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Transhumanismus Schweiz

rheil — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:02:49 +0000

„Transhumanismus ist eine Denkrichtung und Bewegung, welche (wie der Humanismus im Mittelalter) der selbstbestimmten (Weiter)Entwicklung des Menschen grundsätzlich positiv gegenübersteht. Dabei werden insbesondere auch wissenschaftliche und technische Mittel erwogen.“ [zur webseite]

Singularity University to Study Accelerating Technologies, Launches at NASA Ames

rheil — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:49:02 +0000

Singularity University to Study Accelerating Technologies, Launches at NASA Ames

KurzweilAI.net, Feb. 3, 2009

„With the support of NASA, Google and a broad range of technology thought leaders and entrepreneurs, a new university will launch in Silicon Valley this summer with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address “humanity’s grand challenges.”

Singularity University (SU) (www.singularityu.org) will open its doors in June 2009 on the NASA Research Park campus with a nine-week graduate-level interdisciplinary curriculum designed to facilitate understanding, collaboration, and innovation across a broad range of carefully chosen scientific and technological disciplines whose developments are exponentially accelerating.“ [read original article]

Fuck Death Foundation

rheil — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:09:05 +0000

The Fuck Death Foundation

(»MISSION STATEMENT

The Fuck Death Foundation is an organization dedicated to the elimination of death through the generation and distribution of funds to strategically selected causes and initiatives worldwide.

Not only does the FDF effectively address the major precipitants of human demise worldwide, it also takes into consideration the most ruthlessly indiscriminate killer of all — oldness. [...]«)

The Extropian Principles V1.0 / V2.5 / V3

rheil — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:23:49 +0000

Max More: The Extropian Principles V1.0: A transhumanist Declaration (1988)

Max More: The Extropian Principles V2.5 (1993)

Max More: The Extropian Principles V3 (1998)

Extropy Institute

rheil — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:37:42 +0000

Extropy Institute (“Extropy Institute (ExI) has grown from a groundbreaking futurist organization to a worldwide incubator for solutions. Having spent the last 15 years building the grid for transhumanity, ExI is now moving forward in designing the means for resolving technological and cultural issues of transhumanity. ExI’s approach is to design thinking systems and solutions for the future that affect everyone around the world. Extropy Institute is a networking organization which advocates the Proactionary Principle in addressing social issues. Extropy Institute does not support any one political agenda.”)

World Transhumanist Association

rheil — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:36:22 +0000

World Transhumanist Association (“The World Transhumanist Association is an international nonprofit membership organization which advocates the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities. We support the development of and access to new technologies that enable everyone to enjoy better minds, better bodies and better lives. In other words, we want people to be better than well. “)

Russian Transhumanist Movement

rheil — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:35:42 +0000

Russian Transhumanist Movement (“The Russian Transhumanist Movement was organised in December 2003 with the goal of readying the Russian society for the emergence of transhumanist technologies. Since then the members of the Movement has participated in several scientific conferences, presenting papers on different aspects of transhumanism. The Movement is promoted at related seminars with immortalist and transhumanist materials distributed.”)

Asociatión Transhumanista

rheil — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:35:10 +0000

Asociatión Transhumanista (Spanish webpage in Spanish for the transhumanist groups in Latin America and Spain.)

Betterhumans > Create the Future™

rheil — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:34:35 +0000

Betterhumans > Create the Future™ (“Betterhumans helps people understand, anticipate and create the future. Through the production and aggregation of informative and provocative editorial and the creation and application of enabling communications technology, Betterhumans aims to get more people thinking about and discussing the future, inspire people into assuming a proactive and participatory role in its creation and build, lead and support a community of informed forward thinkers.”)

Immortality Institute

rheil — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:31:54 +0000

Immortality Institute (“Main Mission: The mission of ImmInst is to conquer the blight of involuntary death. Umbrella Organization ImmInst shall function as an umbrella organization to help its members succeed in working towards the possibility of human physical immortality. This Institute shall serve as a platform for the exhibition, exchange, debate, and creation of concepts and methods toward that end as well as to disseminate any and all relevant information for the purpose of human physical immortality.”)