amor mundi

Prioritizing a "right" elaborated nowhere in the Constitution of a minority of gun-owners -- however "nice" they assure ...

Upgraded from the Moot It is important to expose even the wackier Robot Cultists to the extent that [1] they are saying things that cert...

The singularitarian and techno-immortalist Robot Cultists who throng the tinpot-fiefdom of Less Wrong apparently had a minor tempest in the...

I've completely updated and re-organized The Superlative Summary . I can't believe how long it took to do this, but I am hoping it i...

Upgraded and adapted from the Moot to this post, a reader asks: Absolutely excellent rebuttal against libertarian verbal and "intellec...

Via Wired : Mars One... intends to establish a human settlement on Mars in 2023. They need astronauts. Anyone on planet Earth can apply if ...

Also published at the World Future Society . While I do not deny the existence of reasonably working prototypes, I do not expect driverles...

The Unbearable Stasis of "Accelerating Change" Ten Things You Must Fail To Understand If You Want To Be A Transhumanist For Long...

Patriarchy names in the first place those sociocultural systems in history in which authority and control over property, and especially the ...

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not...

Upgraded and adapted from the Moot , "Black Guy From the Future Past" has this to say: Hello Dale. Is transhumanism racist? I'...

The single most dangerous organized force in the country right now in my opinion is the Republican Party in this moment of its catastrophic ...

Upgraded and Adapted from the Moot , from an exchange with a long-time reader and frequent critic of mine, the "normal sex crusader...

James Hughes (from an abstract of his talk at Robo-Easter yesterday): Futurists and Transhumanists have been derided for association with s...

"Well, you know, of course, humans need to migrate and disperse off-world if we really want to ensure our survival as a species…"...

Also published at the World Future Society . BBC : The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) will study dangers posed by biot...

Also posted at the World Future Society . A recent article over at io9 offers a rapid-fire scroll of lovely pictures of lovely gardens fro...

You may recall that I responded to the accusation in comments that I am a "Luddite" by reminding my readers yesterday of a little ...

David Harvey : I’ve tried to think in very simple terms, which is that those people who build and sustain a city should have a right to res...

I like my art revolutionary, my administration liberal, and my engineering conservative.