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Chair of London Futurists. Principal of Delta Wisdom

London Futurists news, 17th Jan 2014

Dear Futurists, I have a few quick announcements and questions: 1.) This Saturday’s event “The Burning Question: Climate Change in Context” Futurists like to plan ahead, and take note of roadblocks (and rail-blocks), right…? Well, please bear in mind that … Continue reading

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London Futurists, 2014 and beyond

(Emailed to London Futurists, 5th January 2014) Dear Futurists, I wish you all a happy new year 2014. Happy future! Please find below a number of news items that may be of interest. Feel free to skip to the ones … Continue reading

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Transvision review: the social angle to transhumanism

This video is a recording of the London Futurists event on 6th Dec 2014, “Transvision review: the social angle to transhumanism”, featuring Chair of London Futurists, David Wood: Many of the world’s leading transhumanist and technoprogressive thinkers and critics gathered in Paris … Continue reading

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The upcoming decentralization singularity

This video is a recording of the London Futurists event on 8th Nov 2014, “The upcoming decentralization singularity”, featuring Ethereum CCO Stephan Tual: What are the wider consequences of the innovative technology that underpins the Bitcoin currency? This London Futurists recording … Continue reading

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How human will posthumans be?

This video is a complete recording of the London Futurists event on 25th Oct 2014, “How human will posthumans be?”, featuring David Roden: It is common to imagine posthumans as humans made superhumanly intelligent or resilient by future advances in nanotechnology, … Continue reading

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The new future of old age

This video is a complete recording of the London Futurists event on 27th Sept 2014, “The new future of old age”, featuring William Bains, Michael Price, Alex Zhavoronkov, and Sebastian Sethe: Futurists, life extension advocates, transhumanists and others have been speaking … Continue reading

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The proactionary imperative

This video is a complete recording of the London Futurists event on 13th Sept 2014, “The proactionary principle”, featuring Steve Fuller and Veronika Lipinska: How should we approach the broad set of sweeping risks posed by fast-changing technologies with radically unpredictable … Continue reading

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The future of futurism

The attached audio is a complete recording of the London Futurists meetup featuring Amy Zalman on Saturday 16th August 2014, “The future of futurism”: To download a copy of this audio file, right click on this link. The recording contains all that was said … Continue reading

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The burning question

The attached audio is a complete recording of the London Futurists meetup featuring Duncan Clark on Saturday 14th January 2014, “The burning question: climate change in context”: To download a copy of this audio file, right click on this link.  

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Drugs 2.0

The attached audio is a recording of the London Futurists meetup featuring Mike Power on Saturday 23rd November, “Drugs 2.0, The Web Revolution That’s Changing How The World Gets High”: To download a copy of this audio file, right click on this link. … Continue reading

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