πŸ“š 3 Books mentioned in "Transhumanism; How Biotechnology Can Eradicate Suffering | David Pearce" of Modern Wisdom

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Podcast: Modern Wisdom

Episode: Transhumanism; How Biotechnology Can Eradicate Suffering | David Pearce

Published on May 30, 2019

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

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I mean eligibly there are a lot of people this kind of reflex eugenics the Third Reich race hygiene other people will say brave new world

The guest mentions "brave new world" as a common cultural reference point for concerns about eugenics and societal control.

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Superintelligence

by Nick Bostrom

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so one of the things that I'm thinking about straight off the bat having read super intelligence by Nick Bostrom listeners of the show will know that I found the book both testing and very very fascinating

The host mentions having read this book and finding it fascinating, using it to introduce a question about whole brain emulation.

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The True Memoirs of Little K

by Adrienne Sharp

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sounds an awful lot like a book that I've just about finished Have you read children of time by Adrienne Tchaikovsky

The host asks the guest if he has read this book, comparing the concept of suspended animation to the book's plot.

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