The October issue of Entrepreneur includes a feature on Singularity University, and how participants may be able to take what they learn throughout the program to create new business plans and models that will benefit populations in areas often ignored or marginalized. “We want students to think big, but do so realistically,” (Founder Peter) Diamandis [...]
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To the mainstream, transhumanism is still really weird
Sometimes I’m reminded that many of the concepts transhumanists regularly discuss and work toward – cryonics, mind uploading, molecular nanotechnology, life extension and so on – are still extremely foreign and odd to most humans. Try telling your friends you hope to live forever through advanced technologies and see how they react. Then talk to [...]
H+ Magazine is back!
A scant month-and-a-half ago I lamented the hiatus of H+ Magazine, which was a truly stellar periodical. Or, perhaps I should say *is* a stellar periodical, because it’s back with a new publisher! The design, launch, and initial management of a new magazine, as with any startup, is the most exciting, but also the most [...]
The State of Transhumanism Around the World
Over at The Extropist Examiner, Hank Hyena has a fascinating article about where transhumanist ideas and technologies are progressing and taking hold around the world. I had no idea, for example, that a Russian company is leading the way in inexpensive cryopreservation, that Italy is poised to be a world leader in service robots, or [...]
Disappointing: h+ Magazine on hiatus
h+ Magazine editor R.U. Serious posted a short note on the magazine’s website to let readers know the publication is going on an “extended hiatus due to the desire of the publishers to spend more time and resources on other projects.” I loved being able to walk in to a Borders or Barnes and Noble [...]