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Literature recommendations for an academic interested in the field? (self.Transhuman)

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I'm a student of economics at West Virginia University, I have a lot of free time as it is summer and was looking into expanding my studies a little bit more broadly. What kind of books should I look into reading so I can begin to understand the field as it stands today?

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[–]Yosarian2 5ポイント6ポイント  (0子コメント)

Just a suggestion; you might want to be a little more specific, transhumanism can cover a wide range of topics. Was there something specific you were curious about?

[–]spacefarer 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Check out Kurzwiel's reading list.

[–]JamesRedford 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hi, YOLO_SWAG_SATAN. I have written an article on transhumanism which has an extensive bibliography (with 490 entries). Said article pertains to physicist and mathematician Prof. Frank J. Tipler's Omega Point cosmology, which has been published and extensively peer-reviewed in leading physics journals. Tipler's Omega Point cosmology is a proof (i.e., mathematical theorem) demonstrating that sapient life (in the form of, e.g., immortal superintelligent human-mind computer-uploads and artificial intelligences) is required by the known laws of physics (viz., the Second Law of Thermodynamics, General Relativity, and Quantum Mechanics) to take control over all matter in the universe, for said life to eventually force the collapse of the universe, and for the computational resources of the universe (in terms of both processor speed and memory space) to diverge to infinity as the universe collapses into a final singularity, termed the Omega Point. The Omega Point cosmology is also an intrinsic component of the Feynman-DeWitt-Weinberg quantum gravity/Standard Model Theory of Everything (TOE) correctly describing and unifying all the forces in physics, of which TOE is itself mathematically forced by the aforesaid known physical laws.

The Omega Point final singularity has all the unique properties (quiddities) claimed for God in the traditional religions. For much more on this, see my following aforementioned article, which also addresses the societal implications of the Omega Point cosmology:

Additionally, in the below resource are different sections which contain some helpful notes and commentary by me pertaining to multimedia wherein Prof. Tipler explains the Omega Point cosmology and the Feynman-DeWitt-Weinberg quantum gravity/Standard Model TOE.