Transhumanism

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Science/Ethics
Instructor: Greta Wu
5-10 students
Suggested Age Ranges: 13+ years old
Meets: Tuesdays at 3:00 pm; 15 weeks starting on January 26th.

CLASS DESCRIPTION:

This course explores some of the ideas and criticism of transhumanism, a cross-disciplinary field exploring the possible futures of sentient life.

• 1. Introductions, course overview
• 2. Enhancing what? Erasing what?
• 3. Enhancing who?
• 4. What is evolution anyways?
• 5. What counts as “you” / extended mind
• 6. Artificial intelligence and robots
• 7. Current cyborgs
• 8. Genetic engineering
• 9. Transhumanism in art
• 10.  Current transhuman movements
• 11.  Death and how to avoid it; longevity and cryostasis
• 12.  Transhuman societies
• 13.  Topic of students’ choice
• 14.  Topic of students’ choice
• 15. Summary

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