I am very pleased to see they allowed transhumanist intellectuals to defend their beliefs on the Global Spiral website. But I would also like to see at least several of these same transhumanist writers at the next ASU held "Facing the Challenges of Transhumanism: Religion, Science and Technology" Conference/Workshop. A previous one I attended did not have proper transhumanist representation.<br>
<br><a href="http://transhumanism.asu.edu/index.php">http://transhumanism.asu.edu/index.php</a><br><br>John Grigg<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Natasha Vita-More <span dir="ltr"><natasha@natasha.cc></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>
<div><span><span><font face="Arial"><span><font size="2"><i>The Global Spiral </i>Special
Issue: "Transhumanism Answers Critics" </font><a href="http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/Default.aspx</font></a></span></font></span></span></div>
<div><span><span><font size="2" face="Arial"><span></span></font></span></span> </div>
<div><span><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2"><span>"</span>In <i>The Global Spiral's</i> 2008 <span>"</span><span>Special Issue on
Transhumanism"</span>, Guest Editor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson and five other
authors, Ted Peters, Katherine Hayles, Don Ihde, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, and Andrew
Pickering, provocatively relay their concerns about transhumanism to expectant
ears. This responsive second Special Issue on Transhumanism is an opportunity
for ten transhumanist authors to evaluate the criticisms and address
concerns. This reflection is beneficial in helping us more precisely
clarify interpretations of transhumanism and identify where our own words may
have been mistaken.</font></font></span></span></div>
<div><span><span><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></span></span> </div>
<div><span><span><span><span><span><font size="2" face="Arial">"The
philosophical worldview and social movement of transhumanism has the benefit of
existing while many of its pioneers are still living. This makes it more
accommodating for those unfamiliar with transhumanism to investigate and argue
its tenets with the most recent writings at hand. Rather than searching endless
databases for bibliographical references and out-of-print books in gathering
evidence of who did what, when, and where, researchers can easily locate people
though Google and send an email or make a call. Why the authors of the
"Special Issue on Transhumanism" in <i>The Global Spiral</i> did not do this
is a curiosity. Nonetheless, their six essays present a much appreciated
opportunity for developing discourse on
transhumanism."</font></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div><span><span><span><span><span><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
<div><span><span><span><span><span><font size="2" face="Arial">Natasha
Vita-More</font></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div><span><span><span><span><span><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Guest Editor <i>The
Global Spiral <br></i><a href="http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/Default.aspx" target="_blank"><font size="2">http://www.metanexus.net/magazine/Default.aspx</font></a></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div><span><span><span><span><span><i><font size="2" face="Arial"></font></i></span></span></span></span></span> </div>
<div><span><img alt="Nlogo1.tif" src="cid:781334717@06022009-16FB" width="23" height="48"></span><span> </span><span style="font-size: 18pt; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: 'Freestyle Script';"><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64);"><font size="2" face="Arial">Natasha Vita-More</font></span></a></span><span></span></div>
<div> </div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
extropy-chat mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat" target="_blank">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a><br>
<br></blockquote></div><br>