[tt] Emergence - IEET News for January 2008

Hughes, James J. <James.Hughes at trincoll.edu> on Thu Jan 31 21:58:00 UTC 2008 
http://ieet.org

EMERGENCE

Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies News for the week ending January 31, 2008

Editor: Dr. James J. Hughes
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IEET NEWS


IEET has 501c3 Tax-Exempt and Tax-Deductible Status http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/501c3status/

Doug's Testament Series Wraps Up
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/rushkofftest4/

Heather writes on UK Repro Rights
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/bradshaw20080119/

Russell Blackford is the New Editor of the Journal of Evolution and Technology http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/blackford20080116/

Poll: When we can change sexual orientation....
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/poll20080116/

Future Problem Solver Presentations on Neurotechnology http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/fpsneuro2008/


ARTICLES

Jamais Cascio: The Big Future
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20080130/

Mike Treder: Emerging Economies and U.S. Hegemony http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/treder20080130/

Jamais Cascio: Battlefield Earth
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20080129/

George Dvorsky: Marquis de Condorcet, Enlightenment proto-transhumanist http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20080126/

Anne Corwin: Science Fiction, Speculation, and Living Machines http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/corwin20080122/

Mike Treder: Enabling Nanotechnologies
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/treder20080116/

Giulio Prisco: Facebook, the Pub and the Singularity http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/prisco20080115/

Mike Treder: Underfunding of US Basic Science Slowing Progress http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/treder20080115/

Jamais Cascio: "Techno-Doping" and the New Olympics http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20080114/

Dale Carrico: From Future Shock to Future Fatigue http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/carrico20080112/

Christopher Harris: Program Yourself
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/harris20080112/

Edward Miller: Structuring a Decentralized World http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/miller20080107/

George Dvorsky: Overcoming Gender
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20080106/

Marshall Brain: Can your mind control your weight and blood pressure?
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/brain20080103/



MULTIMEDIA

Nick on Cognitive Enhancement (01/31)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/bostrom20080130/

Hughes on Podcasting the Singularity (01/26) http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughespts08/

Post-Oil and the Case for Mars (01/26)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/csr20080126/

Are We Giving The Robots Too Much Power? (01/24) http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/foxnews2030/

Dvorsky on H+ & S^ on TFAY (01/23)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorskytfay08/

Scientists Confront Creationism (01/21)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/csr20080119/

Democracy and Basic Income (01/21)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pateman2007/

Jonathan Haidt: Enlightenment 2.0 requires Morality 2.0 (01/20) 
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/jhe2m2/

Living Forever: The Longevity Revolution (01/09) http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/livforcbc/

Building Open Source BioHacking (01/08)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/biohack/

Volcanic geo-engineering (01/07)
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/volgeo/

Happiness, Virtue, and Transcendance in a Neurotechological Future (01/03) http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes200704temp/

Anne on Happiness in a Complex Universe (01/01) http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/corwin2007/


ETHICS & TECH IN THE NEWS

Call for Papers on H+ & Religion
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/aarcfp08/

Sam Harris on Enhancement
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/harris2008edge/

JBS Haldane's "The Last Judgment"
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/haldane1927/

Bertrand Russell on Engineering Kindness and the Ends of Science http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/russellicarus/

Xian Right Worried Gay Sex Way Hotter Than Straight Sex http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/xiangayhot/

"Technoprogressive" popular among transhumanists http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tph07wta/

Personal existential risks
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/personal_existential_risks/

A Gift for Disabled But Active Duty Soldiers http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tankchair/

Nigel takes a pop at Aubrey
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/nigelc0801/


IEET SPEAKER EVENTS

George on "Cyborgs of the Past, Present and Future"
Mississauga, Canada
2008 Jan 31-31
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20080131/

Hughes @ Center for Inquiry
Orlando, Florida
2008 Feb 22-23
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes20080223/

Aubrey @ BioCon Conf Contra Life Extension Phoenix, Arizona
2008 Mar 3-8
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cbhd200803/

Aubrey @ Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress Paris, France
2008 Apr 10-14
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/aubrey200804/

