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Oh, the Humanity! Post- and Trans-humanism with Dr. Carmel Vaisman


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In this episode we will examine the idea of being human as a spectrum and the "filter" of post humanism. With Special guest Dr. Carmel Vaisman, A lecturer at Tel Aviv University School for digital culture and a fellow podcaster. 

Show notes:

  1. Carmel Vaisman’s Podcast (Hebrew): The Post-Human Condition. https://absolutecarmel.com/posthuman/
  2. The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy (1979) - Douglas Adams
  3.  A Cyborg Manifesto (1985) - Donna Haraway. https://sites.evergreen.edu/politicalshakespeares/wp-content/uploads/sites/226/2015/12/Haraway-Cyborg-Manifesto-2.pdf
  4. The Uplift War (1985) - David Brin
  5. Religion Without Revelation (1958) -Julian Huxley
  6. Are You a Transhuman? (1989) - FM-2030 (Fereidoun M. Esfandiary)
  7. How We Became Posthuman (1999) - N. Katherine Hayles
  8. The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2014) - Becky Chambers (of course)
  9. Farscape (1999-2003), Sci-Fi Channel
  10. Childhood’s End (1953) - Arthur C. Clarke

Theme Song  - Keep Your Stupid Dreams Alive By The Prehab Messia, under the CCbyNCSA licence, Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Prefab_Messiahs/Keep_Your_Stupid_Dreams_Alive

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