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December 21, 2016 — Robert Wright & Giulio Prisco
The Meaning of Future Life
What is transhumanism?
Is immortality possible?
Using wormholes to resurrect the dead
Could you rewind the universe?
Transhumanism as a religion
Why Giulio calls himself a theist
June 22, 2018 — Robert Wright & David Pearce
The Meaning of Future Life
Defining transhumanism
Why David is pessimistic about the Singularity
Becoming happier by shifting our "hedonic set points"
Could we phase out suffering by tackling its genetic roots?
Can chemicals deliver enduring happiness?
Why David has never tasted meat
Is transhumanism a secular religion?
February 22, 2017 — Robert Wright & Micah Redding
The Meaning of Future Life
Transhumanism and the singularity
Teilhard de Chardin's "Omega Point"
The (theoretical) physics of immortality and resurrection
The theism of the simulation theory
Any word on transhumanist Islam or Judaism?
Christianity and globalization
September 17, 2016 — Nikita Petrov & George Young
What is Russian cosmism?
The religious side of cosmism
Cosmism as a response to the challenges of the 20th century
Nature as a temporary enemy and eternal friend
Pavel Florensky, the Russian da Vinci
Plant life as a spiritual ideal
The father of the Soviet space program, and his weird spirituality
Cosmism and transhumanism: Compare and contrast
Cosmism as a Russian propaganda project
February 12, 2016 — Daniel Kaufman & Robert Wright
Sophia
A quick look at the life of Wittgenstein
The misunderstood philosopher
How does language represent reality (if at all)?
Wittgenstein the Mystic
Why your private thoughts are public
Cognitive science's big Wittgensteinian problem
September 05, 2016 — Robert Wright & Michael Lynch
The Meaning of Future Life
Michael's book, The Internet of Us, and "neuromedia"
How Google short circuits our critical faculties
Dangers of the "hive mind"
The echo chamber effect and how to combat it
How tech has--and has not--changed the way we learn
Privacy in the age of big data
November 08, 2017 — Robert Wright & Mark O'Connell
The Meaning of Future Life
Why transhumanists want to escape their biological prisons
The "singularity" and the culture of Silicon Valley
How biohackers turn technology into performance art
How do you upload an immaterial mind?
Over-the-counter life extension: does it work?
August 08, 2016 — Robert Wright & Susan Schneider
The Meaning of Future Life
The most intelligent life in outer space may be artificial
Should we be worried about AI?
Shopping for a scientific path to eternal life
"Protomentality," matter's (hypothesized) latent sentience
Would your self survive uploading to a computer?
What if we never understand consciousness?
December 18, 2016 — Nikita Petrov & George Young
Does Russian thought have anything to contribute to the world?
Nikolay Fedorov, an eccentric thinker who influenced Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky
Fedorov's plan: Immortality for everyone
"Kinship" as a fundamental property of all matter
A mass movement for the spiritual unity of humankind
Vladimir Solovyov's The Meaning of Love: Sexuality as a path to a Christian utopia
Christ as the ultimate role model
January 30, 2018 — Robert Wright & Michael Shermer
The Meaning of Future Life
The time Michael thought he was being abducted by aliens
Michael's new book, Heavens on Earth
Deepak Chopra's afterlife
Why uploading your brain to achieve immortality makes no sense
Is radical life extension just bunk?
The Second Coming, presented by Ray Kurzweil
What consolation can the atheist offer to the dying?
The spookiest thing that's ever happened to Michael
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