transhumanism
Transhumanism is an international and intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and creating widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities.
Technology and Post-Humanism
The 20th century caused classical liberal ideals to be seen as, in many ways, the chimera. The structuralist movement of the mid to late 20th century had found itself in quite the quandary. As Foucauldian and Derridean schemas systematically attacked our fundamental tautological assumptions, the question that remained was this: what is, exactly, the locus of power described? In “The History of Sexuality”, Foucault proposed in the late 1976 that we as developed societies are under a “Victorian” regime of truth: a dominant, repressive, and coercively cosignatory process. Today, a similar regime dominates us today, and the ways in which we are dominated by discourse is more apparent now than ever before. The Foucauldian project, regardless of the historicity and the norms propounded within the domain of public discourse, seeks to intellectually liberate in the negative, or categorizing by “absence” rather than the “presence” of distinguishing features. This negative interpretation of power relations is a powerful methodology to systematically analyze institutions, social structures, and even scientific disciplines. In The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences, Foucault proposes a particular idea called the episteme. This concept most specifically is that of how ordering and taxonomy create influential power structures. Foucault writes: “Creating the fundamental codes of a culture— those governing its language, its schemas of perception, its exchanges, its techniques, its values, the hierarchy of practices.” In other words, the structures that organize and classify knowledge are limited by our own conceptual and intellectual purview. How do you think we ensure in the future that our representations of knowledge are as true to reality as possible? How may we best direct our collective energy and labor as a society in order to fundamentally transform society in radical ways? How can we best move scientific progress forward if we do not question our fundamental assumptions?
By Avery Alexander Rijos5 years ago in Futurism
The main element of Global Village
The main elements associated with the concept of Global Village- Human habitation may be far away. But today we live in a world where people seem to be close even when they are far away. In today's world, people from all walks of life have come to each other using different technologies. As a result, the world has come into the palm of your hand. We can say that people from all over the world are living in a village. There are several elements associated with the concept of Global Village. Due to the extensive impact of these elements, the work of establishing the Global Village is being accelerated. These are -
By About Tech5 years ago in Futurism
Global Village
A village is usually formed by a certain number of people in an area and their habitat, nature, environment and fauna. As such, the existence of such villages is noticed in every corner of the world. Some villages are cities, some cities are districts or regions, and some districts and regions are considered to be a country with a combined geographical location. Today, with the advent of technology, the world has become smaller. The world as a whole is a village where every country can actually be considered or represented as an individual.
By About Tech5 years ago in Futurism
WE NEED A SENSE OF THE UNITY - ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
Mysticism: All are One, the universe is a Unity All things in the universe are one. They are all made of the same basic matter/energy, and they interact with one another, constantly. All things on earth are one: plants, animals, rocks, oceans and atmosphere. All living creatures had a common origin, all depend on each other, and shape and are shaped by non-living things. Life has radically altered the earth's atmosphere, and molded many aspects of its geology. The Gaia system is an organic evolvingwhole embracing the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere. All humans on earth are one. We descend from the same family of common ancestors. We are, in a quite literal sense, siblings, and like siblings we depend on each other's love and care and responsibility. We are interdependent not just in our families and communities, but in nations, and increasingly on a global scale - just as we are also interdependent with nature and the earth.
By Alexis Karpouzos6 years ago in Futurism
So Goes the End of Everything
Earth is succumbing to famine due to blight and drought resulting from climate change, the depletion of resources, and overpopulation. A global pandemic is wiping out less-developed nations. In the United States, the vulnerable poor, working poor, and lower middle class, especially the elderly, are dying from a lack of access to affordable, quality healthcare. Amidst all of this, political conservatives, convinced they are living in the end-times, are stunned when members of a cult that worships the late author, Kurt Vonnegut, vanish without a trace.
By Meadow Leight-Bell6 years ago in Futurism
What if you could talk with anyone in the world at anytime?
Honestly, I'm not going to say this theory is completely credible. I was having a long night recently, and suddenly had some wild ideas. This is one of the ones I wrote down. Stepping back, I realize that this theory could not be proven, but by statistics, it works. So before clicking out of this article, hear me out.
By corine kaufmann6 years ago in Futurism
Jacque Fresco's sociocyberneering
Futurologist, social engineer, inventor, industrial designer - Jacques Fresco has left a legacy this is nevertheless resentful and fashionable around the arena. His utopian designs are questionable in many approaches, but in a few locations, they may be greater logical than within the international civil community. What's the cause in the back of such warmed conversations regard simultaneously?
By Samad Mammadov6 years ago in Futurism
Controlling Cyborgs with the Mind
Machines in the future will be available in all types including evil. Yes, these machines will include the super-advanced cyborg that will be designed to serve mankind. Not that we don’t have any evil machines nowadays, but the cyborg will up the game because they will eventually be controlled by the mind. How horrible is that!
By Bazooka Teaches6 years ago in Futurism
Discovery of the Guide to the Earth Game
The memories started coming and I couldn’t stop them. Gradually, over time, one might say insidiously but not in a negative way, the memories overtook me and finally they had to be expressed. It started with a vision of the Playing Cards as a system of aligning and harmonizing the modern world.
By Art Reichardt6 years ago in Futurism
Life with Superpowers
Most, if not all super powers give the individual an advantage over the rest of humanity. If someone woke up with superpowers, perhaps after a classic lab experiment or awakened mutant D.N.A, how would their day go and what would they do with their new found power? Whatever they choose to do with it depends on their abilities. X-ray vision could help a doctor find an injury or assist the police in a crime scene. But, having an ability like techopathy instantly makes that individual the most powerful being on the planet. Such beings with extraordinary abilities may have a tremendous influence on our world. That may range from becoming a beacon of hope to being the physical embodiment of the apocalypse.
By CODENAME PRINCE7 years ago in Futurism
