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    With VR and Neurotech, the Future of Sex May Be Just as Disturbing as the Present

    ByDan

    I don’t watch fiction, and I don’t read fiction, almost as a rule. While I respect it as a medium, and consider it valuable in fleshing out future scenarios that…

  • 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…

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    Will We Out-Grow Our Inherited Brains? – A View of Societal Lenses, with Dr. Pat Hopkins

    ByDan

    In the future, will technology deconstruct or reconstruct gender identities as culturally represented and understood by society today?   In a recent interview, Dr. Patrick Hopkins, a professor of Philosophy at…