Is Uplifting Ethical?

Is Uplifting Ethical?

Try Cell to Singularity, free to play: https://l.linklyhq.com/l/1uNoF Uplifting is the process of altering an animal - or even an alien - to be smarter or able to use technology. Our ability to do this seem inevitable, and with it a host of moral dilemmas. David...

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Transhumanism & Humanity’s Future

Transhumanism & Humanity’s Future

To claim your matching donation with Givewell, go to https://www.givewell.org/isaac In the future, humanity may embrace genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation of mind and body, but what does this Transhuman future look like? And should we embrace or resist...

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Synthetic Life

Synthetic Life

Sign up for a Curiosity Stream subscription and also get a free Nebula subscription (the streaming platform built by creators) here: https://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur We often discuss cybernetic, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, and hybrids of them,...

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Challenges & Predictions for the Next 100 Years

Challenges & Predictions for the Next 100 Years

Try out Curiosity Stream's New Smart Bundle: https://smartbundle.com/isaacarthursb code “isaacarthursb” Every year has new challenges, every generation faces its own unique crises, and as we move into the New Year, we will look at the challenges facing us in the next...

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Biotech: Human Modification and Augmentation

Biotech: Human Modification and Augmentation

Start listening with a 30-day Audible trial and your first audiobook is free. Visit http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "isaac" to 500-500. In the future Biotechnology may allows us repair, modify, or augment humans, but how will this be done? What will these...

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Genetic Divergence & Civilization

Genetic Divergence & Civilization

The first 1000 people who click the link in the description will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/isaacarthur16 As humanity reaches out to the stars and make new homes on strange new worlds, how will our genetics & DNA change under those...

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DNA Manipulation in Living Subjects

DNA Manipulation in Living Subjects

Try Dashlane here: https://www.dashlane.com/isaacarthur Get 10% off now with my promo code: isaacarthur Genetic Engineering and DNA alteration is an emerging technology with huge ramifications in the future, including potentially altering the DNA of adult humans, not...

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Space Sports

Space Sports

Get a free month of Curiosity Stream: http://curiositystream.com/isaacarthur Humanity has a long and inventive history of sports and games, and the future will offer us many new options for athletics as we move out in space, be it racing around the Moon, climbing the...

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Brainwashing & Mind Control

Brainwashing & Mind Control

Use my link http://www.audible.com/isaac or text "ISAAC" to 500-500 to get a free book including a copy of George Orwell's "1984" and a 30-day free trial of Audible. We often worry about the possibility of a civilization developing methods of brainwashing to...

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Exporting Earth

Exporting Earth

Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ In order to terraform new planets, we will need to be able transport entire ecologies & ecosystems through interstellar space in the future. Today we will examine how we could build and maintain such...

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