Transhumanism and Risk w/ Prof. Steve Fuller

Professor Steve Fuller discusses transhumanism, how scientists should approach risk, and what it means to be human in the 21st Century. Steve is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, his most recent work has been concerned with the future of humanity, or 'Humanity 2.0'. During the interview he discussed the ideas of transhumanism and posthumanism and explained the potential directions in which humanity may move. He also argued that we should embrace technological and medical advances, as well as the risks that we may face in their development. ON THIS EPISODE Humanity 2.0: What it Means to be Human Past, Present and Future Universal Declaration of Human Rights Transhumanism Posthumanism Book of Genesis Jesus The President's Council on Bioethics (PCBE) Leon Kass Wisdom of repugnance Max Planck Friedrich Nietzsche Aubrey de Grey Max More Morphological Freedom Mind Uploading Christology William James The Moral Equivalent of War Francis Fukuyama Nuremberg trials Nick Bostrom Seasteading Peter Thiel Precautionary principle Proactionary principle Henry Ford The Rockefeller Foundation James Watson Existential risk CREDITS Produced by FUTURES Podcast Recorded, Mixed & Edited by Luke Robert Mason FOLLOW FUTURES PODCAST Twitter: @FUTURESPodcast Instagram: @futurespodcast Facebook: @FUTURESPodcast