About us
This group is for people who are interested in the future and maybe want to help shape it.
The acceleration of technology means that the near future may bring radical changes to all of us. Major developments in technologies like anti-aging, nanotech, genetics, computing, robotics, and geo-engineering are going to make the next few years very exciting - and possibly also very dangerous. We could gain god-like powers - but we might also lose sight of our humanity, and destroy everything that we used to hold dear.
What's your view? Are things improving? Too slowly or too quickly? Are we are entering a new golden age? Or is the potential "Technological Singularity" something to fear? What does it mean to talk about "Human 2.0" and "Humanity+"? Or perhaps you view such talk as techno-hype? Maybe you just like the practical side of technology and want to find out more about possible paradigm shifts?
Anybody is welcome to this group - you don't have to be a Techno Geek or work for some futuristic company to be in our group. The future applies to us all!
Come join in the debate - have your opinions voiced and maybe make some interesting new friends.
All we ask is that members treat each other with the respect they would want for themselves. Our group has members of many ages and backrounds. We have many different perspectives on what the future may bring and like to share different ideas with each other. We approach the future with a open mind and sense of humility. Our group mission is to introduce you to some of the ideas, advancements and people who are making our future happen today.
If you have a subject you would like us to discuss at a meetup just drop us a line.
Note: Videos of some of the previous meetings are available on our YouTube Channel here https://www.youtube.com/user/LondonFuturists/ and here: (Older Archive).
Upcoming events
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From Bad to Bright Future: How to make it happen
·OnlineOnlineThere are many near-future scenarios in which worrying trends in the present make all our lives much worse in the years ahead. This situation has been called "The Bad Future". In this online event, Tony Czarnecki will be leading a conversation he calls "From Bad to Bright Future: How to Make it Happen".
This will be held inside a special Zoom Meeting room. As an experiment, no advance registration is required, but you will arrive in a Waiting Room until a co-host admits you. By default, please keep your mics muted. You will be welcome to turn on your cameras, and to exchange comments (respectfully, please) in the Chat window.
Here's a link to the event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82167994008?pwd=V3sICUwFn5515Bp88JMtFOeqkPAfqX.1
You can take part, either from a Zoom app if you have installed it, or from a web browser.
(Aside: This new format for our mid-week online get-togethers is a intended to become a replacement for our previous series of Discord Swarm events.)
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Tony Czarnecki is a futurist and the Managing Partner of Sustensis Ltd, London - a think tank on humanity's transition to coexistence with Superintelligence. He has lectured at Universities in Central Europe as a visiting professor, where he supervised two master degree courses at two Universities.
He also lectures at several London Universities. Recently, he presented a series of lectures on ‘The work and lifestyle in the age of Artificial Intelligence’. A similar lecture was delivered at the London’s Regents University.
Tony is the author of many articles and six books on the subject of AI, Civilisational Transition and Transhumanism:
Who could save Humanity from Superintelligence? covers one of the top existential threats – developing a malicious Superintelligence.
That was followed by the Posthumans series, consisting of three books:
- The first of these books, Federate to Survive! proposes that the most urgent task for humans to survive beyond this century is for all nations to federate.
- Democracy for a Human Federation suggests that the federalization of the world should be simultaneously accompanied by a deep reform of democracy.
- Becoming a Butterfly is the final book in the series, focusing on the future of a human species after 2050. The author suggests that our future depends on a new system of values, which a superintelligent being may inherit from us.
Towards the Big Consensus…or the Loss of Control Over Our Future posits that the only way to rebuild the trust in politics is to set up a new Social Contract between the governing and the governed and build a Big Consensus fast
Prevail or Fail – a Civilisational Shift to the World of Transhumans, is the most recent book. It argues that the magnitude of the changes required in our lives and global governance is so substantial that we must acknowledge it as a momentous Civilisational Shift in the history of our species.21 attendees
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