Monthly Archives: April 2015

WHY ALIEN LIFE SHOULD GIVE CAUSE TO WORRY

Posted on April 19, 2015 by extropiadasilva

(Steemed) If we should ever succeed in discovering life on other worlds, should that discovery trouble us? I think most people would say the answer to that question is ‘yes’ only if said aliens have tremendous technological capability. If that … Continue reading →

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PESSIMISM AMONG THE SINGULARITARIANS: IS IT A BAD THING?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by extropiadasilva

PESSIMISM AMONG THE SINGULARITARIANS: IS IT A BAD THING?  Have you heard? Robots are coming and they are going to steal our jobs! I expect you have heard rumours to that effect, because the tech news seems positively awash with … Continue reading →

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THOUGHTS ON THE TRANSHUMANIST WAGER PART 4

Posted on April 11, 2015 by extropiadasilva

PART 4: A TALE OF TWO TRANSHUMAN NATIONS. In the previous installment, we saw how Transhumanist Wager has a lot in common with Atlas Shrugged. I ended with a mention of another story and it, too, can be said to … Continue reading →

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THOUGHTS ON THE TRANSHUMANIST WAGER PART THREE

Posted on April 4, 2015 by extropiadasilva

PART THREE: JETHRO SHRUGGED. In 1957, a book was published that took the murder-mystery concept in a new direction.  Rather than having a plot concerning the death of a human body and whodunnit, the story was instead about the death … Continue reading →

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