12.28.06

Ray Kurzweil

Posted in Transhumanism, Transhumanists at 3:45 pm by rheil

Ray Kurzweil (“is an inventor, entrepreneur, author, and futurist. Called “the restless genius” by the Wall Street Journal and “the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes, Kurzweil’s ideas on the future have been touted by his many fans, ranging from Bill Gates to Bill Clinton. MIT’s Marvin Minsky writes that “with his brilliant descriptions of the coming connections of computers with immortality, Kurzweil clearly takes his place as a leading futurist of our time.” George Gilder writes that “Kurzweil’s ideas make all other roads to the computer future look like goat paths in Patagonia.”) Ray Kurzweil ist wohl der bekannteste “Zukunfstautor” der Welt. Seines aktuellstes Werk ist “The Singularity is near. When Humans transcend Biology” (2005).

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V.R.Manoj’s Transhumanist Musings

Posted in Transhumanism, Transhumanists at 3:43 pm by rheil

V.R.Manoj’s Transhumanist Musings. (“I regularly participate in the World Transhumanist Assosiation’s WTA-TALK online discussion list. The following will be some of the Many posts I have made to the list expressing my views on the transhumanist philosophy. I am doing this as a reminder to myself on the evolution of my own thoughts. I shall not be posting the replies in the list posted by others. I have also edited these posts so that only excerpts of my views are present here.”)

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