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Human-Sovereignty Transhumanism and the Military: The Non-Negotiable Red Lines

October 20, 2018

My illustration entitled: "The Child Beyond the Line" — A young person stands safely outside a military laboratory boundary, symbolising the absolute ban on military enhancement of minors. Military org...

The Sovereign Child: Consent, Neurotechnology and Genetic Intervention for Minors

March 22, 2017

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Family Consent Table" — Parents and a clinician review a genetic intervention plan while the child’s seat and voice are visibly central, not absent. A child cannot sign a...

“Present(ing) Futures #2: The Future Of Mobility” By Herbert Sim & Yeo Sunn Liang

November 11, 2016

Publications

Here below is my joint paper submission with my co-author, Yeo Sunn Liang, for National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy's "Future Ready Singapore Project" essay competition. Pre...

The Genetic Right to an Open Future

May 20, 2015

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "Inheritance and Freedom" — Three generations stand beneath a tree whose branches form a DNA helix, with the youngest child stepping beyond its roots. Genetic technology holds...

The Sovereign Patient: Human Rights in the Age of Therapeutic Enhancement

February 19, 2015

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Insurance Threshold" — A patient faces an insurance AI that offers coverage only if they accept an enhancement, while an advocate stands beside them. Medicine is becoming...

Equality After Enhancement: A Civic Charter for Enhanced and Unenhanced Persons

November 18, 2014

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Equal Future Bridge". Enhanced and unenhanced citizens meet at the centre of a bridge connecting two districts of a future city. Human enhancement raises an old political...

The Upgrade Trap: When Enhancement Becomes Economic Coercion

July 17, 2014

Opinion, Visual Arts

My illustration entitled: "The Race That Cannot Be Refused" - Office workers sprint on a futuristic treadmill toward a finish line labelled “Employability,” while upgrade stations inject new devices along t...

The Right to Remain Human: Why Refusing Enhancement Must Be Protected

May 18, 2014

Opinion, Visual Arts

Above, my illustration entitled "The Right to Disconnect" — A close-up of a hand unplugging a sleek neural-interface cable, while a city of connected augmented citizens glows in the background. Technol...

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