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28
March

Introduction to Humanity+ UK2010

Written by David Wood. No comments Posted in: Speakers

The following short video provides an introduction to some of the ideas discussed at the conference:

Footnote: This is the second version of this video.  The previous version can still be found on the AuthorSTREAM site.

17
March

Humanity’s 3 biggest problems

Written by David Wood. No comments Posted in: Speakers

Humanity+ UK2010 speaker Nick Bostrom gave a TED talk in 2005 on the subject “Humanity’s 3 biggest problems”:

There are lots of interesting connections between points in this presentation and points already covered in this blog. See if you can spot them!

11
March

Epistemology and Future Shock

Written by David Wood. 1 comment Posted in: Speakers

The following guest article is authored by Amon Twyman.
Part 3: Epistemology and Future Shock
Excerpt from “Shock Level Five: Augmented Perception, Perceptuo-Centrism, and Reality”
This is the last of three excerpts from a paper which provides a little theoretical background to the presentation I will be giving at the Humanity+ UK 2010 conference. My presentation will make [...]

06
March

Call for posters

Written by David Wood. No comments Posted in: Announcements

This is a call for poster submissions for the Humanity+ UK 2010 one-day conference, to be held on Saturday April 24th at Conway Hall, London.
In addition to the exciting list of speakers listed on the event website, there will be a networking room at the conference with limited space for poster presentations, on topics relevant [...]

06
March

Architecture that repairs itself?

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Humanity+ UK2010 speaker Rachel Armstrong was filmed last year delivering a TED talk, “Architecture that repairs itself“:

05
March

The anthropic principle

Written by David Wood. 1 comment Posted in: Speakers

The following guest article is authored by Amon Twyman.
Part 2: The Anthropic Principle
Excerpt from “Shock Level Five: Augmented Perception, Perceptuo-Centrism, and Reality”
This is the second of three excerpts from a paper which provides a little theoretical background to the presentation I will be giving at the Humanity+ UK 2010 conference. My presentation will make sense [...]

02
March

Perceptual Augmentation

Written by David Wood. No comments Posted in: Speakers

The following guest article is authored by Amon Twyman.
Part 1: Perceptual Augmentation
Excerpt from “Shock Level Five: Augmented Perception, Perceptuo-Centrism, and Reality”
This is one of three excerpts from a paper which provides a little theoretical background to the presentation I will be giving at the Humanity+ UK 2010 conference. My presentation will make sense without reading [...]

01
March

The “Quest for Immortality”?

Written by David Wood. No comments Posted in: Speakers

The following video “Quest for Immortality” was produced by the New Scientist in October, 2007, and features three futurists who will be speaking at the Humanity+, UK 2010 event:

Anders Sandberg
Aubrey de Grey
Nick Bostrom.