The Christian Transhumanist Podcast

Ep 32: Shannon Vyff, Cryonics & Religious Education

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Is cryonics selfish? What do Harry Potter, transhumanism, and religious education have in common? What happens when kids go door-to-door raising money for life extension? Shannon Vyff—Transhumanist, Cryonicist, Unitarian Universalist, and author of “21st Century Kids“, and “The Scientific Conquest of Death”—discusses all these questions and more!

  • 21st Century Kids
    • Hyperdrives, nano-minting, accelerated brains with direct computer interfaces, conversations with dolphins, indefinite lifespan
    • Will AI have its own religions?
    • How to involve your kids in big discussions about the future
    • Kids raising money for life extension
    • Nick Bostrom’s fable of the Dragon Tyrant
    • The Scientific Conquest of Death
      • Essay, Confessions of a Proselytizing Immortalist
      • Discussing cryonics at your children's playgroup
      • Caloric Restriction
        • “The only thing that retards aging is calorie restriction. As genetic studies go forward, we’ll find out why.” — Roy Walford
        • Calorie Restriction & intermittent fasting
        • Cryonics & Common Questions
          • Is cryonics selfish?
          • In cryonics, are you taking up too much space?
          • Why Cryonics might be more green than a burial
          • How cryonics might help people who are living now
          • Cryonics is "an ongoing experiment—a very long one"
          • Kim Suozzi, the 23-year old neuroscience student who was in the midst of battling terminal brain cancer
            • How cryonicists rallied to help fulfill her wishes—and preserve her after death
            • What is natural? Is cryonics against God's will?
              • “the naturalness of transhumanism (being open to what we may become)”
              • How technology may reduce our environmental footprint
              • What does "natural" or "biblical" actually mean?
                • The Year of Living Biblically
                • A Year of Biblical Womanhood
                • The future of religious education—virtual reality visits to religious history
                • Can you be a Unitarian Universalist and a Transhumanist?
                  • Harry Potter, time travel, religious education and transhumanism
                  • Teaching the whole world of religion
                  • The history of Unitarianism and Universalism in America
                  • Shannon Vyff with Barbara Walters
                  • Organizations:
                    • Alcor
                    • Longecity
                    • SENS
                    • La Leche League
                    • Books:
                      • 21st Century Kids
                      • The Scientific Conquest of Death
                      • Shannon Vyff on Facebook
                        • ...more
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