Ranked #1
Opposing the Opponents of Human Enhancement-And Then What?
Opposing the Opponents of Human Enhancement-And Then What?
Michael H. Shapiro (University of Southern California) is the Dorothy W. Nelson Professor of Law at University of Southe... Read more
24 Apr 2009
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59mins
Ranked #2
The Blind Spot of Humanism and Transhumanism: The Scientific study of Human Nature
The Blind Spot of Humanism and Transhumanism: The Scientific study of Human Nature
Pascal Boyer (Washington University) is Henry Luce Professor of Individual and Collective Memory in Arts & Sciences.... Read more
16 Apr 2007
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44mins
Ranked #3
A Missing Global Blueprint for Integral Life and Culture: The Maturation of the Human Species
A Missing Global Blueprint for Integral Life and Culture: The Maturation of the Human Species
Ashok Gangadean (Haverford College) is Professor of Philosophy and was the first Director of the Margaret Gest Center fo... Read more
16 Apr 2007
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #4
Lives in the Balance
Lives in the Balance
Brad Allenby joined ASU in 2004 after spending over twenty years working for AT&T as counsel, senior environmental c... Read more
17 Nov 2007
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51mins
Ranked #5
Who Are We? Reconciling Universal Human Nature and Genetic Uniqueness
Who Are We? Reconciling Universal Human Nature and Genetic Uniqueness
John Tooby is best known for his work in pioneering the new field of evolutionary psychology, along with Templeton Resea... Read more
17 Apr 2007
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53mins
Ranked #6
Can Beauty Build Adapted Minds? Neural Self-Assembly in a Changing World
Can Beauty Build Adapted Minds? Neural Self-Assembly in a Changing World
John Tooby (University of California, Santa Barbara) is Professor of Anthropology and co–director of UCSB’ Center for Ev... Read more
16 Apr 2007
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42mins
Ranked #7
Does the Wall Still Stand? The Implications of Transhumanism for the Seperation of Church and State
Does the Wall Still Stand? The Implications of Transhumanism for the Seperation of Church and State
Steven P. Goldberg (Georgetown University) is James M. and Catherine F. Denny Professor of Law at Georgetown University.... Read more
24 Apr 2009
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1hr 8mins
Ranked #8
Transhumanism and the Future of Democracy: Closing Discussion
Transhumanism and the Future of Democracy: Closing Discussion
Charles Townes (University of California at Berkeley) is a Nobel Laureate, Professor Emeritus at the University of Calif... Read more
24 Apr 2009
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33mins
Ranked #9
Is There a Human Nature:An Argument Against Modern Excarnation
Is There a Human Nature:An Argument Against Modern Excarnation
Jean Bethke Elshtain (University of Chicago) is the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, ... Read more
24 Apr 2009
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1hr 18mins
Ranked #10
Transhumanism and the Limits of Democracy
Transhumanism and the Limits of Democracy
Ronald Bailey (Reason Magazine) is the award-winning science correspondent for Reason magazine and Reason.com, where he ... Read more
24 Apr 2009
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1hr 12mins
Ranked #11
Directed Evolution: Public Policy and Human Enhancement
Directed Evolution: Public Policy and Human Enhancement
Maxwell J. Mehlman is the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University and the Director of t... Read more
20 Apr 2009
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1hr 5mins
Ranked #12
From Dante to the Internet: Body and Soul as Aspects of Being
From Dante to the Internet: Body and Soul as Aspects of Being
Margaret Wertheim is an internationally noted science writer and commentator who, in addition to her books, has written ... Read more
23 Feb 2009
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #13
Improved Humans: Legal and Political Aspects of the New Genetics
Improved Humans: Legal and Political Aspects of the New Genetics
Maxwell J. Mehlman is the Arthur E. Petersilge Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University and the Director of t... Read more
12 Nov 2008
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53mins
Ranked #14
Cybernetics is an Antihumanism: Advanced Technologies and the Rebellion Against the Human Condition
Cybernetics is an Antihumanism: Advanced Technologies and the Rebellion Against the Human Condition
Jean-Pierre Dupuy is professor of social and political philosophy and director of the Centre de Recherche en Épistémolog... Read more
25 Apr 2008
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1hr 13mins
Ranked #15
Of Which Human are We Post?
Of Which Human are We Post?
Don Ihde is Distinguished Professor of philosophy at Stony Brook University. He is the author of thirteen books and the ... Read more
25 Apr 2008
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1hr 19mins