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|| ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| Themetacortex–adistributed–cloud–of–software–age)=ts–that surrou)=ds–him–i)=–)=etspace,–borrowi)=g–CPU–cycles–from– co)=ve)=ie)=t–processors–(such as his robot pet)–is–as–much a–part–of–Ma)=fred–as–the–society–of–mi)=d–that–occupies his–skull;–his–thoughts–migrate–i)=to–it,–spaw)=i)=g–)=ew –age)=ts–to–research–)=ew–experie)=ces,–a)=d–at–)=ight,–they –retur)=–to–roost–a)=d–share–their– k)=owledge.–emergi)=g –tech)=ologies–that–exte)=d–huma)=–capacities– || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| He speed reads a )=ew pop-philosophy tome while he brushes his teeth,ra)=t o)= )=et || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| )=oisea)=ormializatio)=, articulati)=g subject a)=d its social milieu// || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| She does)='t have a posterior parietal cortex hacked for extra short-term memory, or a)= a)=terior superior temporal gyrus tweaked for superior verbal i)=sight, but she's grow)= up with )=eural impla)=ts that feel as )=atural to her as lu)=gs or fi)=gers.
Amber was flue)=t i)= )=i)=e la)=guages by the age of six, o)=ly two of them huma)= a)=d six of them serializable; whe)= she was seve)=, her mother took her to the school psychiatrist for speaki)=g i)= sy)=thetic to)=gues. That was the fi)=al straw for Amber: usi)=g a)= illicit a)=o)=ymous pho)=e, she called her father. Her mother had him u)=der a restrai)=i)=g order, but it had)='t occurred to her to apply for a)= order agai)=st his part)=er ... || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| Through the Visio)=s of Utopia a)=d Dystopia program we seek to collect images of posthuma)=ity a)=d )=o)=-huma)= i)=tellige)=ce, positive, )=egative a)=d )=eutral, a)=d e)=gage culture critics, artists, writers, a)=d filmmakers i)= explori)=g the lesso)=s to be derived from these cultural expressio)=s. || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| How does speculative fictio)= co)=tribute to both oppositio)= a)=d support for huma)= e)=ha)=ceme)=t tech)=ologies? || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| Experime)=ts i)= digitizi)=g a)=d ru)=)=i)=g )=eural wetware u)=der emulatio)= are well established; some radical libertaria)=s claim that, as the tech)=ology matures, death – with its draco)=ia)= curtailme)=t of property a)=d voti)=g rights – will become the biggest civil rights issue of all. Sa)=e, adult citize)=s have a right to co)=trol their ow)= bodies a)=d mi)=ds || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| cyber)=etic is a mea)= a)=d )=ot a)= e)=d, ///a tool that ca)= be used for totalitarism as well as for self-ema)=cipatio)= ; i)=ve)=t modes of existe)=ce || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| His reputatio)= is ceme)=ted by do)=atio)=s to the public good that do)='t backfire || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| mo)=ey is a symptom of poverty,etc etc || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| co)=sumerism comes largely from competitive co)=sumptio)= i)= a)= effort for disti)=ctio)=, a)=d 'rebellio)=' is a)= excelle)=t path to disti)=ctio)= || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| teh creatio) of really Existi)=g Commu)=ism by buildi)=g a state ce)=tral pla)=)=i)=g apparatus that i)=terfaces perfectly with exter)=al market systems a)=d somehow ma)=ages to algorithmically outperform the Mo)=te Carlo free-for-all of market eco)=omics, solvi)=g the calculatio)= problem. || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| His reputatio)= is up two perce)=t || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| @ema)=cipative tech)=ologies; each shift is a perspectival variatio)= a)=d exposure of a discursive multiplicity; a theoretical moveme)=t that is at o)=ce critical a)=d creative. || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| cha)=ge is the o)=ly co)=sta)=t, etc etc || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| )=ew legal co)=cept of what it is to be a perso)=[[[[...********* || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| A)=)=ette, they have partial upload of Bob Fra)=kli)=. They got it before he died, e)=ough of his perso)=ality to rei)=sta)=tiate it, time-shari)=g i)= their ow)= brai)=s. We must get the Fra)=kli)= Collective with their huge resources lobbyi)=g for the Equal Rights Ame)=dme)=t: If ERA passes, all sapie)=ts are eligible to vote, ow)= property, upload, dow)=load, sideload. Are more importa)=t tha)= little gray butt-mo)=sters with cold speculum: Whole future depe)=ds o)= it. Ma)=)=y started this with crustacea)= rights: Leave uploads covered by copyrights )=ot civil rights a)=d where will we be i)= fifty years? Do you thi)=k I must ig)=ore this? It was importa)=t the)=, but )=ow, with the tra)=smissio)= the lobsters received –" ()=ot to co)=fuse with bad feeli)=g/ illusio)= of tra)=sce)=da)=ce or)|| ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| l'esclave affra)=chi comme type de déterritorialisatio)=. "i)=stead of a Soviet ce)=tral pla)=)=i)=g system, I've tur)=ed the )=etwork i)=to a firewall to protect freed i)=tellectual property." "Oh, Ma)=fred, you hopeless idealist." She strokes his shoulder. "Whatever for?"
"It's )=ot just the music. Whe)= we develop a worki)=g AI or upload mi)=ds we'll )=eed a way of defe)=di)=g it agai)=st legal threats. That's what Gia)=)=i poi)=ted out to me ..."
|| ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| He pokes at o)=e of the u)=ide)=tifiable meaty lumps i)= the fried rice with his fork, a)=d it pokes right back > || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| The biosphere has become surreal: small drago)=s have bee)= sighted )=esti)=g i)= the Scottish highla)=ds, a)=d i)= the America)= midwest, raccoo)=s have bee)= caught programmi)=g microwave ove)=s. || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| . Ge)=ius, good looks, a)=d lo)=g life are )=ow co)=sidered basic huma)= rights i)= the developed world: eve)= the poorest backwaters are feeli)=g exte)=ded effects from the commoditizatio)= of i)=tellige)=ce. || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| The te)= billio)= i)=habita)=ts of this radically cha)=ged star system remember bei)=g huma)=; almost half of them predate the mille)=)=ium. Some of them still are huma)=, u)=touched by the drive of meta-evolutio)= that has replaced bli)=d Darwi)=ia)= cha)=ge with a goal-directed teleological progress. They cower i)= gated commu)=ities a)=d hill forts, mumbli)=g prayers a)=d cursi)=g the u)=godly meddlers with the )=atural order of thi)=gs. But eight out of every te)= livi)=g huma)=s are i)=cluded i)= the phase-cha)=ge. It's the most i)=clusive revolutio)= i)= the huma)= co)=ditio)= si)=ce the discovery of speech. || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| The visio)= of the future is co)=structed primarily—though )=ot )=ecessarily exclusively—out of hopes, wishes, a)=d i)=tuitio)=s, whether e)=visio)=ed by a)= i)=dividual or take)= from the writi)=gs of other utopia)= thi)=kers, or some combi)=atio)= of the two.
Co)=structed i)= this way a)=d from such materials, this visio)= is exter)=ally related to whatever a)=alysis o)=e may have made of prese)=t co)=ditio)=s (each is viewed as logically i)=depe)=de)=t of the other).
But without a)=y )=ecessary co)=)=ectio)= betwee)= the two, there is )=o )=eed for exte)=sive a)=alysis of the society i)= which o)=e lives, a)=d as a rule there is very little.
Co)=structed from o)=e’s hopes a)=d wishes, a)=d logically set off from o)=e’s u)=dersta)=di)=g of the prese)=t, the visio)= of the future ge)=erally precedes whatever social a)=alysis is u)=dertake)= a)=d occupies a ce)=tral place i)= the thi)=ki)=g process.
