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Development Without Permanent Dependence: Reauthorism and International Economic Partnerships

January 24, 2018

A partnership should expand the practical authority of the people who will shape its next stage, alongside the benefits it delivers today. My illustration entitled: "The Scaffold Around the Rising City...

The Right to Exit in Digital Civilization

November 1, 2017

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Lifeboat from the Centralized Ark" - a gigantic corporate digital vessel begins transforming into a surveillance machine. Me, and other citizens escape aboard smaller decentra...

When Enhancement Changes the Person Who Gives Consent

July 25, 2017

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Mind Beyond the Body" - A seated transhuman occupies the center of a vast dark chamber. A luminous neural constellation expands above their head into galaxies, mathematical st...

Ownership Is Not Authorship: Beyond Nationalisation and Privatisation

December 20, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

Why changing who owns an essential institution cannot, by itself, settle who can reconsider its purposes. My illustration entitled: "The Palace with Three Flags" - Three wings of a monumental palace fl...

Is Transhumanism Just a Modern Pilgrim’s Progress?

December 18, 2016

Writing Life

----------------------------------------------------- John Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress endures because it distills the human condition into a simple yet profound metaphor: the journey of a soul from the ...

The Evolution of Sovereignty: From Information Privacy to Cognitive Freedom

October 10, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Four Gates of Freedom" - I walks through four monumental gates labelled DATA, IDENTITY, BODY and MIND. The final gate opens into a vast blue-and-gold horizon shaped like a hum...

The Rights and Responsibilities of the Cypherpunkist

August 8, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Cypherpunkist’s Shield and Key" - Herbert carries a luminous shield protecting individual rights while holding a cryptographic key that must be used responsibly. The shield di...

Beyond the Upgrade: What Makes an Enhanced Life Your Own?

March 1, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Dawn of the Self-Created Human" - A highly enhanced transhuman emerges from an enormous translucent biological cocoon inside a ruined stone amphitheater. Titanium limbs, lumin...

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