Overview
- This book resents the whole picture of transhumanism from both secular and religious points of view.
- It explains and demystifies artificial general intelligence and superintelligence and offers practical advice on radical life extension and rejuvenation.
- Additionally the book explores the roles of blockchain and cryptocurrency in transhumanism and examines transhumanist economics, ethics, philanthropy, philosophy, and politics.
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Table of contents (66 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Superintelligence
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Super Longevity and Rejuvenation
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About this book
Modern humanity with some 5,000 years of recorded history has been experiencing growing pains, with no end in sight. It is high time for humanity to grow up and to transcend itself by embracing transhumanism.
Transhumanism offers the most inclusive ideology for all ethnicities and races, the religious and the atheists, conservatives and liberals, the young and the old regardless of socioeconomic status, gender identity, or any other individual qualities. This book expounds on contemporary views and practical advice from more than 70 transhumanists.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong said on the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, “One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” Transhumanism is the next logical step in the evolution of humankind, and it is the existential solution to the long-term survival of the human race.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Lee is the chairman of the California Transhumanist Party, education and media advisor to the United States Transhumanist Party, and president of the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Virginia Tech with a B.S. and M.S. degree in Computer Science, and he earned a perfect GPA from Vincennes University with an A.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an honorary doctorate in Computer Science. He has been honored with a Michigan Leading Edge Technologies Award, two community development awards from the California Junior Chamber of Commerce, and four volunteer project leadership awards from The Walt Disney Company.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Transhumanism Handbook
Editors: Newton Lee
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16920-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16919-0Published: 06 August 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16922-0Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16920-6Published: 03 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 863
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 89 illustrations in colour
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Computers and Society, Popular Science in Technology, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Philosophy of Technology, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences