tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80764328367097750842024-03-15T18:09:11.395-07:00Giulio PriscoA personal blog mainly on cosmism, science fiction, futurism and emerging technologies. Also IT, VR and virtual worlds, and some personal stuff.Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-51227528053643977092022-08-07T01:59:00.001-07:002022-08-07T01:59:08.345-07:00This blog is in maintenance-only mode This blog is in maintenance-only mode. See RSS feeds in right column for current blogs.Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-90104184159508350702012-03-23T09:23:00.000-07:002012-04-07T07:25:09.955-07:00Good bye Fred, see you soon
Fred Chamberlain III recently had his brain placed into cryostasis at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale.
Chronosphere says: "Frederick Rockwell Chamberlain, III was and is of absolutely critical importance to cryonics." He was is also a pioneer of the new science of cybernetic life, and of absolutely critical importance to us, his friends.
Fred and Linda Chamberlain Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-87717020589317941892012-03-13T08:29:00.000-07:002012-03-23T10:22:14.083-07:00Mormon Transhumanist Association conference, SLC, April 6
On April 6 I will give a talk on “The Turing Church of Transcendent Engineering” at the 2012 conference of the Mormon Transhumanist Association.
My talk will be based on a revised version of “Transcendent Engineering.” I will also discuss examples of emerging and not yet well understood science that could be relevant to synthetic realities, resurrection, and “quantum archaeology.”
The Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-30962913332350292072012-03-12T05:10:00.000-07:002012-04-14T05:17:28.086-07:00BS watch --- Not mean, but false
Over at Amor Mundi Dale Carrico calls me out in a comment. I am touched by the honor, so I will reciprocate and comment in this very first BS Watch.
First, some context. Dale is basically a good fellow and a very good writer. I must confess that I read him often, and often agree with him. I cannot comment on his blog because a couple of years ago he told me, in Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-90142210082305333012012-01-12T04:09:00.000-08:002012-01-14T00:49:05.134-08:00Terasem hangouts
Terasem joiners and friends meet on the 10th of each month, and remote participants can join via Google+ Hangouts. In the picture, the participants in Florida (shown, Martine Rothblatt performing a yoga session), Dan Massey and Alison Gardner from DC, myself from Europe, and a visitor.
These meetings will become even more interesting as the new Extra features in Google+ Hangouts, which combine Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-57887729376531620402012-01-03T08:32:00.000-08:002012-01-12T02:39:23.908-08:00Interview with venusplusx - Alison Gardner and Dan Massey
I interviewed venusplusx.org polymaths Alison Gardner and Dan Massey on sexual freedom, the occupy movement, transhumanism, the singularity, physics, religion and spirituality, and their forthcoming book. LGBT rights and quantum entanglement in the same talk. Thanks to Khannea Suntzu for filming. Thanks to Hank Pellissier for transcribing part of the interview for the IEET, and join the Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-41312858001984905092011-12-28T01:01:00.000-08:002011-12-28T22:19:14.686-08:00Transcendent Engineering - Terasem Journal of Personal Cyberconsciousness
My essay Transcendent Engineering ha just been published on the Terasem Journal of Personal Cyberconsciousness. A version of the essay is forthcoming in the Transhumanist Reader edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More.
The image above is part of a beautiful picture taken by Terasem editor Lori Rhodes to illustrate the article. Thanks Lori!
Expanding previous essays, I argue that science may Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-90777139062603858062011-12-16T23:12:00.000-08:002012-03-13T08:16:23.963-07:00Quantum Archaeology
I have often used the almost equivalent term "Time Scanning", but I see that more and more people are using "Quantum Archaeology". A short definition:
Quantum Archaeology is a set of hypothetical far future technologies that, presumably through the application of yet undiscovered quantum effects, will permit reconstructing past events up to any desired resolution in space and time. In Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-59037246107714119202011-12-16T22:31:00.000-08:002012-01-12T03:20:30.980-08:00Turing Church Online Workshop 2
In the picture above taken in teleXLR8 I am with Frank Tipler, in a preparation meeting for the Turing Church Online Workshop 2. I am a big Tipler fan, see for example Interview with Frank. J. Tipler (Nov. 2002), and Review of The Physics of Christianity, by Frank Tipler.
