New Humanity+ Affiliate Program
Today, Humanity+ announces its new, improved Humanity+ Affiliate program. Affiliates of Humanity+ are organizations which seek to work together with Humanity+ to support discussion and public awareness of emerging technologies, defend the rights of individuals to adopt technologies that expand human capacities, anticipate and propose solutions for the potential consequences of emerging technologies, and actively encourage and support the development …
Humanity+ @ Caltech Conference, 12/4-5
Today, Humanity+ officially opens registration for its next conference, Humanity+ @ Caltech: Redefining Humanity in the Era of Radical Technological Change. Humanity+ @ Caltech will take place on December 4-5 (Saturday/Sunday), at the Beckman Institute at Caltech in Los Angeles, California. Speakers will include many of the top visionaries and leaders of the transhumanist community, as well as new voices …
Humanity+ Events
Humanity+ chapters hold a wide variety of face-to-face local meetups and other events. The Humanity+ website now features a list of upcoming events by Humanity+ chapters. This list will be updated regularly as new events are announced; if you or your chapter are holding an event, please email us at info@humanityplus.org, and we’ll help you get the word out. Here …
New appointments at Humanity+
Last week, Humanity+ officially appointed Thomas McCabe as our new Program Coordinator, Max More as our new Vice Chairman, Bryan Bishop as our new Assistant Director of Research and Development, and Heather Knight as our new Assistant Director of Robotics. Thomas, Max, Bryan and Heather have all been heavily involved with Humanity+ and the transhumanist movement, and we thank them …
Forthcoming talks by Humanity+ Speakers
These are some forthcoming interesting talks by Humanity+ speakers. More will probably be posted over the next few weeks; if you want to keep up-to-date, keep an eye on the new Humanity+ Talks webpage at http://humanityplus.org/projects/humanity-talks/. Interview with NPR’s Lakshmi Singh about The Global Brain and the power of persistence Howard Bloom, Director of Humanity+ Idea Festival Louisville, Kentucky; September …