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Extropianism: The Optimistic Frontier of Transhumanism

March 3, 2010

Transhumanism, as a broad philosophical and cultural movement, advocates for the ethical use of technology to enhance the human condition. Within this diverse spectrum of ideas lies Extropianism, a subset, a ...

Transhumanism: Quenching the Thirst to Become Superhuman

September 18, 2009

Opinion, Visual Arts

In my illustration of Transhumanism, I sketched a half-human half-robot being, which could also possibly be a full robot masked as a human, or a human, enhanced with robotics. The art concept is inspired by...

Abolitionism in Transhumanism: Ending Involuntary Suffering

June 6, 2007

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above is my illustration of two neuroscientists, researching of how humans feel pain in their cerebral cortex. Following on from the previous article on the Hedonistic Imperative, which explored David ...

The Hedonistic Imperative: A Vision for the Future of Sentience

April 20, 2007

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above is my illustration of the human brain split in half, one side filled with chaotic pain imagery and the other side with colorful gradients of bliss, symbolizing the transition from Darwinian suffering ...

Is Consciousness Copy-Pasteable? A Christian’s Perspective

March 15, 2005

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above is my illustration featuring “A lone traveler at a fork: forest path vs. digital grid.” Symbolising: Non-destructive upload “branching”; survival vs. identity. If engineers could one day reproduc...

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