Frank gave a great talk at the Workshop (see also this video for the full Q/A session).
Quotes from Tipler’s talk and Q/AGiulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-18284151329012289172011-12-11T01:54:00.000-08:002011-12-11T01:54:15.918-08:00Anna Ferrari, March 27, 1929 - December 11, 2001
Anna Ferrari, March 27, 1929 - December 11, 2001Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-82205852827617827962011-11-30T10:52:00.000-08:002011-11-30T10:52:08.490-08:00INTERNET RISINGINTERNET RISING is a digi-documentary investigating the evolving relationships between the Internet and collective consciousness of humanity. It provokes many questions about ancient and modern paradoxes of life, its pleasures and pains... and the gray area contrasts in between - but most of all it is meant to be an inspiring conversation starter.
INTERNET RISING is a labor of love comprising a Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-78116339413280745432011-11-26T02:29:00.000-08:002011-11-26T10:46:00.749-08:00La Voz de la Ciencia - Is the Singularity Near?
A spectre is haunting the world - the spectre of the Singularity. All the powers of the old world have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: The Pope and the ayatollahs, the banks and the political parties, and "bioethicists" of both the right and the left.
Read more on La Voz de la Ciencia (in Spanish)...
The futurists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-13381002762605338832011-11-21T11:20:00.000-08:002011-12-11T02:16:43.244-08:00Turing Church Online Workshop 2, OpenQwaq, Sunday December 11
The Turing Church Online Workshop 2 will be held on Sunday, December 11, 2011, with a format similar to the Turing Church Online Workshop 1 on November 20, 2010, beginning at 9am PST (noon EST, 5pm UK, 6pm Continental EU).
The Workshop will explore transhumanist spirituality and “Religion 2.0″, the convergence of science and religion, highly imaginative future science and technologies for Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-34285129828029178542011-11-19T23:37:00.000-08:002011-11-20T00:49:50.307-08:00EU idiocracyPasted from The Telegraph | EU bans claim that water can prevent dehydration:
Brussels bureaucrats were ridiculed yesterday after banning drink manufacturers from claiming that water can prevent dehydration.
EU officials concluded that, following a three-year investigation, there was no evidence to prove the previously undisputed fact.
Producers of bottled water are now forbidden by law from Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-44424341194844923302011-11-15T08:14:00.000-08:002011-11-15T08:19:52.671-08:00We have a cure to death right here
Ken Hayworth gave an interactive online talk and Q/A in teleXLR8 on How to create a Connectome Observatory of the mouse brain and beyond, on November 13 2011. See the complete report A Connectome Observatory for nanoscale brain imaging on KurzweilAI.
New technologies now permit imaging brain tissue at resolutions approaching 5x5x5nm. voxel size, down to the protein level. “This is more than Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-53734047483948795902011-11-12T01:58:00.000-08:002011-11-12T01:58:45.739-08:00Google+ Hangouts with extras combines multi-person video chat with screen sharing and collaboration in Google Docs
Last year after Google I/O 2010 I wrote "the most interesting development to watch, still a rumor, is Google Meetings: a multiuser videoconferencing application for the Google cloud. If Google Meetings is integrated with the other applications in the Google Apps suite, it could very rapidly become the favorite solution for desktop business videoconferencing and collaboration."
That was before Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-34166740085262198172011-11-07T09:58:00.000-08:002011-11-07T09:58:54.742-08:00Online talk next Sunday: Ken Hayworth on How to create a Connectome Observatory of the mouse brain and beyondKen Hayworth will give an online talk next Sunday Nov. 13 at 10am PST in teleXLR8, on How to create a Connectome Observatory of the mouse brain and beyond. If you wish to attend:
- If you have a teleXLR8 account created in 2011, you can just show up.
