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Mike Treder 21st Century Threats
It’s useful to classify threats to human civilization not only on their potential severity, but also on their relative certainty.
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It’s useful to classify threats to human civilization not only on their potential severity, but also on their relative certainty.
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies We can and should set priorities on which potential dangers should receive the most emphasis and greatest funding.
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It’s useful to classify threats to human civilization not only on their potential severity, but also on their relative certainty.

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The “butterfly effect” is being set aside in favor of a multifractal process that will have a major impact on climate models.

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Meet Faye Flam, a talented journalist and media personality who makes science sexy and makes sex “sciencey.”
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Faye and I have much in common though she actually has a degree in science (Physics, CalTech), she’s an amateur circus acrobat, and she’s a much stronger writer than I am (or is it “than me”?).

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Putting the Human Back Into the Post-Human
IEET Senior Fellow Jamais Cascio speaking at the New York Future Salon, October 3, 2009.
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IEET Senior Fellow Jamais Cascio speaking at the New York Future Salon, October 3, 2009.
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies On the non-technical implications of singularitarian thinking...
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Greg Barns is an author, political commentator and barrister. He was an advisor to NSW Premier Nick Greiner and also for the Howard Government. He is also a spokesperson for the Prison Action and Reform Group.

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
"It would be nice to see a next generation that is able to understand
the technologies that are discussed, but to also be critics and
skeptics as necessary."
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As adults we talk about emerging technologies, but I wonder how much we factor in kids and their futures in our discussions.

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"A liberal democracy based on a strict separation of church and state
ought to enable all its citizens to live and die according to their own
values."
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Ever since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, West Germans as well as East Germans are regularly polled on their stance toward religion. When asked whether they believe in God, most East Germans simply respond by saying: “Nope, I’m perfectly normal.”

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James Cameron’s first feature film in 12 years…
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James Cameron’s first feature film in 12 years…
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IEET Statistics Trending Strong
During the past year, visits to the IEET site have trended strongly upward, and our “Facebook Fan” base has nearly doubled in just six months.
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During the past year, visits to the IEET site have trended strongly upward, and our “Facebook Fan” base has nearly doubled in just six months.
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies We appreciate everyone’s interest in and support for our ideas!
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During the past year, visits to the IEET site have trended strongly upward, and our “Facebook Fan” base has nearly doubled in just six months.

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Mike Treder IEET Seminar in Southern California
David Brin, best-selling author of both fiction (Kiln People, Earth, Uplift series) and non-fiction (The Transparent Society), is the latest addition to what is turning out to be a superb lineup of presenters for the IEET’s one-day special seminar on the “Biopolitics of Popular Cultu...
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David Brin, best-selling author of both fiction (Kiln People, Earth, Uplift series) and non-fiction (The Transparent Society), is the latest addition to what is turning out to be a superb lineup of presenters for the IEET’s one-day special seminar on the “Biopolitics of Popular Cultu...
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies Have you signed up for the IEET "Biopolitics of Popular Culture" seminar yet? Deadline to save 33% is November 15.

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies We hope to see everyone there!
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David Brin, best-selling author of both fiction (Kiln People, Earth, Uplift series) and non-fiction (The Transparent Society), is the latest addition to what is turning out to be a superb lineup of presenters ...















