Category Archives: Transhumanism

Saturday Afternoon TV: Cyberpunk

Posted on October 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Saturday Afternoon TV: Cyberpunk”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe cyberpunk genre had a remarkably-short shelf-life. Within a decade of its inauguration by writers like William Gibson, who coined the term “cyberspace,” cyberpunk had ceased to be fiction and become the news. Yet … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs Has Changed Our Software

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Steve Jobs Has Changed Our Software”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is just like an eight year-old me sitting at my grandfather’s manual typewriter and asking him where the “on” button was located.

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Zinnia Jones On The Transhuman Movement

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Zinnia Jones On The Transhuman Movement”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailTowards the end of a weeklong series of afternoon posts on transhumanism, I emailed Zinnia Jones, a YouTube personality who spoke out in one of the videos I ran, to ask some … Continue reading →

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Reaction to Transhumanism

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Reaction to Transhumanism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOne reaction to transhumanism is fear: of potential abuse and misuse of technology, of further erosion in cultural values, of change to the very definition of human. Critics call it “playing god,” and indeed transhumanism … Continue reading →

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Why Zinnia Jones is a Transhumanist

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Why Zinnia Jones is a Transhumanist”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailZinnia Jones is a YouTube sensation. She is also a transhumanist. In this video, Jones renders an excellent brief for the transhumanist movement as a positive philosophy of hope for the future … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Videodrome

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Welcome to the Videodrome”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn 1983, David Cronenberg directed a seminal film on the subject of transhumanism: Videodrome, in which technology affects our biology and virtual reality becomes the real. The unforgettable closing sequence has become a pivotal … Continue reading →

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Transhumanism and Resurrection

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Transhumanism and Resurrection”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRemember when George W. Bush inveighed against the threat of human-animal hybrids during a State of the Union speech? Most observers were left scratching their heads. It makes perfect sense as culture war, however. Religious … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Gaga’s “Issue” Video

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Gaga’s “Issue” Video”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailLady Gaga transformed to plastic with Telephone and her new album wasn’t as good as Monster. I’m guessing the VMAs had to make up a new award category before the show, as “best … Continue reading →

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