Discussion - Introduction to Transhumanism

Join us at Noisebridge for our introductory meetup on Transhumanism. Noisebridge has been gracious enough to allow us to organize at their location and this will be our first official meetup there.

Let's discuss the basics of Transhumanist philosophy, from technological and cultural change just on the horizon to the concept of the Singularity or Intelligence Explosion.

Some topics we might discuss that fall under Transhumanist Philosophy:

• Transhumanist politics from libertarian transhumanism to techno-progressivism

• The current state of Transhumanist culture

• The Singularity - Accelerating Change, Event Horizon and Intelligence Explosion

• The Hedonistic Imperative - Should we focus on ending suffering?

• Philosophy of Mind - Consciousness

• Philosophy of Identity - Who/What are we and what might we become?

• Mind uploading - Continuation or Copy?

• The Cultural Superorganism

• Memetic Evolution

• The future of the internet

And the list goes on...