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One Mind, Many Machines: When Human Control Becomes an Illusion

July 12, 2018

My illustration entitled: "One Mind, Fifty Machines" - A lone transhuman stands on a towering platform, directing an expansive formation of robots, drones and construction machines through luminous neural c...

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...

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...

The Freedom to Change Your Mind After Changing Your Body

January 28, 2016

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Wings We Chose" - highly enhanced woman unfurls enormous biomechanical wings on a mountain summit. Featherlike solar membranes, metallic bones and living tissue form a strikin...

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