MetaFilter posts tagged with humanism

transcendental numbers rumble in the technium

kliuless — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:00:48 -0800

Extropy
How did life arise? What is information? In his recent dispatches from The Technium, Kevin Kelly would say extropy (cf. negentropy & Prigogine). [previously 1|2]

Foucault

semmi — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:21:15 -0800

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. Foucault's returning to Humanism.

Nontheist Spirtuality

bigmusic — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:59:40 -0800

Welcome to the churches of some spiritual nontheists.

The concept of the Transhuman: human, the self, consciousness and their effects on the law

0bvious — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 17:43:01 -0800

The first Transhuman Conference On the Law of Transhuman Persons: Whether or not you believe humans are set to evolve into gods, or AI is destined to achieve self-awareness the idea of the Transhuman is a thought provoking concept. Philosophers have debated the nature of the self, of the human for millennia. Is it time to start drafting new laws to govern all possible sentient beings on this planet? or is it all just a science of fiction? a comfortable humanist illusion?

From the profane to the sacred

MadOwl — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 03:31:08 -0800

sacred science The scientific method is a tool for determining objective truth about the world around us, right? But not everybody thinks so. From being a proof of God's existance to a mere socio-pilotical construct, scientific humanism is under attack.

Francesco Petrarch & Laura deNoves

hama7 — Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:44:16 -0800

Francesco Petrarch & Laura deNoves.

theplayethic — Tue, 29 Jan 2002 05:22:59 -0800

Eighties' design guru goes all Naomi Klein on us. Deeply impassioned screed from Neville Brody, original designer of the UK style'n'music magazine the Face, on the responsibility of designers (and creatives in general) in an age of extreme economic inequality. From a very interesting conference a few months ago called Superhumanism.

semmi — Thu, 04 Oct 2001 19:24:08 -0800

"We wish to dissent against the using of the Capitol rotunda and other governmental buildings for prayer meetings that focus on Christian or monotheistic ceremonies." Comments?