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Humanity+ UK 2010 Conference
(Friday March 05 2010)
 | Biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey is amongst the speakers scheduled for a transhumanist community conference to be held in London in April. "How will accelerating technological change affect human mental and physical capabilities as well as the environment in which we live? Humanity+ UK2010, a one-day conference in London on 24 April 2010, gathers together some of the leading thinkers to discuss these and many other topics. ... Over the last year, the regular Saturday meetings of the UK Transhumanist Association have attracted larger and larger crowds eager to listen to and debate with speakers seeking to answer these vital questions. ... Inspired by the increasing popularity of these regular meetings, this one-day conference [gathers] together some of the leading thinkers in nanotechnology, biotechnology, cognitive science and their real-world implications. ... With 9 speaker sessions and two panel discussions confronting the big issues of tech change, this is your opportunity to engage in some of the big debates that will shape our future." I see that David Pearce will be speaking also: "In 1995, he wrote an online manifesto, The Hedonistic Imperative, advocating the use of biotechnology to abolish suffering throughout the living world." The Hedonistic Imperative - the urge to engineer paradise through technology - is an important contribution to transhumanist thinking, especially for those of us interested in engineering away the horrific, worldwide suffering caused by degenerative aging. |
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