The old cliché that the “future is not written” is an allusion to free will and the indeterminate nature of the self. Invoking hope and courage, the implicit corollary is “for we are in the process of writing it.” We may yet, it seems, create progress in spite of the looming obstacles before us. The [...]
Yes, these retrospectives of the year can be tedious, but since Pop Transhumanism was started last year as a New Year’s resolution, this is also the one year anniversary of the blog. Despite some early missteps, I think I’ve finally gotten my feet under me. My goal was to average a post a day. The [...]
Apparently, you, my loyal and numerous and very attractive readers really enjoy it when I write about things on television and on movie screens. Any requests? Suggestions?
I’ve set up a twitter account exclusively for this blog: PopBioethics. It’ll post new links and also bioethics specific weird thoughts I have.
Transhumanism is a weird area of study and a complicated field to try to get your head around. Pop Transhumanism is shifting it’s focus a bit and I’m looking more intensely at specific issues of ethics within the modification of human beings. Don’t worry, now that I’m back from my international travels there will be [...]
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Pop Bioethics, written by Kyle Munkittrick, is an effort to study the ethics of the continuing evolution of the human species via the lens of pop culture and be somewhat entertaining in the process.
Kyle's writing can also be found at Discover's The Crux, Slate's Future Tense, and at the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. For questions or comments: comments [at] popbioethics [dot] com
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