Al Jazeera: "Engineering Human Evolution" -- 0h:35m:41s Youtube Video.

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A brief synopsis from the Al Jazeera website:

Cyborgs, brain uploads and immortality - How far should science go in helping humans exceed their biological limitations? These ideas might sound like science fiction, but proponents of a movement known as transhumanism believe they are inevitable.

In this episode of The Stream, we talk to bioethicist George Dvorsky; Robin Hanson, a research associate with Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute; and Ari N. Schulman, senior editor of The New Atlantis, about the ethical implications of transhumanism.

Discuss below.

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Al Jazeera website link for the video disinclined.

A brief synopsis from the Al Jazeera website:

Cyborgs, brain uploads and immortality - How far should science go in helping humans exceed their biological limitations? These ideas might sound like science fiction, but proponents of a movement known as transhumanism believe they are inevitable.

In this episode of The Stream, we talk to bioethicist George Dvorsky; Robin Hanson, a research associate with Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute; and Ari N. Schulman, senior editor of The New Atlantis, about the ethical implications of transhumanism.

Discuss below.

Did anyone else have a hard time following the conversation due to all of the context switching? This sort of discussion is really best experienced through text.

In any case, it didn't seem to me as though this would provide much insight to the average less wronger.

Robin, I applaud your heroic effort to keep awake on the other side of the planet...