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	World Transhumanist Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The World Transhumanist Association is an international non-profit organization membership organization which advocates the ethical use of technology to enhance human capacities.
		The WTA was founded as a non-profit 501c3 organization in 1998 by Nick Bostrom and David Pearce.
		The WTA established the Journal of Transhumanism and began working toward the recognition of transhumanism as an academic discipline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Transhumanist_Association (244 words)

	Transhumanism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Transhumanist philosophers argue that there not only exists an ethical imperative for humans to strive for progress and improvement of the human condition but that it is possible and desirable for humanity to enter a post-Darwinian phase of existence, in which humans are in control of their own evolution.
		Transhumanists and other supporters of technological alteration of human biology, such as science journalist Ronald Bailey, reject as subjective and essentialist the claim that life would be experienced as meaningless in a world where some human limitations are overcome with such technologies.
		Some transhumanists instead advocate a form of egalitarian liberal eugenics, arguing that the use of reproductive and genetic technologies in attempts to increase the probability of a healthy, happy, and multiply talented child is a responsible and justifiable application of parental reproductive rights.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transhumanism (5525 words)

	Ben Grosscup: Division III Research - Hampshire College - Amherst, MA
		The philosophy of the social democratic transhumanist, James Hughes, is prominent among the transhumanists I met who are involved in the Montreal Transhumanist Meetup Group.
		For transhumanists, the short term vision is connected to a long term dream of germline genetic enhancement (GGE) in which scientists would engineer the cells that become progeny to contain certain genes of interest.
		Centrally at stake for transhumanists as well as their opponents is what Michel Foucault calls “biopolitics” — the production of a certain kind of body politic through regulation of life at the level of the population (2003).
	www.hampshire.edu /cms/index.php?id=5677 (1200 words)

	Transhumanism - Uvvy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Transhumanists place a high value on autonomy: the ability and right of individuals to plan and choose their own lives.
		Transhumanists seek to create a world in which autonomous individuals may choose to remain unenhanced or choose to be enhanced and in which these choices will be respected.
		A rapidly expanding family of transhumanist groups, differing somewhat in flavor and focus, and a plethora of discussion groups in many countries around the world, are gathered under the umbrella of the World Transhumanist Association, a non-profit democratic membership organization.
	uvvy.com /index.php/Transhumanism (765 words)

	WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: A Conversation with Dr. James Hughes (part 1 ...
		Although transhumanists like Condorcet and Haldane were most often advocates of radical egalitarianism, the 1960s brought an ascendance of the romantic, anti-technology wing of the Left and the ceding of narratives of progress to these champions of the free-market and corporate capitalism.
		The transhumanist position is known in bioethics as "personhood theory": you can be a self-aware person and not be human (great apes for instance) and you can be "human" and not be a person (such as fetuses and the brain dead).
		And at the same time we need to remember that the transhumanist claim is that people should control their own bodies and minds, and other people don't get to tell us to go to the back of the bus because of their vague anxieties and yuck reactions to our choices.
	www.worldchanging.com /archives/001659.html (2538 words)

	World Transhumanist Association Board of Directors
		He co-founded the World Transhumanist Association in 1998 and is a frequent spokesperson and commentator in the media.
		He is a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science, and a member of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities and the Working Group on Ethics and Technology at Yale University.
		He is the founder and the president of the Italian Transhumanist Association.
	transhumanism.org /index.php/WTA/board (1036 words)

	Transhumanism
		Therefore, transhumanists advocate individual freedom, especially the right for those who so wish to use technology to extend their mental and physical capacities and to improve their control over their own lives.
		Transhumanists reject speciesism, the (human racist) view that moral status is strongly tied to membership in a particular biological species, in our case Homo sapiens.
		Investigations of ethical issues related to the transhumanist project – the project of creating a world where as many people as possible have the option of becoming posthuman – can also be included under this heading...
	www.innovationwatch.com /choiceisyours/choiceisyours.2006.09.30.htm (1628 words)

	JET 14(2) - August 2005 - LaTorra - Trans-Spirit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In addition, theology itself is often internally contradictory (if not simply incoherent) since most world religions evolved organically from the teachings of one or a few founders and their later followers, few of whom had in mind the creation of a logical and philosophical or scientific system.
		Transhumanists are practical, scientifically-oriented, rational beings who seek to enhance themselves and bring about benefits for others who voluntarily accept them.
		Transhumanists cannot ignore the evolutionary psychological reasons for human religious beliefs and the organic reasons for spiritual practices.
	www.jetpress.org /volume14/latorra.html (6237 words)

