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Preventing Suffering After Mind Uploading – A Commentary on Yampolskiy and Ziesche

Preventing Suffering After Mind Uploading – A Commentary on Yampolskiy and Ziesche

by Dan | Nov 3, 2019 | Discerning the Good Itself, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Reflecting on What I've Read

If mind uploading becomes possible, how can we prevent uploaded minds from suffering? While uploaded minds might be able to experience a hyper-intense range of super-bliss, it is obviously possible that the opposite could also happen under the wrong conditions (or...
The Bumpy Road to Post-Human Experience – Simulation Series Interview 2019

The Bumpy Road to Post-Human Experience – Simulation Series Interview 2019

by Dan | Jul 24, 2019 | Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Morality as Arbitrary and Contextual

This week my second interview on Simulation Series is live. If you aren’t familiar with Allen Saakyan’s Simulation Series video series, I recommend checking out his YouTube playlists page. Allen and I touched on a lot of ideas in this conversation, and I...
AI, Neurotech, and Human Irrelevance – A Three-Part Thought Experiment

AI, Neurotech, and Human Irrelevance – A Three-Part Thought Experiment

by Dan | Jul 1, 2019 | Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Managing the Transhuman Transition

I believe that it’s important to question the human-centric view of the future. In many parts of the world, humans are increasingly aware of their impact on future generations, on other animal species, and on the natural ecosystem that supports all life. Still, when...
Artificial Intelligence, Neurotechnology, and the Final Kingdom

Artificial Intelligence, Neurotechnology, and the Final Kingdom

by Dan | Apr 21, 2019 | AI Policy and Governance, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration, Managing the Transhuman Transition

In history, we are reminded that all is in flux. America is likened to Rome. China today is likened to the Tang Dynasty many centuries ago. Europe was pure barbarity, then Europe was the leader of technology and economic development. Empires and kingdoms rise –...
Japan is the Canary in the Coal Mine – The Great Virtual Escape

Japan is the Canary in the Coal Mine – The Great Virtual Escape

by Dan | Apr 14, 2019 | Amoral Solipsism, Exploring the End Game, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration

Rich in tradition and material wealth, Japan’s reclusive youths are often completely uninterested in sex, relationships, or work. The country’s youth – especially men – are seeking escape from the job and romance market. Video game addiction...
Two Questions – All That Humanity Ultimately Should be Concerned With

Two Questions – All That Humanity Ultimately Should be Concerned With

by Dan | Mar 11, 2019 | Exploring the End Game, Facilitating Post-human Transition Collaboration

The human race has two critical questions to answer in the 21st century: 1. What is a beneficial transition beyond humanity?   2. How do we get there from here without destroying ourselves? These questions presuppose the following hypotheses: Humanity will likely...
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