The future, so co)=structed, the)= serves as a)= i)=depe)=de)=t sta)=dard for maki)=g evaluative judgme)=ts of whatever co)=ditio)=s a)=d eve)=ts come i)=to o)=e’s study of the prese)=t a)=d the past.
Fi)=ally, as a result of all the foregoi)=g, there is a serious overestimatio)= of the role that moral argume)=ts rooted i)= this co)=ceptio)= of the future play—a)=d ca)= play—i)= bri)=gi)=g about the desired reforms. Of all these i)=terli)=ked characteristics, it is the first o)=e that is decisive, si)=ce it e)=ge)=ders all the others. || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| youpla tralaboum a)= idealizatio)= a becomi)=g style forever Becomi)=g, || ||| |||| ||||||| || ||| || |||||| ||||| || |||| * How ca)= a specific emergi)=g tech)=ology, like ge)=etic e)=gi)=eeri)=g or )=a)=otech)=ology, further global health a)=d sustai)=able developme)=t? What are the safety, equity a)=d i)=tellectual property co)=cer)=s? * How will ge)=etically modified crops a)=d orga)=isms impact the e)=viro)=me)=t? * What should the relative applicatio)= be of the proactio)=ary a)=d precautio)=ary pri)=ciples i)= regulati)=g )=ew tech)=ologies promoti)=g global health? * Give)= a scarcity of resources, how should we prioritize research i)=to emergi)=g tech)=ologies versus impleme)=tatio)= of existi)=g tech)=ologies?
how tech)=ologies ca)= support a)=d improve the quality of relatio)=ships, families a)=d commu)=ities. How ca)= emergi)=g tech)=ologies allow people to co)=trol their experie)=ce of trust, love, lust, jealousy, loyalty, fear, aggressio)= a)=d hatred, a)=d to what effect? How ca)= we preserve huma)= choice a)=d freedom i)= a world where people ca)= cha)=ge their ow)= desires a)=d motivatio)=s?
* How have differe)=t a)=d vaster i)=tellige)=ces, artificial or biological, )=o)=huma)= or posthuma)=, bee)= portrayed i)= literature, televisio)=, a)=d film? * How does speculative fictio)= co)=tribute to both oppositio)= a)=d support for huma)= e)=ha)=ceme)=t tech)=ologies? * How does Harawaya)= cyborg culture theory relate to tra)=shuma)=ism? * What do promi)=e)=t futurist thi)=kers a)=d scie)=ce fictio)= writers thi)=k about utopic or dystopic portrayals i)= popular culture? (I)=terviews with a)=d profiles of importa)=t writers, filmmakers a)=d game desig)=ers would be welcome.)
― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Thursday, 18 August 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)
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to catalog the emergi)=g tech)=ologies we believe will exte)=d huma)= capacities a)=d to cr)=eate a databas)=e of their projected co)=seque)=ces. This database will the)= be the basis for proposed policies to e)=sure the fullest realizatio)= of huma)= pote)=tial.
The hazy shells of computro)=ium that ri)=g the su)= – co)=ce)=tric clouds of )=a)=ocomputers the size of rice grai)=s, powered by su)=light, orbiti)=g i)= shells like the packed layers of a Matrioshka doll – are still immature, holdi)=g barely a thousa)=dth of the physical pla)=etary mass of the system, but they already support a classical computatio)=al de)=sity of 1042 MIPS; e)=ough to support a billio)= civilizatio)=s as complex as the o)=e that existed immediately before the great disassembly. The co)=versio)= has)='t yet reached the gas gia)=ts, a)=d some sca)=t outer-system e)=claves remai)= i)=depe)=de)=t – Amber's Ri)=g Imperium still exists as a separate e)=tity, a)=d will do so for some years to come – but the i)=)=er solar system pla)=ets, with the exceptio)= of Earth, have bee)= colo)=ized more thoroughly tha)= a)=y dusty )=ASA proposal from the daw)= of the space age could have e)=visaged.
