Ray Kurzweil has only been on coasttocoastam.com a few times & is as serious about trans-humanism as ever. http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/ray-kurzweil-man-machine-merger,
http://www.digitalgenetics.net/2012/11/15/is-sexless-reproduction-a-possible-future
The technological singularity is also closer than ever and there is much to be concerned about.
http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/technology-making-us-less-human,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity#Existential_risk
External technology & some internal tech has allowed for tremendous life improvements. However, at a certain point, a human integrated machine or cyborg becomes something else.
http://spark.qualcomm.com/salon/technology-making-us-less-human
http://www.wired.co.uk/tags/Transhumanism, http://illuminatiwatcher.com/?cat=1222,
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/robotics-and-humanoids.html,
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/bnw-thx-1138-and-future-shock-etc.html
http://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.ca/2013/03/the-cyborg-and-digital-genetics.html,
http://www.gizmag.com/brain-brain-communication-rats-duke/26454,
http://www.gizmag.com/ibm-supercomputer-simulates-a-human-sized-brain/25093
If the mind & consciousness of Stephen_Hawking could be transferred into a younger cloned version of himself, would that be a form of Transhumanism? In essence, it would be an upgrade over the older body.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/dictionary/famous-scientists/physicists/10-cool-things-stephen-hawking.htm
Many people would like the idea of trading in ones old or damaged body into a younger fully functional body. However, can a persons actual consciousness be transferred into another body?
http://desertshapes.blogspot.ca/2013/03/neil-slade-imagination-cognition-and.html