- If you have a teleXLR8 account created in 2010, I will need to create a new account for you. Please contact me.
Please read: IMPORTANT – Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-9467924858035907002011-10-22T06:19:00.000-07:002011-10-22T06:31:28.266-07:00Back from trip to NYC and Vermont
In the picture taken by my daughter I am in the New York subway with my late lamented Terasem travel bag, which was stolen by an asshole on the Amtrak train to Vermont. To the asshole: I guess you can make some money by selling the computers and cellphones in the bag, and there was some cash too, but I hope you spend it all on diarrhea pills.
I was a few days in Vermont where I attended the Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-61088090870382690242011-10-21T10:48:00.000-07:002011-10-21T10:48:57.586-07:00Why Technoprogressives Should Join the Pirate Party
Join the Facebook group Space Piratez to discuss Why techno-progressives should join the Pirate Party?
IEET - Why Technoprogressives Should Join the Pirate Party
The liberation of people through technology, and the liberation of technology from the oppressive forces that want to control it, is part of the pirate DNA. This will be reflected at some point in actual policies of the Pirate Party, Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-36255943524438068552011-10-01T04:21:00.000-07:002011-10-21T10:47:23.846-07:00IEET - Hank Pellissier interviews German Pirate Party political director Marina WeisbandIEET - Hank Pellissier interviews German Pirate Party political director Marina Weisband
Last week, the Pirate Party of Berlin, Germany, garnered a shocking 8.9% of the votes in the city-state’s election to place 15 representatives in Berlin’s parliament. In a story on the result, the New York Times described Pirate Party leaders as "disarmingly honest… in their 20s and 30s… with no lack of Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-46351833941236233142011-09-27T10:50:00.000-07:002011-10-22T05:52:25.485-07:00My talk on Transhumanism and Religion, Manhattan College, Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 4pmI gave a talk on Transhumanism and Religion at Manhattan College, Thursday, October 13, 2011. Thanks to Robert Geraci for organizing the talk, and thanks to all participants for the great questions and comments.
Slides of the talk:
Transhumanism and Religion View more presentations from Giulio Prisco Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-62056309604727953002011-09-20T23:33:00.000-07:002011-09-20T23:33:39.179-07:00Mind uploading in science fictionI have written a review of mind uploading in science fiction (and perhaps, someday, science and social fact). Many reviews mention only the perils of mind uploading, but I prefer to think of the promises of mind uploading. Read more on the Space Collective website.Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-21528920090818858162011-09-20T08:04:00.000-07:002011-09-20T08:05:51.479-07:00Interview with Stefano Vaj on Biopolitics and TranshumanismInterview with Stefano Vaj on Biopolitics and Transhumanism
by Adriano Scianca (ed.). Translation from Italian by Catarina Lamm
Catarina Lamm has translated from Italian the booklet "Dove va la biopolitica?", by Stefano Vaj, interviewed by editor Adriano Scianca. The booklet is a summary of Stefano's "Biopolitica. The new paradigm".
See also my reviews:
Dove va la biopolitica? (Italian)
Review Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-80339253057932112602011-09-19T07:08:00.000-07:002011-09-19T23:25:39.743-07:00My talk at the Humanity+ community event in Second LifeSee "Transhumanist Avatars Storm Second Life" on H+ Magazine: "More than 80 transhumanist avatars stormed the virtual world of Second Life for a community event organized by Humanity+ on September 15. This has been by far the largest virtual transhumanist event that I have seen, and I believe I have seen them all..." Read more on H+ Magazine, and see my presentation and the full video of the Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076432836709775084.post-33025351664075724362011-08-31T01:34:00.000-07:002011-09-19T07:47:56.507-07:00H+ @ Second Life – September 15, 2011UPDATE: My talk at the Humanity+ community event in Second Life
Humanity+ is hosting a virtual event in Second Life on September 15, in a week!
Humanity+ is an international nonprofit membership organization which advocates the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities. We support the development of and access to new technologies that enable everyone to enjoy better minds, better Giulio Priscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13811681020661409028noreply@blogger.com2