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The Transhumanism Handbook

The Transhumanism Handbook

by Newton Lee
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Publication Date: 15/08/2019

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About the Book. - About the Editor. - Contributing Authors. - Part I Brave New World of Transhumanism: 1. Brave New World of Transhumanism. - 2 History of Transhumanism. - 3 The Boundaries of the Human: From Humanism to Transhumanism. - 4. How Transhumanism Will Get Us Through the Third Millennium. - 5. The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance - Part II Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Superintelligence:6 . Beauty is in the A.I. of the Beholder: Artificial and Superintelligence. - 7 The Intelligence Value Argument and Effects on Regulating Autonomous Artificial Intelligence. - 8. Choices in a Mediated Artificial Super Intelligence Assisted World: The Future Before Us. - 9. The Upward Spiral of Inspiration in a mASI Assisted World: Where Root-Cause Solutions Empower Positive Feedback Loops. - 10. Creating conversational AI capable of uncommon range and empathy, for the betterment of business and humanity. - 11 Humanizing Machines. - 12 Ethics and Bias in Machine Learning: A Technical Study of What Makes Us "Good". - 13 Philosophical, Moral, and Ethical Rationalization of Artificial Intelligence. - 14. Theopolis Monk: Envisioning a Future of A.I. Public Service. - 15. Hacking the Human Problem. Part III Super Longevity and Rejuvenation: 16. In Search of Super Longevity and the Meaning of Life. -17. A Reflection on Aging. - 18. Drinking from the air. - 19. Transhumanism and Older Adult Quality of Life. - 20. Are You Willing to Die for Reductionism?. - 21. What Do We Need to Know to Treat Degenerative Aging as a Medical Condition to Extend Healthy Lifespan?. - 22. Harnessing Nature's Clues for Regeneration, Disease Reversion, and Rejuvenation. - 23 Induced Cell Turnover and the Future of Regenerative Medicine. - 24. Extending Healthy Human Lifespan using Gene Therapy. - 25. How to Reach a Societal Turning Point on Life Extension. - 26. How to Organize a Moonshot Project for Amortality: Scientific, Political, Social and Ethical Questions. - 27 Taking Up the Cosmic Office: Transhumanism and the Necessity of Longevity. Part IV Biohacking and Mental Health: 28. Cyborgs and Cybernetic Art. - 29. My Transhumanist Story of Overcoming with LEGO. - 30 Biohacktivism, Cyborgasm, and Transhumanism. - 31. The (R)Evolution of the Human Mind. - 32. Transhumanism from the View of a Psychologist, Focusing on Mental Health Issues. PART V Blockchain and Cryptocurrency: 33. Transhuman Crypto Cloudminds. - 34. Transhumanism and Distributed Ledger Technologies. - 35. DoI-SMS: A Diffusion of Innovations based Subsidy Minting Schedule for Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrencies PART VI Art, Literature, and Film: 36. In the afterglow of the Big Bang: Science, Science Fiction, and Transhumanism. - 37. Not in the Image of Humans: Robots as Humans' Other in Contemporary Science Fiction Film, Literature and Art. - 38. Jethro Knights-Human to Machine: A Hero We Love To Hate. - 39. Art and Transhumanism. - 40. An Artist's Creative Process: A Model for Conscious Evolution. Part VII Society and Ethics: 41 Pragmatic Paths in Transhumanism. - 42. Leave Nobody Behind: The Future of Societies. - 43 Should We Genetically Engineer Humans to Live in Space?. - 44. The Meme of Altruism and Degrees of Personhood. - 45. Charity in a Transhumanist World, and Our World Becoming So. - 46. Two-Worlds Theory: When Offline and Online Worlds Begin to Blur. - 47 Digital Eternity. - 48. Nietzschean Superhuman Evolution in Decentralized Technological Era. - 49. A Transhumanist world comes from diversity of thought. - 50. Imagination and Transhumansim. - 51. Transhumanism is the idea of man merging with the technology. - 52. Towards Sustainable Superabundance. - 53. Utilizing Transhumanism for the United Nations Global Goals. - 54. Geoengineering: Approaching Climate Change as a Present-Day, Preventable Issue. - 55. IoT and Transhumanism. - 56. Transhumanism in India: Past, Present and the Future. PART VIII Philosophy and Religion: 57. Adv
ISBN:
9783030169190
9783030169190
Category:
Public health & preventive medicine
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-08-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:
Switzerland
Dimensions (mm):
235x155mm
Weight:
1.48kg

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