Nano-harpoons for Silk Brain Interfaces 30 Jul 2013 | 07:08 am

Silk brain implants, developed by Brian Litt at the University of Pennsylvania in 2010, are in the news again, this time as part of an NIH-funded study where they’re being used to stop epilepsy in rat...

Neo-Chassis ‘Minerva’ 30 Jul 2013 | 04:12 am

A classic transhumanist pastime is designing our future cyborg bodies. Never as an excuse for being slothful in the present… but hey, some of us alive today will make it to the cyborg era, and we want...

The Colloidal Silver Crowd ‘Debunks’ Transhumanism 30 Jul 2013 | 01:19 am

A new criticism of transhumanism recently made the rounds. It’s not particularly insightful, but many transhumanists shared it on the social networks. It turns out that the article is more of a criti...

Twitter Hacked 24 Jun 2013 | 05:45 pm

My Twitter was hacked. For the meantime I will be here.

Interview with Adam Ford 3 Jun 2013 | 01:03 am

What are Your Political Views? 10 Apr 2013 | 10:37 pm

I thought it would be fun to write up some poll questions and see the answers. These answers reflect what I hear all the time. They aren’t strawmen because I’ve heard people who sincerely espouse them...

MetaMed — Personalized Medical Research Backed by Peter Thiel and Jaan Tallinn 9 Mar 2013 | 01:54 am

Doctors, like other experts, have limited domain knowledge. The average primary care visit is only 11 minutes, a figure which hasn’t changed since the 1930s, with four minutes of that being the patien...

My Talk on Transhumanism and the Singularity in the Media at Humanity+ @ San Francisco 14 Feb 2013 | 07:48 am

Humanity+ Candidate Statement 16 Jan 2013 | 10:52 pm

Humanity+ board elections are coming up soon, and I will be running for reelection. Here are the projects I will personally pursue if reelected to the board: 1.  Development of a well-cited, academi...

Humanity+ @ San Francisco: Writing the Future 23 Nov 2012 | 12:52 am

Humanity+, an organization that advocates the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities, is holding our annual conference very soon, on December 1-2 at the Seven Hills Conference Center  at...