I spoke at PopTech on the limits of science, the problems of false dichotomies, and my new movement of possibilianism. See the video.
From the Blog
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The science of de- and re-humanization
Why do groups of people inflict violence on unarmed neighbors? (Germany, Rwanda, Darfur, Nanking....). Here's the neuroscience point of view.
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Can we produce our brains on other media?
Can we reproduce our brains on other media (say, on computers, or out of beer cans and tennis balls)?
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David appointed Fellow with Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Posthumanism asks what happens when our technologies allow humans to enhance intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities beyond what biology can give us. Think bionics on crack.
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Synesthesia lecture at the University of Sydney
Interested in synesthesia? Watch a lecture I gave at the University of Sydney in Australia.
In other news...
Sum #2 book in UK
In September, 2009, Sum became the number 2 book in the United Kingdom on Amazon's bestseller list, only behind Dan Brown's Lost Symbol.
New Scientist interview on the V.E.S.T.
Your reality need not be constrained by your biology. Read the interview here.
Book of the Week
Sum was selected as Book of the Week by both The Guardian newspaper and The Week newsmagazine.
