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What Black Mirror’s San Junipero Got Right and Wrong
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What Black Mirror’s San Junipero Got Right and Wrong

ByDan

I’ve been cajoled into watching Netflix’s Black Mirror, and a friend of mine recommended watching the San Junipero episode next. As I mentioned in my last Black Morror reflection, and I…

If Positive Psychology Aims for 51% of the Human Population to Flourish, We’ll Need to Take Technology Seriously
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If Positive Psychology Aims for 51% of the Human Population to Flourish, We’ll Need to Take Technology Seriously

ByDan

The Aim of Positive Psychology Positive Psychology’s founder Dr. Martin Seligman has undertaken the “moon-shot” endeavor to have 51% of the human population psychologically flourishing by 2051. It’s an audacious goal intended…

From Man to Deity: Today’s “Augmentation” is Nothing
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From Man to Deity: Today’s “Augmentation” is Nothing

ByDan

1) Augmentation is nothing new Until recently, “augmented reality” seemed to only have a place in video games and science fiction movies. Though at the time of this writing, “AR”…

Tinkering with Consciousness – The Great Ethical Precipice We Face
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Tinkering with Consciousness – The Great Ethical Precipice We Face

ByDan

In the coming decades ahead, we’ll likely augment our minds and explore not only a different kind of “human experience”, we’ll likely explore the further reaches of sentience and intelligence…

Cognitive Enhancement Will Yield Conflict – VR or Mind Uploading a Necessary Transition
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Cognitive Enhancement Will Yield Conflict – VR or Mind Uploading a Necessary Transition

ByDan

Ray Kurzweil’s The Singularity is Near peaked my interest when he posited his reasoning for why there is likely no intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. By a mere matter of…

Threshold vs. Scalar Moral Status in a Post-Human World
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Threshold vs. Scalar Moral Status in a Post-Human World

ByDan

I’ve been diving into “Human Enhancement” (Oxford) as of late, and came across a topic that was bristling in my own mind before I saw the name of the chapter….