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Jan 19, 2021
Sebastian A. Brunemeier, CEO at ImmuneAGE Pharma, joins our Life Extension Board.
Jan 12, 2021
Read issue #234 of Lifeboat News!
Jan 11, 2022
Read Special Report
Interstellar Travel and Post-Humans
by our Martin Rees.
The Earth has existed for forty-five million centuries — and even longer
timespans lie ahead before the Sun dies. But even in this vast
time-perspective, the present century is special. It is the first when
humans may establish communities away from the Earth. And it is the
first when they may create electronic intelligences that surpass their
own all-round capabilities, and also achieve the ability to bio-engineer
their progeny. In this report, some aspects of this transition are
discussed, along with some even more speculative comments about
“post-human” evolution, and the future of the universe itself.
Jan 9, 2021
Shivon Zilis joins our Neuroscience Board and Robotics/AI Board. Shivon is the Director of Operations at Neuralink, Board Member and Advisor at OpenAI, and Founding Fellow of the Creative Destruction Lab Incubator.
Dec 28, 2021
Daniel Cebo author of Big Data: A Twenty-First Century Arms Race, joins our Information Sciences Board.
Dec 25, 2021
Liliana Alfair joins our blog team with the post Scientists Used CRISPR Gene Editing to Choose the Sex of Mouse Pups.
Dec 25, 2021
Chiara Chiesa joins our Space Settlement Board. Chiara is the founder and organizer of the global hackathon NASA International Space Apps Challenge in Brescia.
Dec 24, 2021
Read issue #233 of Lifeboat News!
Dec 23, 2021
The 2021 Lifeboat Foundation Guardian Award has been given to
Martine Rothblatt
who has devoted her life to moving humanity towards a positive future.
Martine was the
500th person to join our Advisory Board, has
contributed to our blog, and has
generously supported the
Lifeboat Foundation’s goal of “Safeguarding Humanity”.
Martine is cofounder of the
Terasem Movement Foundation.
Their mission is to promote the geoethical (world ethical) use of nanotechnology
for human life extension. They conduct educational programs and support scientific research
and development in the areas of cryonics, biotechnology, and cyber consciousness. This
foundation is related to the Lifeboat Foundation programs
LifePreserver and
PersonalityPreserver (which Martine contributed text to).
The Terasem Movement Foundation publishes
The Journal of Personal Cyberconsciousness and
The Journal of Geoethical Nanotechnology.
Learn more!
Dec 22, 2021
Paul Moscarella joins our blog team with the post UN talks adjourn without deal to regulate “killer robots”.
Dec 22, 2021
Gordan Lauc joins our Biotech/Medical Board. Gordan is CEO at Genos and CSO at GlycanAge. He also launched the Human Glycome project.
Dec 20, 2021
Read Special Report
What is Human Enhancement, and
why is it good for our society?
by our Guido Putignano.
According to a study
made by the European
Parliament, the umbrella term “Human Enhancement” refers to a wide range of
existing, emerging, and visionary technologies,
including pharmaceutical products: neuro implants that provide
replacement sight or other artificial senses, drugs that boost brain
power, human germline engineering and existing reproductive
technologies, nutritional supplements, new brain stimulation
technologies to alleviate suffering and control mood, gene doping in
sports, cosmetic surgery, growth hormones for children of short stature,
anti-aging medication, and highly sophisticated prosthetic applications
that may provide specialized sensory input or mechanical output.
All
these technologies signal the blurring of boundaries between restorative
therapy and interventions that aim to bring about improvements
extending beyond such therapy.
