Friday, October 7, 2016

Episode #12 - Rick Searle on the Dark Side of Transhumanism

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In this episode I interview Rick Searle. Rick is an author living in Amish country in Pennsylvania. He is a prolific writer and commentator on all things technological. I get Rick to educate me about the darker aspects of the transhumanist philosophy. In particular, what Rick finds disturbing in the writings of Zoltan Istvan, Steve Fuller and the Neoreactionaries.

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Show Notes

  • 0:00 - 1:40 - Introduction
  • 1:40 - 4:40 - Rick's definition of Transhumanism
  • 4:40 - 10:10 - Zoltan Istvan and the Transhumanist Wager
  • 10:10 - 16:35 - The philosophy of teleological egocentric functionalism - Ayn Rand on steroids?
  • 16:35 - 22:30 - Steve Fuller's Humanity 2.0
  • 22:30 - 28:00 - Some disturbing conclusions?
  • 28:00 - 32:20 - The ontology and ethics of Humanity 2.0
  • 32:20 - 36:55 - Stalinism as Transhumanism
  • 43:25 - 47:00 - Transhumanism as religion
  • 47:00 - 56:30 - The neo-reactionaries of Silicon Valley
  • 56:30 - End - Is democracy fit for the future?
 

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