AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTech Billionaires and Their Science Fiction Dreamsmindmatters.ai - Peter BilesThe ideology and language surrounding the development of new technologies like AI often sound akin to futuristic utopias (or dystopias). A new …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Transhumanist Delusion of the Nazismindmatters.ai - Peter BilesLast night, I watched three episodes of the new Netflix special All the Light We Cannot See, based on the book by Anthony Doerr of the same title. The …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoZero K: A Novel About Escaping the World Through Technologymindmatters.ai - Peter BilesNovelist Don DeLillo is perhaps best known for his book White Noise, a story about a professor and his family in Ohio and the repercussions of a toxic …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAI as Refashioned Religionmindmatters.ai - Peter BilesYou can see it in the discourse surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) over the last year: AI is going to change everything. Some think it’s going …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWrapping Up the Westworld Seriesmindmatters.ai - Gary VarnerThe first time I watched Westworld, I remember enjoying it, but upon revisiting the series, my opinion of it has dropped a great deal. There are a …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoBarbie: A Subtle Critique of Transhumanism?mindmatters.ai - Peter BilesSince its release in July, Barbie has proved as controversial as it has popular. Its joint release alongside Oppenheimer has had movie theaters across …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoScientists Close to Creating Human Embryos from Stem Cellsmindmatters.ai - Wesley J. SmithDuring the great embryonic-stem-cell debate in the early 2000s, I personally witnessed scientists blatantly mislead legislators about biotech issues …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoJay Richards Talks Transhumanism and AImindmatters.ai - NewsDr. Jay Richards, a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute and a friend of the Walter Bradley Center, which publishes Mind Matters, spoke recently at …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Modern-Day “Frankenstein” Is Comingmindmatters.ai - NewsThe movie Poor Things, starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Ruffalo, is the story of an “unorthodox” scientist who brings a girl, Bella Baxter …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTwo Writers on Transhumanist Trendsmindmatters.ai - NewsThis is a conversation from a year ago but nevertheless remains radically pertinent today. Paul Kingsnorth and Mary Harrington, both who have written …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoSynthetic Biology: What New Therapies Are in Store?mindmatters.ai - NewsFor today’s featured video from COSM 2022, watch Babak Parviz, Vice President at Amazon, lead a discussion on synthetic biology, the …
AvatarMind MattersFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Rational Magiciansmindmatters.ai - Peter BilesIn the era of scientific enlightenment, progress, and technological sophistication, “magic” might be the last word one might use to describe the …