	Michael Anissimov - Accomplishments of Transhumanist Organizations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Transhumanists speculate about the accelerating pace of technological change and forsee future opportunities for the enhancement of human intelligence, emotions, perception, and abilities of all kinds.
		The WTA was the first organization to serve as an umbrella organization for all transhumanist groups.
		The WTA held the Transvision 2003 conference at Yale University.
	acceleratingfuture.com /michael/works/transhumanistorganizations.htm (1462 words)

	Democratic Transhumanism
		While transhumanists assert that all intelligent “persons” are deserving of rights, whether they are human or not, the biofundamentalists insist that only “humanness,” the possession of human DNA and a beating heart, is a marker of citizenship and rights.
		Transhumanists must also come to some terms with congenial wing of the animal rights movement since, like animal rights, transhumanism is opposed to anthropocentrism.
		World trade agreements should be coupled with effective regulation by global bodies to ensure compliance with environmental, consumer protection and worker safety agreements.
	www.changesurfer.com /Acad/DemocraticTranshumanism.htm (9133 words)

	STA Weblog
		The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a think tank associated with the World Transhumanist Association, is planning a conference for May 26-28, 2006 along with the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, the Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences, and the Stanford Program in Ethics in Society.
		Transhumanism is an emergent school of speculative philosophy analysing or favouring the use of certain technologies to improve the human condition beyond the constraints of biological evolution.
		The World Transhumanist Association is an international nonprofit membership organization which advocates the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities.
	www.stanford.edu /group/transhumanism/blog (417 words)

	Cyborg Liberation Front
		Indeed, a good many of the transhumanists and extropians (a libertarian subset concerned with improving human nature through technology) are feverishly anticipating what they call the Singularity, the moment when technologies meld and an exponentially advancing intelligence is unleashed.
		Here again, transhumanists run up against present-day obstacles, for religion itself could be used to bar the recognition of the newcomers' humanity.
		The transhumanists are forcing, with microchips and DNA, a debate on ancient and unanswerable questions, says Bonnie Kaplan, chair of Yale's Technology and Ethics Working Group, co-sponsor of the conference.
	www.kurzweilai.net /articles/art0611.html?printable=1 (2572 words)

	Transhumanism
		Transhumanists believe that we should use all available means to improve the human condition.
		Transhumanists take this common sense approach to its natural conclusion: modern science and technology can safely improve the human condition by overcoming natural limits, and that they should be used to this end.
		The World Transhumanist Association is a nonprofit membership organization which works to promote discussion of the possibilities for radical improvement of human capacities using genetic, cybernetic and nano technologies.
	www.longevitymeme.org /links/viewlinkgroup.cfm?id=5 (303 words)

	Is the World Transhumanist Association legitimate? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Whether or not the claims of transhumanists are generally true, it should be almost immediately obvious that they don't belong in the woo-woo category.
		I can understand that the transhumanists want to distance themselves from racism, but it is disingenuous (or perhaps a blue herring) to claim they are not advocating enlightened eugenics.
		"The word Extropy is self-coined by transhumanists as a rejection of the second law of thermodynamics, the increase of entropy.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?t=52776 (2374 words)

	Join the World Transhumanist Association!
		Those who join the WTA as free, basic members receive regular announcements of WTA events and news, access to restricted parts of the WTA website, and a 10% discount on the registration fees of WTA events such as Transvision conferences.
		The WTA is incorporated in the United States as a 501c3 nonprofit organization and donations are tax-deductible for US citizens.
		Joining the WTA as a Supporting or Sustaining Members enables you to participate in our cyber-democratic forum "wtahall", where we select WTA's leadership and make decisions about how the transhumanist message can be spread.
	transhumanism.org /index.php/WTA/join (470 words)

	The Standard - The cyborgs are coming - Focus Section
		But as executive director of the World Transhumanist Association, he's one of the leaders in a movement that sees, in the next 50 years, a world where flesh fuses with mechanics and brains with circuitry.
		The World Transhumanist Association, based in Willington, Connecticut, is one of the largest organizations and offers what Hughes calls a ``more mature and academically respectable'' take on the philosophy.
		Much of what the transhumanists talk about is timely, topics including genetic engineering, cloning and the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing technologies in sports.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /stdn/std/Focus/GF27Dh02.html (1075 words)

	The cyborgs are coming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		But as executive director of the World Transhumanist Association, he's one of the leaders in a movement that sees, in the next 50 years, a world where flesh fuses with mechanics and brains with circuitry.
		The World Transhumanist Association, based in Willington, Connecticut, is one of the largest organizations and offers what Hughes calls a ``more mature and academically respectable'' take on the philosophy.
		Transhumanists embrace a future in which everyone has the right to live a life beyond current biological limitations.
	www.ergogenics.org /08.html (2534 words)

