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DC Comics published Batman #108, with James Tynion IV, Jorge Jimenez and Tomeu Morey providing one of the best-looking superhero comic books on the stand right now. Not that you'll see Batman in the suit this week, he's a couple of levels deeper into disguises as he meets up with Miracle Molly, who has been running a bunch of urban tech terrorists, The Unsanity Collective, under a Mr Wyze, causing panic across Gotham. Of course, one man's terrorist is another's freedom fighter as the story goes, it's all about the brand. and we get a brand new location as their home base, hiding in plain sight. You just have to look up.

Of course, this isn't Metropolis, this is Gotham. Look up and you might not spot someone about to stab you.

So we have a Gotham underground overground. Well, Batman has all the sewers sewn up. And it tied in directly to when James Tynion IV launched the series and had Wayne Enterprises trying to build a better Gotham, solving its problems through architecture. And, in a way, he has. By giving Gotham a new wealth-redistributive form of justice.

With some lessons that Batman could learn himself.

While he seems to have an eye for recruiting Miracle Molly himself. Always handy to have another Lucius Fox, now that the current one is busy setting up a Future State.

Though he might have to knock some of the Marxist-Leninist communist social analysis out of her.

But that's the problem with Robin Hoods. They don't fit into the usual neo-con status quo that superheroes whatever their stripes seem to want to maintain.

And have rather non-Bruce Wayne ways of looking at the world while they're about it.

Look forward to more economic and political debates in the Batcaves, above or below, going forwards.

BATMAN #108 CVR A JORGE JIMENEZ(W) James Tynion IV (A) Jorge Jimenez, Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (CA) Jorge JimenezBatman goes undercover to infiltrate the transhumanist gang known as the Unsanity Collective and learn more about their sudden appearance in Gotham. And what nefarious plans does Simon Saint have for Arkham Day survivor Sean Mahoney? How does it connect to the Magistrate? And in part two of the action-packed, bone-rattling Ghost-Maker backup storycan our hero stand up to the horror of Kid Kawaii? Plus, don't miss the debut of the mysterious Miracle Molly!Retail: $4.99 In-Store Date: 5/4/2021

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Picking just one story to sit down with can be a bit of a task. So rather than one, Deconstructeam is launching an anthology of 10 short narrative works, under the name Essays on Empathy.

Published by Devolver Digital, Essays on Empathy is a collection of 10 unique stories coming to Steam on May 18, each an experiment in narrative storytelling from the team behind games like The Red Strings Club and Gods Will Be Watching.

The Essaysinclude several former Ludum Dare entries from the team, like Zen and the Art of Transhumanism, Eternal Home Floristry, and Dear Substance of Kin. There's also a brand-new short experience exclusive to the compilation called De Tres al Cuarto, about a couple of comedians trying to make it. Check out the trailer, though heads-up for folks at work, there is some mature content:

I dug the tough choices of Gods Will Be Watching, and while The Red Strings Club is still on my backlog, Deconstructeam also made one of my biggest surprises of 2020, a short game called Interview with the Whisperer. It's a free Chatbot-fueled game where you play a journalist interviewing a man who says he can commune with God through his radio, and it's absolutely worth your time.

If this collection has some of the same inventiveness behind it, it'll be one to look out for.

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The essence in obedience consists in the fact that a person comes to view himself or herself as an instrument for carrying out another persons wishes and he therefore no longer regards himself as responsible for his actions. Stanley Milgram

Mindfuck The process of raping someones intelligence and/or beliefs with lies and manipulation. The only defense is instinct and intuition otherwise known as the TRUTH. Urban Dictionary.com

Milgrams social psychological experimentation in 1961 concerning compliance with authority is of a high degree of relevance concerning the collective psychosis and the abusive erosion of identity which neoliberal corporatism form of Globalization manifestly constitutes now. and which We, sense of Zamyatin, in the early 21 st. Century but now austerely subsist shockingly and in awe of as under - as but preyed upon, alas?

Necrotrophically to but a boot as stomps on the face of life purposive?

As Orwell conceived , it takes but 16 percent such the in and out of a population rendered ideologically raped to point of the political facilitation the totalitarian horror he so presciently as perspicaciously delineated in his final work 1984 -as can be interpreted a fascist mindfuck of life portrayed; such the predation cognised?

In Orwells Dystopian nightmare the 16 percent was composed of 1 percent Inner Party and 15 percent Outer Party.

Or are things set to get so bad, such the contemptoraneity (sic) that 1984 can be viewed as relatively Utopian?

Small quarters write in an elaborated code as but a tiny part of the 84%; ; a mere prole Gred, not quite yet lumpen as ragged trousered such the philanthropy but as can apperceive of the rape of intelligence and contextualize ponerological; this as much as dissidence increasingly becoming surplus to requirements , such the philanthropic archipelago inhabited alienative, such the social credit contingent upon deceit being accepted and practiced being ramped up hegemonic?

