Fred Chamberlain III recently had his brain placed into cryostasis at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale. Continue reading Good bye Fred, see you soon
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Knocking on Heaven’s Door — Russian Cosmism, Transhumanism and Space Exploration
I watched George Carey‘s film “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” aired by the BBC last year on the 50th Yuri’s Night. The one-hour film is recommended to all those who are interested in space, the history of the Russian space program, the amazing beautiful philosophy known as Russian Cosmism (and, more recently, just Cosmism), our place and future in the universe, technological immortality and resurrection. Continue reading Knocking on Heaven’s Door — Russian Cosmism, Transhumanism and Space Exploration
Mormon Transhumanist Association conference, SLC, April 6
On April 6 I will give a talk on “The Turing Church of Transcendent Engineering” at the 2012 conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association. Continue reading Mormon Transhumanist Association conference, SLC, April 6
Not mean, but false
Over at Amor Mundi Dale Carrico calls me out in a comment. I am touched by the honor, so I will reciprocate and comment. Continue reading Not mean, but false
A real Apollo 18, open source and crowd-funded, and then to the stars
In a few months it will be 40 years since the last man walked on the Moon. Unless, of course, one wants to believe in the Apollo 18 story. I don’t, but the 70s retro look of the film and its beautiful lunar images made me remember that night 43 years ago, in 1969, when we watched Neil Armstrong walking on the Moon. Continue reading A real Apollo 18, open source and crowd-funded, and then to the stars
Future Day
In my talk at the lively Future Day event yesterday at Terasem in Second Life, I said:
Future Day should be all about a positive can-do attitude, a great excitement about a sexy, radically better future enabled by emerging technologies, and the drive to get out of bed in the morning, roll our sleeves up, and actually go and build this future. Some lucky people are natural born optimists, but most of us find positive thinking difficult and need a little motivational boost now and then. I think Future Days can play an important role. Continue reading Future Day