IEET Life News

‪Jason Silva on Psychedelic Rapture, Ecstatic Awe‬ and Technology

2012-02-08T13:57:13+00:00

LUCID NYC is like TED at a Bar… Jason Silva speaking at LUCID NYC, which he describes as “like TED at a bar” - he talks about inspiration, techno-rapture, the mind-expanding aspects of technology and rapturous AWE.

Hank Pellissier I Want a God-Like Brain

2012-02-08T13:00:47+00:00

Is the human brain a magnificent, near-miraculous organ? Or a flawed, forgetful, feeble-minded, under-achieving blob? My POV is the latter. Brain 1.0 is laughably dysfunctional, teeming with weaknesses even in our finest specimens. Memories are dust in a hurricane, logic is lunatic, empathy thinner than the neocortex on a sociopathic toddler. I want Brain 2.0. Are you with me? Eager for an upgrade?

SENS5 - Collective advantages of Life Extension

2012-02-07T12:07:36+00:00

A longer, healthier life is positive for the whole society, and a catalyst for non-violence. This speech by Didier Coeurnelle gives a quick description of positive political, economical and sociological aspects of a world with a largely delayed senescence: lower health costs, lower level of violence, higher level of happiness.

piero scaruffi Facebook’s Brave New World

2012-02-07T11:20:03+00:00

Facebook always knows who you are

Rick Falkvinge, founder of Swedish Pirate Party

2012-02-06T12:29:08+00:00

Rick Falkvinge, Founder of Pirate Party movement, honored as Top Global Thinker / IT entrepreneur, is interviewed about the Swedish Pirate Party and its influence in other European countries and the SOPA legislation.

Peg Tittle The Future of Women

2012-02-06T11:30:39+00:00

What do I see on the horizon, for women? I am not a prophetess - a “Cassandra” - but as a lifelong member of the XX gender, I’m deeply curious, invested, and opinionated about this topic. When Hank Pellissier (IEET managing director) sent me questions that he and James Hughes (executive director) compiled asking for predictions on the future of females, I couldn’t resist. Here are their questions and my responses:

“‪How Drugs Helped Invent the Internet & The Singularity: Jason Silva on “Turning Into Gods”

2012-02-05T14:47:25+00:00

Current TV’s Jason Silva, the director of the documentary - “Turning into Gods” - interviewed by Reason’s Zach Weissmueller. Silva looks at how technological progress allows humans to direct their own evolution.

A Bright and Shining Future Awaits

2012-02-05T13:18:59+00:00

We’ve looked into the future, and it’s dark. Increasingly, we’ve lost a progressive view of our future. Instead of seeing promise and lives made better by technology, we’re seeing lives filled with cyborgs and an uninhabitable society. Should we be afraid? Or are we being unnecessarily pessimistic? TVO’s The Agenda invited science fiction authors Robert Sawyer and Madeline Ashby, internet critic Jesse Hirsh, and the IEET’s James Hughes to address these topics.

Alex McGilvery Transformation, Transcendence and Human 2.0

2012-02-05T12:35:58+00:00

It is the nature of transhumanism to work to make humans better.

Leo Igwe Women’s Rights in Traditional African Practices and Islam

2012-02-05T12:20:26+00:00

Africa is a deeply patriarchal society; this is the part of the “Traditional African Value System.” Men dominate the socio-economic and political machinery and organizations. Men are regarded as natural leaders, who are superior and born to rule over women. Women are considered weaker vessels-extensions of men and secondary human beings. The pride and dignity of women are derived from and dependent on men.