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Jun 12, 2015
Couples, Culture and Sex: Who is Esther Perel?
Posted by Johnny Boston in categories: education, ethics, futurism, human trajectories, media & arts, philosophy
What do you hope to find in a relationship? Security or freedom? Adventure or Intimacy? Do you want the connections in your life to serve as aides on your personal journey or do you want to feel you belong to a larger endeavor?
The future is often discussed in regard to technology, but when we look towards our personal futures we tend to think not of gizmos but of relationships. We think of the connections we want to build and experience, and the things that we wish to give the world in return. We think about how the world could be a better place for ourselves as well as those around us. The change we envision is not technological; rather it reflects what we value. In this film, therapist and author Esther Perel argues that the patterns in which we connect, and the conventions that guide how we couple present a window into what our culture really values.
When Perel looks at the ways in which we connect in early the 21st century she sees contradictions. The rapid technological and social shifts of the previous centuries have created conflicts not only within our cultures but also in the hopes and desires of the individual. She finds us looking with one eye to the secure and charted path that the norms of the past seem to offer us. With the other eye we look to the opportunities and fluid freedoms that now seem open to us. Can we coherently (and satisfactorily) reconcile these desires?
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Jun 11, 2015
What does Bilderberg have in common with Camp Alphaville? | FT Alphaville
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: futurism, robotics/AI, transhumanism
Fun article below on upcoming Financial Times event. Transhumanism and AI will be a part of the discussions at the event. They’re going to have lots of weird technology there, as well as robots wandering around.
Jun 9, 2015
World’s first biolimb … By Akshat Rathi | Quartz
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: biological, biotech/medical, DNA, education, ethics, futurism, genetics, hacking, hardware, health
The idea is simple. First, they take an arm from a dead rat and put it through a process of decellularization using detergents. This leaves behind a white scaffold. The scaffold is key because no artificial reconstructions come close to replicating the intricacies of a natural one.
Jun 8, 2015
Virtual reality rape: Transhumanists highlight ethical issues arising from new technology
Posted by Zoltan Istvan in categories: futurism, transhumanism, virtual reality
Jun 5, 2015
Pakistani Comicbook Fights Violent Extremism, One Panel at a Time — Tasbeeh Herwees @ Good
Posted by Odette Bohr Dienel in categories: counterterrorism, education, entertainment, futurism, media & arts
“When you consider that one of the most vulnerable targets of violent extremism are kids who don’t have access to education, we really had to try and make the art captivating and yet simple enough to explain the story to someone even if they can’t read the words,” Aftab told Hyperallergic.
Jun 4, 2015
An eagle without a beak got a new one that was printed just for her.
Posted by Lily Graca in categories: biotech/medical, futurism
Jun 4, 2015
Next Big Future: Conceptually Viable Brute Force Radical Life Extension
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, futurism, life extension
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has made the first steps towards development of bioartificial replacement limbs suitable for transplantation They had used decellularization technique to regenerate kidneys, livers, hearts and lungs from animal models, but this is the first reported use to engineer the more complex tissues of a bioartificial limb.
They took the leg from recently deceased rat and then:
* Over a period of 52 hours, infusion of a detergent solution removes cells from a rat forelimb, leaving behind the cell-free matrix scaffolding onto which new tissues can be regenerated.
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Jun 3, 2015
Future Crises: Is there opportunity beside the danger?
Posted by Lily Graca in category: futurism
Jose Cordeiro is a hopeless optimist. But is he right to say that in the Chinese word for crisis there’s opportunity beside the danger? I think he is. What do you think?!
Jun 2, 2015
The 12 Most Exciting and Surprising Collaborations in Digital Health
Posted by Klaus Baldauf in categories: biotech/medical, futurism, health
From time to time, I come across news covering collaborations between companies which are either promising or surprising. Sometimes both. A future full of science fiction technologies in medicine &…