From: D.den Otter (neosapient@geocities.com)
Date: Fri Dec 03 1999 - 11:25:52 MST
TransVision is an annual gathering of (mainly) European
transhumanists and other people who are interested in how
contemporary & future technological developments could best
be used to overcome the biological limitations ( including
death, disease and unhappiness) of the human condition. Not
just the potential benefits of scientific progress will be
discussed, though, but also the very significant dangers of
war or accidents with advanced technologies. Topics may
include cryonics, life extension, food supplements,
nanotechnology, AI, mind uploading, the (technological)
Singularity, genetic engineering, 'transhuman' music and
art, smart drugs etc. Apart from these 'serious' issues
there will be ample opportunity to eat, drink and be gay,
of course.
TransVision 2000 will be held next summer somewhere in or
around London; exact dates and locations aren't yet available
in these early stages of planning (that's what this list is
for). The event will most likely be spread out over 3 days,
probably Friday-Sunday.
The previous TransVisions were hosted by Transcedo in
the Netherlands (in '98, see:
http://www.educa.com/transcedo/transvis.htm) and Aleph
in Sweden ('99, see: http://maxm.normik.dk/tv99/). These
were fairly small, "inside" gatherings for transhumanists,
but this year's event is meant to be more open to the public,
and will therefore be larger and (presumably) somewhat
different in style. It will be hosted by the WTA (World
Transhumanist Association, see: http://www.transhumanism.com)
and the Alcor UK group (see:
http://www.liberty.demon.co.uk/auk/index.html).
If you want to keep in touch with developments (dates,
locations, speakers etc.), have suggestions, questions
or comments and/or want to help organising the event,
you're welcome to join this mailing list.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Nov 01 2002 - 15:05:56 MST