#076 - David Pearce - Transhumanism; How Biotechnology Can Eradicate Suffering
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 May 2019
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
David Pearce is a co-founder of Humanity+ and a prominent figure within the transhumanism movement.
Where is the future of the human race heading? Will our descendants be at the mercy of random genetic chance for suffering diseases? How about editing the genetic baseline for happiness? Or levels of empathy? Can we use computers to emulate a human brain? What are the ethical implications of Crispr?
Expert to hear David's answers these questions and more as we delve into the fascinating world of transhumanism.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, welcome back to the Modern Wisdom Podcast. |
| 0:04.1 | My guest today is David Pearce. |
| 0:06.8 | We're going to be talking all things transhumanism that is not talking about people changing |
| 0:12.8 | their genders, but it is exploring some very exciting topic areas which I've wanted to |
| 0:18.0 | sink my teeth into for a while. |
| 0:19.9 | So today, expect to learn why suffering of any kind is an artifact that might have been |
| 0:25.6 | useful to our ancestors, but is something that we need to transcend as soon as possible. |
| 0:31.0 | How David thinks that humanity not only should, but also must progress towards a more hedonic |
| 0:38.0 | imperative, the hard problem of consciousness and why we might not be uploading our brains |
| 0:44.3 | into computers anytime soon, and a lot of interesting discussions about the implications |
| 0:49.8 | of CRISPR and gene editing on the whole. |
| 0:52.9 | We cover a lot of topics that I definitely should have been much more well educated |
| 0:56.8 | on, seeing as they have massive implications and are also pretty current to society right |
| 1:01.2 | now. |
| 1:02.2 | But yeah, I loved the conversation. |
| 1:04.5 | David is a massively prominent figure in the transhumanism movement and I feel very privileged |
| 1:09.3 | to have had him on teaching us the 101 of transhumanism. |
| 1:13.7 | So without further ado, please welcome David Pearce. |
| 1:23.9 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back. |
| 1:34.1 | I am joined by David Pearce today. |
| 1:36.9 | David, welcome to the show. |
| 1:39.0 | Hi Chris, it's good to be with you. |
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