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	<title>Brent Kearney &#187; Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech</title>
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		<title>The Nature of Humanity: Technology</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2010/02/20/the-nature-of-humanity-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kevin kelly]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Kelly recently gave a TED Talk on &#8220;technology&#8217;s epic story&#8221;, the first 7 minutes of which I think provides an excellent description of the nature of humanity as the technological species.  On Kelly&#8217;s account, humanity itself is a concept of our own invention, which we continue to develop as part of an overall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Other Side of The Singularity</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/11/28/other-side-of-the-singularity/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/11/28/other-side-of-the-singularity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AGI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence explosion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnathan Goldstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[super intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wiretap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The technological singularity is a point in time when a self-aware artificial intelligence (AI) recursively increases its own intelligence, leading to an &#8220;intelligence explosion&#8221; of unimaginable scale.   Some people consider this project to be the fastest way, perhaps even the only way, for us to solve our most serious problems.   As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction to the Future</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/11/14/an-introduction-to-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/11/14/an-introduction-to-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AGI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-aging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artificial-intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aubrey de grey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ben Goertzel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cybernetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eliezer Yudkowsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futurism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[H+]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurzweil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Longevity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Grossman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the summer of 2009, FastForward Radio did a special series that they called A World Transformed, which provided an overview of the emerging technologies that are poised to radically transform our societies and ourselves in ways that are hardly imaginable.   Although the audio sometimes sounds like  they&#8217;re speaking through  a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singularity University</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/06/25/singularity-university/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/06/25/singularity-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parody]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Diamandis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Kurzweil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wired]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is said that parody is a form of flattery.  Wired&#8217;s Chris Hardwick just posted a hilarious spoof acceptance letter (below) from the just-launched Singularity University.  Singularity U is a project of futurist Ray Kurzweil, X-Prize CEO Peter Diamandis, and a host of other luminaries.  

Aside from the obvious poking fun at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Methuselah Foundation</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/05/15/methuselah-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/05/15/methuselah-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 19:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Longevity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aubrey de grey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methuselah Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Organovo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SENS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Methuselah Foundation, whose mission is &#8220;nothing less than to enable humans to live longer, better, and wiser, by defeating age-related disease and suffering&#8221;, recently got some flashy press coverage by a TV outfit in Los Angeles, KTLA:
[video removed]
The &#8220;organ printing&#8221; technology described in the video is by a Methuselah-funded company called Organovo.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurzweil on Biology as Information Technology</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/04/15/kurzweil-on-biology-as-information-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/04/15/kurzweil-on-biology-as-information-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kurzweil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Kurzweil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[VBS TV has posted a quirky, documentary-style <a href="http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=19251860001">interview with Ray Kurzweil</a>.  For those who have read his books or listened to his speeches, there isn't much new material here.  Although, it does help clarify what Kurzweil means when he says that biology and other areas of science are <em>becoming information technology</em>, and thus subject to the same exponential growth in progress.

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		<title>Rebooting the Economy with R&amp;D</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/03/24/rebooting-the-economy-with-rd/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/03/24/rebooting-the-economy-with-rd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[juan enriquez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[r&d]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ted]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://brent.kearneys.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/financial-crisis-300x259.png" alt="Perspective" title="Perspective" width="300" height="259" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-981" /> From the <a href="http://www.ted.com">TED</a> conference, <a href="http://www.biotechonomy.com/juan.htm">Juan Enriquez</a> gave an interesting <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/juan_enriquez_shares_mindboggling_new_science.html">talk</a> in February that cast the current U.S. financial crisis in light of an impending,  massive technological revolution. ]]></description>
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		<title>Transhumanist Documentary &amp; Documentary Maker</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/03/05/transhumanism-documentary/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/03/05/transhumanism-documentary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:36:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eyeborg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rob spence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technocalyps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[transhumanism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I came across this documentary, Technocalyps, (like apocalypse, get it?)  the other day, and although I&#8217;ve only watched the first third of it, I can say that it&#8217;s pretty cool.  I didn&#8217;t learn much, but I&#8217;ve been getting into the subject for awhile now.  It&#8217;s a good documentary to pass to someone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Singularity Summit 2008</title>
		<link>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/02/14/the-singularity-summit-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://brent.kearneys.ca/2009/02/14/the-singularity-summit-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brent</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Futurism / Singularity / Neurotech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consciousness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[futurism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Horgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ray Kurzweil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[singularity summit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Singularity Summit brings together futurist luminaries to discuss the rapidly approaching technological singularity: that point past which it becomes nearly impossible to estimate the course of human technological &#8212; and biological &#8212; development.
I highly recommend that you check out the videos from the summit.  Especially the man with the crystal ball, the highlight [...]]]></description>
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