Poll on Global Governance"   Ethical Technology  Sep 11, 2009

"The Democratization of Virulence"   Ethical Technology  Sep 11, 2009

"Artificial Friends"   Ethical Technology  Sep 9, 2009

"The Next 100 Years"   Ethical Technology  Sep 6, 2009

"Links Of Required Clicking"   Ethical Technology  Sep 4, 2009

"Ethics of Human Enhancement"   Human Enhancement Ethics Group  Sep 3, 2009

"Climate Change Conundrums"   Ethical Technology  Sep 2, 2009

"IEET Issues and Ethics"   Ethical Technology  Aug 31, 2009

"Making the Crazy/Sensible Choice"   Ethical Technology  Aug 29, 2009