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To be human, today and tomorrow
Dear Futurists, 1.) International Technoprogressive Conference, Tues 22 Feb Friends of London Futurists in l’Association Françoise Transhumanistes (Technoprog) are hosting an international online technoprogressive conference on Tuesday next week – 22nd February. (Sorry for the short notice!) The headline themes … Continue reading
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Assessing the rise of AGI
Dear Futurists, What emotions come to your mind when you think about the potential rise of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)? Are you filled with foreboding, or with excitement? Or maybe the idea strikes you as boring – because you think … Continue reading
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Tagged AGI, Fast Future, London Futurists, LonFut, Roman Yampolskiy, Superintelligence, The Vital Syllabus
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Debating priorities
Dear Futurists, Please find below a few quick notes ahead of the two London Futurists events that are taking place this week. 1.) Our first Twitter Space experiment – Tues 18 Jan Normally our online meetings are held on Zoom, … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Ford, Humanity Unshackled, Jean Hebert, London Futurists, LonFut, Overton Window, priorities, Superintelligence, Twitter Space
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Prioritising prevention
Dear Futurists, Over the last few days, television news broadcasts have featured, time and again, instances of healthcare systems being under severe strain. Medical staff are being called upon to work especially long shifts. Ambulances are being held in queues … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Delphi method, healthspan, Jean Hebert, London Futurists, LonFut, Millennium Project, State of the Future
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Options for 2022
Dear Futurists, 2022 starts with some good news, and with some options for new projects. 1.) Going mainstream: stopping the aging process Several topics that used to be restricted to fringe meetings – such as those organised by London Futurists … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Steele, Artificial Superintelligence, H+Pedia, Jess Northend, Karen Hooper, London Futurists, Martin Carkett, Reith Lectures, Roman Yampolskiy, Royal Institution, Stuart Russell, The Transhumanist Shadow, The Vital Syllabus, Tony Blair Institute, Transhumanism, U.S. Transhumanist Party
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From aging to younging
Dear Futurists, Ahead of our webinar later today (Saturday) about “Younging” (as opposed to “Aging”), I’d like to share some thoughts and news about projects that may interest you. 1.) Beyond the hallmarks of aging One of the great steps … Continue reading
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Tagged Greg Mustreader, H+Pedia, Hallmarks of Aging, London Futurists, LonFut, Martin Heyam Bielecki, Steve Buss, Vince Giuliano, younging
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Anticipating combinations (again)
Dear Futurists, If we just use a single tool to explore future possibilities, we’re likely to blinker ourselves. No one description – no one analytical framework – can do full justice to the rich complexity of what might lie ahead. … Continue reading
15 proposals for a new future for politics?
Dear Futurists, Normally the start of a London Futurists event features me speaking for a few minutes as chair of the session before I hand over to the main speaker for the day. But at our webinar tomorrow, Saturday 2nd … Continue reading
Accelerating the 2nd Copernican Revolution
Dear Futurists, Before Copernicus, it was generally believed that everything revolved around the Earth. The Sun was, in that conception, just another heavenly sphere (albeit with some special qualities). But then Copernicus boldly placed the Sun at the centre of … Continue reading
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Tagged Copernican Revolution, Harold Katcher, RAADfest, The Vital Syllabus, Transvision
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