Hughes @ Evolution in the 21st Century
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2008 Apr 17-18
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/evobio08/

Miah @ Enhancement Medicine
Brussels, Belgium
2008 May 9-10
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/miah/

Hughes @ World Humanist Congress
Washington, DC
2008 Jun 6-8
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes20080606/

Treder @ World Future Society
Washington, DC
2008 Jul 26-28
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/trederwfs2008/


ALL EVENTS

George on "Cyborgs of the Past, Present and Future"
Mississauga, Canada
2008 Jan 31-31
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/dvorsky20080131/

The Emerging Brain Fitness Market:  Building Better Brains San Francisco, CA
2008 Feb 12-12
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/brainsoft2008/

Advancing Technology and Services to Promote Quality of Life St. Petersburg, Florida
2008 Feb 20-23
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/atspql2008/

Hughes @ Center for Inquiry
Orlando, Florida
2008 Feb 22-23
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes20080223/

Neurogenomics
Minneapolis, MN
2008 Feb 29-29
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/neurogenomics080229/

First Conference on Artificial General Intelligence Memphis, US
2008 Mar 1-3
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/20080301agi/

Aubrey @ BioCon Conf Contra Life Extension Phoenix, Arizona
2008 Mar 3-8
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cbhd200803/

O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
San Diego, California
2008 Mar 3-6
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/oreilly2008/

Technology and Persons with Disabilities Northridge, California
2008 Mar 10-15
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/tpdc2008/

Surveillance in Everyday Life
Sheffield, UK
2008 Apr 2-3
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/surveillance2008/

Science of Consciousness 2008
Tucson, Arizona
2008 Apr 8-12
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/scicon2008/

Cognitive Aging
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2008 Apr 10-14
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cac2008/

Aubrey @ Anti-Aging Medicine World Congress Paris, France
2008 Apr 10-14
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/aubrey200804/

Universal Access and Assistive Technology Cambridge, UK
2008 Apr 13-16
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/uaat2008/

Assistive Technologies
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
2008 Apr 16-18
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/iasted2008/

Hughes @ Evolution in the 21st Century
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2008 Apr 17-18
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/evobio08/

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis
Barcelona, Spain
2008 Apr 23-26
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pgd20080423/

Ethical, Legal, Social Implications of Genomics Cleveland, Ohio, United States
2008 May 1-3
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/elsi2008/

Knowledge Politics and Converging Technologies Brussels, Belgium
2008 May 6-8
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/eunbic2008/

Miah @ Enhancement Medicine
Brussels, Belgium
2008 May 9-10
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/miah/

Reproductive Ethics
Cape Town, South Africa
2008 May 26-28
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/repro08sa/

Hughes @ World Humanist Congress
Washington, DC
2008 Jun 6-8
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/hughes20080606/

Neural Interfaces Conference
Cleveland
2008 Jun 15-18
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/neural_interfaces_conference/

Ethics, Technology and Identity
Delft, Netherlands
2008 Jun 18-20
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/eti2008/

EuroScience Open Forum
Barcelona, Spain
2008 Jul 18-22
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/esof2008/

Treder @ World Future Society
Washington, DC
2008 Jul 26-28
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/trederwfs2008/

International Philosophical Congress
Seoul, South Korea
2008 Jul 30-5
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ipcxii/

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Montreal, Canada
2008 Aug 2-7
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/augaltcom2008/

Governing Emerging Technologies
Big Sky, MT
2008 Aug 17-22
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/20080817gordon/

9th World Congress of Bioethics
Rijeka and Opatija, Croatia
2008 Sep 3-8
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/9wcbioethics/

International Congress of AI & Nano
Bogotá, Colombia
2008 Sep 25-26
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/incainano08/

World Academy of Art And Science
Hyderbad, India
2008 Oct 16-20
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/waas2008/

H+ & Religion session at American Academy of Religion
Chicago, IL USA
2008 Nov 1-3
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/aarh08/

Philosophy and Engineering
London, England.
2008 Nov 10-12
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/philosophy_and_engineering/

Neuroethics Society meeting
Washington, DC
2008 Nov 13-14
http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/ns2008/


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