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Mapping the Human Mind: Will the BRAIN Initiative Lead to Freedom – or Mind Control?

October 21, 2013

In my illustration above, I feature "The Unfinished Portrait of Consciousness" where scientists collectively draw on an interactive giant computer screen of the human mind. They complete neurons, blood vess...

Religious Transhumanism: Can Faith and Human Enhancement Coexist?

September 20, 2012

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Ethics of Healing" — A faith leader and a scientist jointly examine a healing neurotechnology device. Human enhancement raises a question that cannot be answered by engin...

Cypherpunk, Crypto-Anarchism and Cypherpunkism: The Essential Differences

September 15, 2012

Opinion, Visual Arts

Three Related Traditions That Must Not Be Confused My illustration above entitled "The Digital Court of Ideas" - Inside a grand futuristic chamber, Cypherpunk, Crypto-Anarchism and Cypherpunkism appear...

Sovereignty Friction Theory: When Economic Rights Become Difficult to Exercise

April 30, 2012

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Paper Mountain" — An individual climbs a mountain of permits, applications, and compliance stamps to reach a simple economic opportunity. Economic rights are meaningful o...

The Ethics of Radical Life Extension

March 3, 2012

Opinion, Visual Arts

Societal, psychological, and economic consequences of dramatically increased human lifespans In my illustration above, I entitle as "The Divided Lifespan", One half appears biologically youthful; the...

“Posthuman god”: Technology, Transcendence, and the Edges of Human Power

January 12, 2012

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above is my illustration of a colossal humanoid figure — the “Posthuman god”—with circuits woven into its skin, glowing eyes and a halo formed not from light but from streams of data. Looming over a futuris...

What Makes Cypherpunkism a Philosophy?

December 5, 2011

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above is my illustration entitled: "The Compass of the Digital Age" - I navigate a technological wilderness using a large luminous compass. Around him are surveillance states, centralized platforms, artific...

The Eight Principles of Cypherpunkism

October 10, 2011

Opinion, Visual Arts

A Framework for Privacy, Cryptography, Decentralization and Digital Sovereignty In my illustration, entitled: "The Architect’s Blueprint", I stand over an enormous holographic architectural table conta...

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