Best of H+ Magazine, Vol. 1
is edited by counterculture legend R.U. Sirius, and brought to you by futurist organization Humanity+. It is our great privilege to live in an era when H+ - the extension of humanity beyond its traditional biological form - is not merely fantasy but a reasonable description of the practical, everyday unfolding of science and technology. H+ Magazine has provided a venue for edgy, creative thinking about H+ technologies and ideas since it was founded in 2008. This volume collects some of the best H+ Magazine articles from the magazine's first few years, when it was edited by legendary futurist R.U. Sirius.
Table of Contents
Preface by Ben Goertzel
Preface by R.U. Sirius
The Rise of the Citizen Scientist
Why DIY Bio?
Re-Engineering the Human Immune System
Self Tracking: The Quantified Life is Worth Living
From Hackerspace to Your Garage
Scrapheap Transhumanism DIY RFID
Radically Enhanced Human Body
Our Machines/Ourselves: AI/Bots/The Singularity
Ray Kurzweil: The H+ Interview
Brain on a Chip: A Roundup of Projects Working on Silicon Intelligence
The Chinese Singularity
Build an Optimal Scientist, Then Retire
Here Come the Neurobots: Brain Bots are Developing Personalities - and a Whole Lot More
Can "Terminators" Actually Be Our Salvation
Chronic Citizen: Jonathan Lethem on P.K. Dick
Isn't It Time for Cinematic Sci-Fi Television?
Let a Hundred Futures Bloom
The Reluctant Transhumanist
Was Michael Jackson a Transhumanist?
Gene Genies: BIO
Adventures in Synthetic Biology: Interview with Stanford's Drew Endy
Eight Ways In-Vitro Meat Will Change Our Lives
One Atom at a Time: Nano
How Close Are We to Real Nanotechnology?
Targeting Cancer Cells with Nanoparticles
Engineering an End to Aging
Smart Biology to the Rescue
I Am Ironman!: HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) Cybernetic Suit
My New Sense Organ
Sports Enhancement and Life Enhancement: Different Rules Apply
Botox Parties, Michael Jackson, and the Disillusioned Transhumanist
This is Your Brain on Neurotechnology
Optogenetics: The Edge of Neural Control
Cognitive Commodities in the Neuro Marketplace
Will We Eventually Upload Our Minds?
Transhumanism at Play
Gamification: Turning Work Into Play
The Perils of FDS Fun Deficiency Syndrome
The Pursuit of Crappiness