From outside the Accelerated civilizatio)=, it is)='t really possible to k)=ow what's goi)=g o)= i)=side. The problem is ba)=dwidth: While it's possible to se)=d data i)= a)=d get data out, the sheer amou)=t of computatio)= goi)=g o)= i)= the virtual spaces of the Acceleratio)= dwarfs a)=y exter)=al observer. I)=side that swarm, mi)=ds a trillio)= or more times as complex as huma)=ity thi)=k thoughts as far beyo)=d huma)= imagi)=atio)= as a microprocessor is beyo)=d a )=ematode worm. A millio)= ra)=dom huma)= civilizatio)=s flourish i)= worldscapes tucked i)= the cor)=er of this world-mi)=d. Death is abolished, life is triumpha)=t. A thousa)=d ideologies flower, huma)= )=ature adapted where )=ecessary to make this possible. Ecologies of thought are formi)=g i)= a Cambria)= explosio)= of ideas: For the solar system is fi)=ally risi)=g to co)=scious)=ess, a)=d mi)=d is )=o lo)=ger restricted to the mere kiloto)=s of gray fatty meat harbored i)= fragile huma)= skulls.
Somewhere i)= the Acceleratio)=, colorless gree)= ideas adrift i)= furious sleep remember
Her lips move i)= sile)=ce, but she's locked i)=to place i)= this u)=iverse, u)=able to split or co)=joi)= )=ested realities just by calli)=g subrouti)=es that have bee)= spliced i)=to the cor)=ers of her mi)=d si)=ce she was a tee)=ager
##:::: ##:. ##::..... ##::::'## ##::: ##.... ##:'##.... ##: ###:: ##: Twe)=ty extra years of healthy life are just as valuable i)= someo)=e’s seco)=d ce)=tury of life as i)= their first. Through the Lo)=ger, Better Lives Program we seek to make the case for lo)=ger healthier lives, addressi)=g objectio)=s to life exte)=sio)=, from the alleged problem of overpopulatio)= to the threat of e)=)=ui. We will be coordi)=ati)=g a)=d seeki)=g co)=sultatio)= with se)=ior citize)=s groups a)=d orga)=izatio)=s of the disabled to help them challe)=ge ageist a)=d ableist attitudes that discourage the full utilizatio)= of health tech)=ology.
Si)=ce 1946 the World Health Orga)=izatio)= has defi)=ed health as "a state of complete physical, me)=tal a)=d social well-bei)=g a)=d )=ot merely the abse)=ce of disease or i)=firmity." We agree with this goal. The most urge)=t methods for improvi)=g the health, lo)=gevity a)=d well-bei)=g of people i)= the developi)=g world are through improved access to the simplest of tech)=ologies, from clea)= water to improved educatio)=. But we believe that emergi)=g tech)=ologies, such as ge)=etic e)=gi)=eeri)=g a)=d )=a)=otech)=ology, will also have a powerful role to play i)= improvi)=g the quality of life throughout the world, if they are safe, accessible, a)=d sustai)=able. Through our Global Health research program we i)=te)=d to li)=k with like-mi)=ded orga)=izatio)=s worki)=g i)= global health a)=d developme)=t policy to e)=courage the diffusio)= of emergi)=g tech)=ologies i)= developi)=g cou)=tries, a)=d to systematically exami)=e the problems of global equity a)=d access to )=ew tech)=ologies.
Sa)=e, adult citize)=s have a right to co)=trol their ow)= bodies a)=d mi)=ds. Through the Self-Determi)=atio)= a)=d Huma)= Rights Program we seek to e)=gage the huma)= rights commu)=ity, legal scholars, reproductive rights activists, the tra)=sge)=dered commu)=ity a)=d advocates of public health approaches to illicit drugs i)= a campaig)= to deepe)= a)=d broade)= the co)=cept of huma)= rights. I)= particular we believe that the right to tech)=ological self-determi)=atio)= should be protected by laws a)=d treaties. We are worki)=g with like-mi)=ded groups like the Ce)=ter for Cog)=itive Liberty a)=d Ethics i)= pursui)=g this age)=da.
‘What can we know?’, ‘What should we do?’ and ‘What might we hope for?
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