A dissidence which in process now of becoming increasingly broader and more incorporatively defined as denounced, such the neoliberal strings of the ideological one size fits all global strait jacket being tightened hegemonic under a hidden agenda -whereby Science displaces Religion such the new sugarcandy mountain rocked as moved and shaked geopolitical as Corporatist?

Apropos the question as to the relative utopianism of Orwells vision has often been a cause of some puzzlement to these small quarters as to why exactly Orwell permitted the 84% to live in 1984; indeed he remarks within same that if there was hope, it must lie in the proles. Perchance they had a utility as a reminder, sense of memento mori, to the 15% of what life would be other than but for the party as a hierarchical order panopticonic as caring?

Machiavellis observation as to the distinction between fear and love is apposite?

In a neoliberal context there can be a utility of a surplus of labor under capital intensity thru technological displacement, as capable of becoming effete such the apotheosis budding of the evil as much as whence needs must?

In Milgrams original experiment 65% of the participants administered a punishment marked Danger: Severe shock, despite the audible pain of the trainees. It notable that all participants were paid for participation in the experiment regardless of their willingness to inflict pain on another human being as a peer - and this expresses but one limitation of the parallels insightful which the experiment offers to real life in a socioeconomic context and as concerns differentiated reward structure /hierarchy under a political system largely defined by same as a resource transfer scheme/racket?

What would be the implications were the element of financial incentivization included?

One thinks of Sinclair Lewis and his proposition concerning understanding and reward, sense of livelihood?

That harm as a polymorphous concept instanced inflicted regardless under gain as so brought to be apperceived as hegemonic under a cost/benefit analysis carried out amoral to prove a hellish epitaph of ecocide, as opposed to a benign epiphany concerning Life on Earth as Anthropocentric?

Tragically neoliberal globalization does not just impact adversely on the majority of Mankind, but also on the ecosystem and biodiversity, such the permit granted to control and issue currency extrapolated upon pragmatic , such the neoliberal predatorial austerity as a tragic pathway to hell on earth determined as rendered pedagogical?

For what will we do, can we be brought to do, to survive, what pain shall we inflict or what sacrifices made; how can we be brought to view the value of life such the Politics of the Ego as enshrined narcissistic as neoliberal in a ponerological context as would be denied by objectivity and materialism such the ascendance?

For there is no alternative (TINA)?

There is no good or evil?

There are no limits to the transfer of resources?

No limits to greed?

Politics is but economics now -morality no longer part of the equation such the freedom synonymised way of newspeak?

It is undoubtedly the case concerning surveillance and psychological abuse that Orwells prescience in 1984 has tragically served as a neoliberal blu print for the totalitarianism of Globalization but that similar can also be claimed concerning Huxley and Brave New World (?) the latter having a greater focus on eugenics and the psychobiological manipulation of man as the prescience goes alas, which under the truly evil concept of transhumanism proving to be a large part of the hell being raised on earth, sense of as Milton sublimely indicated poetic as metapolitical in Paradise Lost and as much as Ecocide would go quietly into a darkness satanic?

That this small article, it exists cyberspatial an irony?

That satan as an extra dimensional force exists forceful as to an immorality or amorality prevailing is a salient question existing now in the early 21st C. whence Science become the basis for lockdown as much as human rights abandoned; whence we brought to look at others fearfully as much as joie de vivre a memory destined to be but further holed pragmatically as utilitarian concerning alienation and marginalization but an absurd irrelevance of paranoid proportion?

The reduction of biodiversity as Life devalued is but evil epitomized and is echoed or amplified through the concept of man made replacement/build back better?

That we subsist in End Times such the vile degeneration of R2P by way of mindfuck no mere product of happenstance?

Material rape by way of economic polarization does not come unaccompanied?

Ideological rape becomes ever easier the greater the economic polarization extrapolated upon?

To paraphrase a well known proverb, it takes but 16% rotten to spoil the whole barrel?

For we are undoubtedly staring down a barrel pointed neoliberal as Anthropobscene (sic) now, to point of the rot of not just man, but all creatures great and small, such the care not as would be for the ecosytem such the incorporation?

The abominable concepts of surplus population, eugenics and transhumanism as an unholy trinity fostered under greed express a predation which is metapolitical -and in all of which technology as the fruit of Empiricism plays a part?

The technology of economic polarization being the technology of technological displacement and capital intensity; the technology which poisons the planet is that of genetic engineering, nuclear fission, agrochemicals, microwave radiation? It is also that of lies told bigger and better thru mass media as but a means of mass mindfuck?