	ImmInst.org -> Nigeria :: Africa's World Transhumanist Assoc.
		We chose here because the association deals with research and human efforts that are positive to life and living as a whole.
		I am exceedingly happy that when I sold the idea of forming the Nigerian Chapter of this noble association to some futurist friends, a lot of these intellectuals nationwide jumped at it and that is why we are having this gathering of who is who here today.
		I will enjoin every member that like I continue to reiterate that the association is for minds that are ready to share positive ingenuity together with the aim of achieving or score greater heights for humanity and posterity.
	imminst.org /forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=26&t=1049&st=0& (2098 words)

	Reason
		He analogized the situation of biotechnologically improved people to the case proposed by Hans Moravec, founder of the robotics institute at Carnegie Mellon University, who argues that if we make people or machines (or a combination) too powerful, they will pose a danger to humanity and would have to be outlawed or exiled.
		People in the developing world, eager to catch up with rich countries, would resort to enhancing technologies before the complacent peoples of the already industrialized world.
		Stock pointed out that there are many rich people in poor countries, and that various polls already found that majorities of people in Thailand and India would be happy to try genetic engineering as a way to improve their children's chances of success in life.
	www.reason.com /rb/rb070203.shtml (2030 words)

	Googlism what is world transhumanist association
		world transhumanist association is a nonprofit membership organization which works to promote discussion of the possibilities for radical improvement of
		world transhumanist association is in favour of therapeutic "cloning" but has suspended judgement on human reproductive cloning at present because it is
		world transhumanist association is a nonprofit membership organization which works to promote discussion of the
	www.googlism.com /what_is/w/world_transhumanist_association (131 words)

	Templeton Research Lectures - CSRC ASU
		Co-founder of the WTA, Bostrom is dedicated to the philosophical pursuit of the questions of transhumanism.
		An international nonprofit organization that promotes charitable and working faith in physical salvation, to support both Transhumanist efforts at large and their members' personal religious affiliations, encouraging them to adapt Transhumanism to their unique situations.
		One blogger shares his views on transhumanist effortsand their possible repurcussions in the world at large.
	www.asu.edu /transhumanism/resources.html (725 words)

	Transhumanist FAQ
		A transhumanist whose focus and approach to life embodies the values and attitudes that seek to improve the human condition through careful consideration of scientific, technological and ethical means.
		Transhumanists believe that the best strategy for attaining posthumanity to be a combination of technology, personal responsibility, and determination, rather than looking for it through psychic contacts, or extraterrestrial or divine gift.
		It’s worth noting that socialist transhumanists sometimes characterize themselves as "democratic transhumanists" but use the term "democracy" to refer to the socialist goal of using government power to compel everyone to fit into their notion of "equality".
	www.extropy.org /faq.htm (11438 words)

	Genetics and Society: Newsletter: Archive: Issue #32
		In 1997 the World Transhumanist Association was formed by Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom in reaction to growing dissatisfaction with the extropians' extreme libertarian-capitalist views.
		The WTA goes so far as to acknowledge that biotechnology, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence are potentially dangerous, and that the ethical, social, and cultural implications of these technologies are huge.
		Their vision of a world in which atomized individuals use technology and free markets to achieve dominance over others differs in degree, and not kind, from much of the real world today.
	www.genetics-and-society.org /newsletter/archive/32.html (2354 words)

	First Meeting of SF Bay Area Transhumanists : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bay Area Transhumanists is the San Francisco/Bay Area chapter of the World Transhumanist Association The World Transhumanist Association is dedicated to the the advancement of social democracy and body-enhancing technology.
		On behalf of Bay Area Transhumanists, and The World Transhumanist Association, we hope to see you in a sexy, high-tech future.
		Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=1715758 (260 words)

	Mormon Transhumanist Association - Blogs
		The Mormon Transhumanist Association will be hosting a seminar on 28 April 2007, to present the content of the recent Sunstone Magazine cover article, "Transfiguration: Parallels and Complements between Mormonism and Transhumanism".
		Dear Fellow Transhumanist: This year, the World Transhumanist Association celebrates the 9th anniversary of what has become one of the most important gatherings of science, technology and policy leaders in the world: the TransVision 2007 global conference, to be held July 23-26 at the Fairmont Hotel in Chicago, IL.
		However there are also many religious transhumanists who find the project of human enhancement at least consistent with, and sometimes a fulfillment of, their metaphysics, soteriologies...
	transfigurism.org /community/blogs/default.aspx (1951 words)

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