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James Hughes -- Technology and the Ethics of Future Humans (Part 2)


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Technologies are changing humans from the inside. The outsourcing of our short-term memory to smart phones is just the tip of the iceberg. We are moving into an era when human perception, reproduction, genetics, and even physiology and brain function, will be fundamentally enabled by engineering and biological technologies. James Hughes (IEET) will discuss the prospects for engineered super-humans, and the many ethical issues that will be raised.


Check out Part 1 of this seminar on Technology and the ethics of future humans with Nir Eisikovits in our podcast feed.

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