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South Mimms U
Vincent / Dinsdale
162 episodes
3 months ago
The coming together of the human mind and the digital mind is known as The Singularity, when we become one with computers. Many of the tech oligarchs desire to live forever and believe that uploading their brains and minds to the digital realm as a way of achieving it. It's all part of what's called Transhumanism: augmenting humanity through technology and, eventually, overcoming death itself. BUT what happens to your soul? If you upload your mind, which is also your essence and your be...
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The coming together of the human mind and the digital mind is known as The Singularity, when we become one with computers. Many of the tech oligarchs desire to live forever and believe that uploading their brains and minds to the digital realm as a way of achieving it. It's all part of what's called Transhumanism: augmenting humanity through technology and, eventually, overcoming death itself. BUT what happens to your soul? If you upload your mind, which is also your essence and your be...
Show more...
Arts
Education,
Fiction,
Comedy Fiction
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When the Gods Gave Sisyphus a Leaf Blower
South Mimms U
18 minutes
1 year ago
When the Gods Gave Sisyphus a Leaf Blower
The Myth of Sisyphus is the ultimate description of futility. Endlessly rolling a rock up a mountain, only for it to roll back down again. One scholar believes that the modern equivalent is the humble - and annoyingly ubiquitous - leaf blower. Blow leaves from here... to there... only for them to blow back again. Is it the perfect metaphor for modern technological societies? Perhaps, especially if you combine it with AI and robotics! The only university that makes you chuckle AND learn ...
South Mimms U
The coming together of the human mind and the digital mind is known as The Singularity, when we become one with computers. Many of the tech oligarchs desire to live forever and believe that uploading their brains and minds to the digital realm as a way of achieving it. It's all part of what's called Transhumanism: augmenting humanity through technology and, eventually, overcoming death itself. BUT what happens to your soul? If you upload your mind, which is also your essence and your be...