FuturiumBerlin2021 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date October 12, 2026 CategoriesEthicsTechnology Tagged , effective altruism, Elon Musk, Émile P. Torres, Epsilon Centauri, ethics, future, Future of Humanity Institute, human race, longtermism, Nick Bostrom, philosophy, posthumans, prophecy, religion, Sam Bankman-Fried, science fiction, technology, The Precipice, Toby Ord, Utopia, What We Owe the Future, William MacAskill As an Approach to Ethics, Longtermerism Makes No Sense Denyse O’Leary October 12, 2026 Ethics, Technology 5 Elon Musk, whose ambition for space colonies is legendary, has said, “This is a close match for my philosophy.” Read More ›
George Orwell Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 14, 2023 CategoriesBioethicsScientific Freedom Tagged , books, censorship, George Orwell, Great Britain, groupthink, intellectuals, intelligentsia, Joseph Stalin, literature, satire, Soviet Union, totalitarianism, Utopia, Winston Churchill Recalling Orwell’s Timely Warning on Groupthink Denyse O’Leary August 14, 2023 Bioethics, Scientific Freedom 6 The censorship he had to address was not a conspiracy or even a campaign; it was spontaneous. Read More ›
Adams_Memorial,_full_view Type post Author Granville Sewell Date November 28, 2022 CategoriesArtsFaith & ScienceIntelligent DesignTechnology Tagged , Aldous Huxley, Batsell Barrett Baxter, Brave New World, business, C.S. Lewis, chemotherapy, freedom, grief, intelligent design, Jews, literature, love, Melissa Wehmann Sewell, music, pain, poetry, problem of pain, suffering, Utopia Intelligent Design and the Value of Suffering Granville Sewell November 28, 2022 Arts, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design, Technology 6 After she realized she had lost her battle with cancer, my wife Melissa wrote a letter to our children. Read More ›
running robots 2 Type post Author David Klinghoffer Date June 27, 2018 CategoriesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , __cedited, artificial intelligence, Civil War, farming, history, Industrial Revolution, Jay Richards, jobs, liberalism, robots, Rod Dreher, socialism, The Human Advantage, unemployment, United States, Utopia Richards: Using Artificial Intelligence to Sell the Welfare State David Klinghoffer June 27, 2018 Neuroscience & Mind 3 There’s an undoubted sense of crisis in the air. Read More ›
utopia Type post Author Wesley J. Smith Date February 8, 2018 CategoriesBioethics Tagged , __cedited, Africa, democracy, environmentalism, fossil fuels, freedom, natural resources, nature, poverty, socialism, technocracy, tyranny, Utopia, wealth If the “Experts” Ruled: Science Journal Pushes International Technocratic Tyranny Wesley J. Smith February 8, 2018 Bioethics 6 This paper — from the family of journals that includes Nature, the world’s most prestigious science journal! — illustrates why we can never allow these people to be in charge. Read More ›