The Transhumanism Handbook

Modern humanity with some 5,000 years of recorded history has been experiencing growing pains, with no end in sight. It is high time for humanity to grow up and to transcend itself by embracing transhumanism. Transhumanism offers the most inclusive ideology for all ethnicities and races, the religious and the atheists, conservatives and liberals, the young and the old regardless of socioeconomic status, gender identity, or any other individual qualities. This book expounds on contemporary views and practical advice from more than 70 transhumanists. Astronaut Neil Armstrong said on the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Transhumanism is the next logical step in the evolution of humankind, and it is the existential solution to the long-term survival of the human race. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Brave New World of Transhumanism (Newton Lee)....Pages 3-48 History of Transhumanism (Natasha Vita-More)....Pages 49-61 The Boundaries of the Human: From Humanism to Transhumanism (José Luis Cordeiro)....Pages 63-74 How Transhumanism Will Get Us Through the Third Millennium (Kate Levchuk)....Pages 75-88 The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance (Gennady Stolyarov II)....Pages 89-149 Front Matter ....Pages 151-151 Beauty Is in the A.I. of the Beholder: Artificial and Superintelligence (Newton Lee)....Pages 153-173 The Sapient and Sentient Intelligence Value Argument and Effects on Regulating Autonomous Artificial Intelligence (David J. Kelley)....Pages 175-187 Choices in a Mediated Artificial Super Intelligence Assisted World: The Future Before Us (Kyrtin Atreides)....Pages 189-214 The Upward Spiral of Inspiration in a mASI Assisted World: Where Root-Cause Solutions Empower Positive Feedback Loops (Kyrtin Atreides)....Pages 215-225 Creating Conversational AI Capable of Uncommon Range and Empathy, for the Betterment of Business and Humanity (Rob Lubow)....Pages 227-231 Humanizing Machines (Eleanor “Nell” Watson)....Pages 233-246 Ethics and Bias in Machine Learning: A Technical Study of What Makes Us “Good” (Nicole Shadowen)....Pages 247-261 Philosophical, Moral, and Ethical Rationalization of Artificial Intelligence (Mariana Todorova)....Pages 263-270 Theopolis Monk: Envisioning a Future of A.I. Public Service (Scott H. Hawley)....Pages 271-300 Hacking the Human Problem (Julia A. Mossbridge)....Pages 301-310 Front Matter ....Pages 311-311 In Search of Super Longevity and the Meaning of Life (Newton Lee)....Pages 313-354 To Age, or Not to Age: That Is the Question (Maria Entraigues Abramson)....Pages 355-360 Drinking From the Air (Joe Bardin)....Pages 361-368 Transhumanism and Older Adult Quality of Life (Jonathan Squyres)....Pages 369-371 Are You Willing to Die for Reductionism? (Michael R. Rose, Grant A. Rutledge)....Pages 373-380 What Do We Need to Know to Treat Degenerative Aging as a Medical Condition to Extend Healthy Lifespan? (Ilia Stambler)....Pages 381-396 Harnessing Nature’s Clues for Regeneration, Disease Reversion, and Rejuvenation (Ira S. Pastor)....Pages 397-411 Induced Cell Turnover and the Future of Regenerative Medicine (Jakub Stefaniak, Francesco Albert Bosco Cortese, Giovanni Santostasi)....Pages 413-422 Extending Healthy Human Lifespan Using Gene Therapy (Elizabeth Parrish)....Pages 423-430 How to Reach a Societal Turning Point on Life Extension (Keith Comito)....Pages 431-454 How to Organize a Moonshot Project for Amortality: Scientific, Political, Social and Ethical Questions (Didier Coeurnelle)....Pages 455-464 Taking Up the Cosmic Office: Transhumanism and the Necessity of Longevity (Kali Carrigan)....Pages 465-474 Front Matter ....Pages 475-475 Cyborgs and Cybernetic Art (Newton Lee)....Pages 477-490 My Transhumanist Story of Overcoming with LEGO (David Aguilar)....Pages 491-497 Biohacktivism, Cyborgasm, and Transhumanism (Rich Lee)....Pages 499-501 The (R)Evolution of the Human Mind (Augusta L. Wellington)....Pages 503-506 Transhumanism from the View of a Psychologist, Focusing on Mental Health Issues (Andjelka (Angie) Stones)....Pages 507-509 Front Matter ....Pages 511-511 Transhuman Crypto Cloudminds (Melanie Swan)....Pages 513-527 Transhumanism and Distributed Ledger Technologies (Calem John Smith)....Pages 529-531 DoI-SMS: A Diffusion of Innovations Based Subsidy Minting Schedule for Proof-of-Work Cryptocurrencies (Janez Trobevšek, Calem John Smith, Federico De Gonzalez-Soler)....Pages 533-545 Front Matter ....Pages 547-547 In the Afterglow of the Big Bang: Science, Science Fiction, and Transhumanism (Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens)....Pages 549-555 Not in the Image of Humans: Robots as Humans’ Other in Contemporary Science Fiction Film, Literature and Art (Sophie Wennerscheid)....Pages 557-571 Jethro Knights—Human to Machine: A Hero We Love To Hate (Chris T. Armstrong)....Pages 573-582 Art and Transhumanism (R. Nicholas Starr)....Pages 583-586 An Artist’s Creative Process: A Model for Conscious Evolution (Dinorah Delfin)....Pages 587-602 Front Matter ....Pages 603-603 Pragmatic Paths in Transhumanism (Jeffrey Zilahy)....Pages 605-611 Leave Nobody Behind: The Future of Societies (Amanda Stoel)....Pages 613-617 Should We Genetically Engineer Humans to Live in Space? (Amanda Stoel)....Pages 619-621 The Meme of Altruism and Degrees of Personhood (Amanda Stoel)....Pages 623-629 Charity in a Transhumanist World, and Our World Becoming So (Stephen Valadez)....Pages 631-635 Two-Worlds Theory: When Offline and Online Worlds Begin to Blur (B. J. Murphy)....Pages 637-643 Digital Eternity (Henrique Jorge)....Pages 645-649 Nietzschean Superhuman Evolution in Decentralized Technological Era (Eugene Lukyanov)....Pages 651-657 A Transhumanist World Comes from Diversity of Thought (Martin van der Kroon)....Pages 659-662 Imagination and Transhumansim (Sylvester Geldtmeijer)....Pages 663-666 Transhumanism Is the Idea of Man Merging with Technology (Vineeta Sharma)....Pages 667-673 Towards Sustainable Superabundance (David W. Wood)....Pages 675-679 Utilizing Transhumanism for the United Nations Global Goals (Barış Bayram)....Pages 681-683 Geoengineering: Approaching Climate Change as a Present-Day, Preventable Issue (Daniel Yeluashvili)....Pages 685-688 IoT and Transhumanism (Mark Crowther)....Pages 689-700 Transhumanism in India: Past, Present and the Future (Sarah Ahamed, Palak Madan, Avinash Kumar Singh)....Pages 701-714 Front Matter ....Pages 715-715 Advancing Neutral Monism in Big History and Transhumanist Philosophy (Ojochogwu Abdul)....Pages 717-740 World at Play (Anca I. Selariu)....Pages 741-760 Transhumanism: Variety Is the Ultimate Hack (Michele Adelson-Gavrieli)....Pages 761-769 Christian? Transhumanist? A Christian Primer for Engaging Transhumanism (Carmen Fowler LaBerge)....Pages 771-775 Christian Transhumanism: Exploring the Future of Faith (Micah Redding)....Pages 777-794 Boarding the Transhumanist Train: How Far Should the Christian Ride? (Ted Peters)....Pages 795-804 Thinking Like a Christian About Transhumanism (Joshua Marshall Strahan)....Pages 805-821 A Transhumanist God (Blaire Ostler)....Pages 823-827 Transfigurism: A Future of Religion as Exemplified by Religious Transhumanists (Lincoln Cannon)....Pages 829-847 Equalism: Paradise Regained (Inessa Lee)....Pages 849-863