U.S. Spy Agency Predicts a Very Transhuman Future by 2030

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="dbc041abfca65b8c2f329c8c2254b5f8" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <i>National Intelligence Council</i> (NIC) has just released its much anticipated forecasting report, a 140-page document that outlines major trends and technological developments we should expect in the next 20 years.</span></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="dbc041abfca65b8c2f329c8c2254b5f8" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <br></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="dbc041abfca65b8c2f329c8c2254b5f8" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Among their many predictions, the NIC foresees the end of U.S. global dominance, the rising power of individuals against states, a growing middle class that will increasingly challenge governments, and ongoing shortages in water, food and energy.</span></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="dbc041abfca65b8c2f329c8c2254b5f8" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <br></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="dbc041abfca65b8c2f329c8c2254b5f8" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But they also envision a future in which humans have been significantly modified by their technologies - what will herald the dawn of the transhuman era.</span></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="dbc041abfca65b8c2f329c8c2254b5f8" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="dbc041abfca65b8c2f329c8c2254b5f8" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <img src="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/imagenes_ciencia/transhumanism34_01.jpg"></div> </div>

U.S. Spy Agency Predicts a Very Transhuman Future by 2030

The  National Intelligence Council  (NIC) has just released its much anticipated forecasting report, a 140-page document that outlines maj...

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DARPA's New Biotech Division Wants to Create a Transhuman Future

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="22036729a999c315bbfa8af3af5af5de" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Pentagon's advanced research wing has announced its latest budget - and whoa, does <a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/sociopol_DARPA.htm" target="_blank">DARPA</a> ever have some ambitious plans for the future.</span></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="22036729a999c315bbfa8af3af5af5de" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <br></div> <div align="left" class="first-text" data-textannotation-id="22036729a999c315bbfa8af3af5af5de" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their new Biotech unit will be harnessing biology for national security, and dealing with everything from stopping plagues to building synthetic soldiers. DARPA's commitment to cutting-edge innovation is unquestioned.</span></div> <div align="left" data-textannotation-id="7935d922992f48f48b5e3444e5f0ebc0" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <br></div> <div align="left" data-textannotation-id="7935d922992f48f48b5e3444e5f0ebc0" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 6px;"> <img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--OrcLdwjA--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/zb0kpxnirmzhwkl1bjbg.png"></div> </div>

DARPA's New Biotech Division Wants to Create a Transhuman Future

The Pentagon's advanced research wing has announced its latest budget - and whoa, does  DARPA  ever have some ambitious plans for the ...

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Transhumanism Will Change Everything

<div style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 13px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is spooky stuff, but it's real and it's already happening.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 13px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Humans are augmenting themselves with computers and technology that will expand their abilities, and it's going to get more advanced and morally complex as time passes.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /> </span> <img height="410" src="http://www.beyondone.org/images/image/7%20-%20Transhumanism.jpg" width="640" /></div><div style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 13px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine transplanting your entire consciousness into a computer. That's a new type of immortality. Imagine having a robotic exoskeleton that's not just part of your body — it <em style="border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">is </em>your body. That's a new type of existence entirely.</span></div><div style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 13px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An excellent documentary called <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU1-YFbAifA" style="border: 0px; color: #015660; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Bionics, Transhumanism, And The End Of Evolution"</a>takes a look at the endless wonder and potential of what happens when blood-and-meat humanity meets steel-and-silicon technology. The results are amazing, but what's even more compelling is where this stuff goes down the road as it gets more and more advanced.</span></div><!-- BEGIN TAG - DO NOT MODIFY --><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ epom_key = "58a2f5117e08ea757dd860388cddcb60"; epom_channel = ""; epom_code_format = "ads"; epom_ads_host = "//www.adshost2.com"; epom_click = ""; epom_custom_params = {}; epom_width = "300"; epom_height = "250"; epom_sandbox_configuration = "allow-forms, allow-pointer-lock, allow-popups, allow-same-origin, allow-scripts, allow-top-navigation"; document.write("<script type='text\/javascript' src='"+(location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') + "//www.adshost2.com\/js/show_ads.js'><\/script>"); //]]> </script><br /> <!-- END TAG --><br /> <h3 style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Meet Dr. Robert J. White. He's a neurosurgeon at Cleveland Medical Hospital in Ohio.</span></h3><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br /> </span></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/52b9c06feab8ea747c253006-400-300/meet-dr-robert-j-white-hes-a-neurosurgeon-at-cleveland-medical-hospital-in-ohio.jpg" style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; max-width: 360px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><span style="line-height: 24px;"> </span></span><br /> <h3 style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">As a neurosurgeon, he specializes in the study of the brain.</span></h3><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/52b9c06fecad04775425300a-400-300/as-a-neurosurgeon-he-specializes-in-the-study-of-the-brain.jpg" style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; max-width: 360px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><span style="line-height: 24px;"> </span></span><br /> <h3 style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">He famously transplanted one monkey's head onto another monkey's body. It lived for seven days, and even its personality was intact.</span></h3><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img alt="" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/52b9c070eab8ea747c25300b-400-300/he-famously-transplanted-one-monkeys-head-onto-another-monkeys-body-it-lived-for-seven-days-and-even-its-personality-was-intact.jpg" style="border: 0px none; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; max-width: 360px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><span style="line-height: 24px;"> </span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /> </span></span> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: </span></span><br /> <!-- BEGIN TAG - DO NOT MODIFY --><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ epom_key = "58a2f5117e08ea757dd860388cddcb60"; epom_channel = ""; epom_code_format = "ads"; epom_ads_host = "//www.adshost2.com"; epom_click = ""; epom_custom_params = {}; epom_width = "300"; epom_height = "250"; epom_sandbox_configuration = "allow-forms, allow-pointer-lock, allow-popups, allow-same-origin, allow-scripts, allow-top-navigation"; document.write("<script type='text\/javascript' src='"+(location.protocol == 'https:' ? 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Transhumanism Will Change Everything

This is spooky stuff, but it's real and it's already happening. Humans are augmenting themselves with computers and technology that ...

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