Greenflame
Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand
Category: Transhumanism
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I’ve spent a bit of time today going through web links that have been archived in the “Research” folder this year. Here’s a selection of things related to various technological and transhumanist fronts.
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A few more of the science fiction television influence in my preteen years. This time around we encounter invisible men and secret agents with superpowers. The Invisible Man (1975) This was my first encounter with the actor, David McCallum, having been a little two young to see him reprise his role as Russian agent, Illya…
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Every now and then, Google Scholar (and other research sites) send an email to say someone’s referenced my PhD thesis in a publication. It’s a good way to keep track of other researchers who are also interested in theology, technology and transhumanism, as well as who is using the thesis. The most recent of these…
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With my ongoing interest in the area of bioethics and transhumanism an email mentioning this free eBook from the University of Chicago Press piqued my interest today. Will load it up on the eReader and have a skim through it. “The Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth” by Ted Anton. The book…
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The blog’s been pretty quiet while I’ve been concentrating on other things. One of those other things is a research project looking at post- and transhumanism in popular culture, and particularly in film. One of those projects has been the development of a couple of blogs to track that. The first of these is underway…
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A while back I put together a short piece for the Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies Scholar’s Top 5 series. Scholar’s Top 5: Stephen Garner on Technological Narratives of Salvation | Network for New Media, Religion and Digital Culture Studies. Related to that is the recent post by transhumanist George Dvorsky…
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I like short films, and especially short science fiction films that unpack a particular question or theme (for example, the original short version of ‘9’), so I was interested to see this engaging trailer for a short film called ‘True Skin’ exploring the human technological augmentation and being wrapped in media: See the video trailer…
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It’s been a while since anything related to religion and transhumanism passed across my radar (or I’ve been working on other things and just haven’t been paying attention). However, here’s a recent interview on Changesurfer Radio where James Hughes interviews Brent Waters about his slant on Christianity and Transhumanism. See: Do Christians Need Bodies?. Hat…
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Just checked the letterbox on the way back from a walk with the kids and found my copy of this book in it. Was wondering when it would arrive. Transhumanism and Transcendence | Georgetown University Press. From the blurb: Transhumanism and Transcendence Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Enhancement Ronald Cole-Turner, Editor The timeless…
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Sentient Developments posts the trailer for the upcoming “transhuman” series from Brian Singer. See Sentient Developments: Trailer for “H+” web series More details over at Bryan Singer’s Post-Apoc, Webjacked Web Series ‘H+’ Debuts at Comic-Con | News & Opinion | PCMag.com See also: Bryan Singer beams the internet straight into your brain, in the trailer…