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Created on 2005-02-08 13:31:49 (#6059720), last updated 2009-07-13
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Basic Info| Name: | A Discussion of the Future |
|---|---|
| Membership: | Open |
| Posting Access: | All Members |
AboutThis community exists as a place for discussion of the future, in all its facets, from a wide array of angles - from a year from now to the far distant future. The future of humanity, of the Earth, of the universe, of a region, of education, of religion, of childhood, of the internet, of lifestyles, of politics, and much more are all welcome topics. Anyone curious about the future is welcome regardless of age or education.
Here is a place where one can espose technoutopianism, Christian transhumanism, bioconservativism, feminist cyborg theory, cyborg democracy, confusion, fear, curiosity, hope, optimism, pessimism, skepticism, wonderment, humility, arrogance, scientism, constructivism, positivism, post-colonial theory, queer theory, neoliberalism, objectivism, Marxism, utopianism, dystopianism, Moore's law, luddism, libertarianism, communitarianism, singulitarianism, and on and on and on.
Thus, the only (well, almost the only- the community guidelines also ammount to some ideological commitments) ideological orientation of this community is a concern for the future.
Ideas for topics of posts:
Envision scenarios taking into account a number of current or projected trends.
What are the ethical challenges and concerns of emergent trends and technologies?
What things will be discovered in the future and how long will it take?
Your favorite book, fiction or nonfiction, about the future
How current trends will continue into the future
What can the past tell us about the future?
Suggestions or criticisms for this community
For more ideas, perhaps look through the community Interests below.
Community Guidelines
Keep language more or less clean.
Criticize the argument and not its author.
Long posts should use lj-cuts.
No attacking or intimidating other users.
Try to encourage discussion and engagement, not always just debate or argument.
Community Rules
No making posts with comments disabled.
No posting of nudity or possibly offensive images unless it is behind an lj-cut and accompanied with a warning above the cut. Users should be able to view this community at work or around children.
No spamming.
This community is moderated by hdshrnkngfin
Links
World Future Society
Cyborg Democracy
Future Salon
Analog: Science Fiction and Fact
Futurist.com
World Transhumanism Association
Anders Transhumanist Page
Wikipedia Transhumanism article
Accelerating Future, Blog of Michael Anissimov
Homepage of Jaron Lanier, one of the inventers of virtual reality
Contrary Brin, the blog of science fiction and nonfiction author David Brin
KurzweilAI.net
Nick Bostrom's homepage
Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University
Here is a place where one can espose technoutopianism, Christian transhumanism, bioconservativism, feminist cyborg theory, cyborg democracy, confusion, fear, curiosity, hope, optimism, pessimism, skepticism, wonderment, humility, arrogance, scientism, constructivism, positivism, post-colonial theory, queer theory, neoliberalism, objectivism, Marxism, utopianism, dystopianism, Moore's law, luddism, libertarianism, communitarianism, singulitarianism, and on and on and on.
Thus, the only (well, almost the only- the community guidelines also ammount to some ideological commitments) ideological orientation of this community is a concern for the future.
Ideas for topics of posts:
Envision scenarios taking into account a number of current or projected trends.
What are the ethical challenges and concerns of emergent trends and technologies?
What things will be discovered in the future and how long will it take?
Your favorite book, fiction or nonfiction, about the future
How current trends will continue into the future
What can the past tell us about the future?
Suggestions or criticisms for this community
For more ideas, perhaps look through the community Interests below.
Community Guidelines
Keep language more or less clean.
Criticize the argument and not its author.
Long posts should use lj-cuts.
No attacking or intimidating other users.
Try to encourage discussion and engagement, not always just debate or argument.
Community Rules
No making posts with comments disabled.
No posting of nudity or possibly offensive images unless it is behind an lj-cut and accompanied with a warning above the cut. Users should be able to view this community at work or around children.
No spamming.
This community is moderated by hdshrnkngfin
Links
World Future Society
Cyborg Democracy
Future Salon
Analog: Science Fiction and Fact
Futurist.com
World Transhumanism Association
Anders Transhumanist Page
Wikipedia Transhumanism article
Accelerating Future, Blog of Michael Anissimov
Homepage of Jaron Lanier, one of the inventers of virtual reality
Contrary Brin, the blog of science fiction and nonfiction author David Brin
KurzweilAI.net
Nick Bostrom's homepage
Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University
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