The thing is, small quarters would dearly like to be able to claim that things were not always so such the plus a change, but are so mindfucked as typical that it nigh on impossible to so do certainly without reference to alternative culture sense of Social Anthropology, most of which as alternative has been destroyed, alas, such the rape as much the implosive imposition of stereotype and homogeneity, and sense of the toast by Burns?

When the baby has been thrown out with the bathwater, after time traditional as fugit it becomes difficult to remember that it ever existed, let alone that abortion a more apposite metaphor; such the pass as heads off?

The biggest wound as of a hole inflicted fascist is not that of memory however falsified it is of the expression of imagination and the expropriation of same?

The tragedy of transhumanism and the merger of mind with Artificial Intelligence looms on high like an executioners block such the fierce neoliberal fun of the man gods as enshrined in Moritaten? (Apologies to Frank Wedekind)

Anyone willing to label as denounce these small quarters as a conspiracy theorist as being of questionable status compos mentis should read The Great Reset?

It is difficult to remain optimistic such the times as exogeneously and economically depressing as austerity goes, albeit the sun still shines upon a wondrous diversity of life despite the ongoing efforts of such as Americans biggest landowner Bill Gates and Elon Musk construed ponerologically?

Could but we see life as eternal as it is from within the epiphenomenon it constitutes incarnate; if there were more light permitted in this dark classroom of the flesh such the friction of the finitude- then there could be a socialist paradise on Earth?

A socialism not just for man, but for all Life?

An absence of fear?

Such the point metapolitical this small article, such the Socialism become obscene as marginalization, alienation and corruption goes predatorial as necrotrophic, such the mass mindfuck on a global scale ongoing as would render by way of obscurity , irrelevance and unacceptability?

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Kero Kero BonitoCivilisation IIPolyvinyl

Apr 22, 2021By Caleb CampbellWeb Exclusive

British indie pop trio Kero Kero Bonito have long been ever-changeable, darting between new transformations in sound and style with each new release. Previously, the band have prefaced these shifts with an EP, as with the TOTEP EP pointing to the noisy, dreamy, and insanely catchy indie rock of Time n Place. Once again the band heralded a new era in 2019, this time with a danceable synth pop existential odyssey, Civilisation I.

For their previous EP, the band widened their scope, going beyond Sarah Bonitos dreams, mental health, and millennial malaise for a heady look at civilizational struggle through the years. And, true to the previous EPs numbering, the trio is back with a follow-up EP this year (the fittingly titled Civilisation II), expanding the sound and themes of Civilisation I in new directions and once again proving themselves one of the most creative and subversive pop acts out there.

The EPs themes follow a loose progressionpast, present, and future. The first track, Princess and the Clock, takes the listener on a spritely experimental pop journey through a fairy tale. The sound of the track is pure Kero Kero Bonito, drawing back to the bands early albums with their influences from synth pop and chiptune. Glittering synth pop and irrepresible energy keep the track relentlessly catchy, making for some of the strongest hooks of the bands career. Yet, even as they call back to their earliest work, the bands talents have only grown since then, most especially on the production side. In fact, the production on Civilisation II makes for a consistent highlight. Reportedly, the band used entirely vintage analog synths during the making of the EP, crafting tracks that deploy the tools of the past in a fearlessly forward-thinking experimental approach.

The second track, 21/04/20, represents the worlds exceedingly strange present, reflecting on a single day at the beginning of lockdown a year ago. The band perfectly captures the hazy blend of days that quarantine brought last year. Lines like Hey how are you doing?/Im okay just the usual kind of weird recall the simultaneously surreal and banal realities of the last year, all wrapped in dreamy melody and easygoing energy. While perhaps the least immediately memorable of the trio of tracks, the welcoming analog synths and intimate melodies imbue the song with an alluring sense of nostalgia, putting a warm yet otherworldly spin on the present.

Finally, the closing track, Well Rested, looks towards the future. Its no surprise in that case that the track is the most experimental cut on the EP, a multi-phased synth funk opus that clocks in at seven minutes, the bands longest track yet. Well Rested meanders down textured synth soundscapes before leading into a driving climax, transforming into a futuristic club-ready breakdown as Sarah Bonito intones over top like a prophet of doom. Similar to the environmentalist themes of Civilisation I, the track grapples with environmental collapse, this time envisioning a transhumanist future as humanity evolves into new formsWe have survived a hundred apocalypses/Doomsday hasnt come yet/You can not stop civilization. Finally, the track descends into a glitchy noise-filled resting state, ending the EPs loose narrative with a vision of an uncertain future.

Since the bands debut, Kero Kero Bonito has gained a well-earned reputation for consistently creative indie pop, able to effortlessly innovate and experiment while retaining their unmistakable lively energy and immediately welcoming melodies. Civilisation II not only builds upon that reputation but points to equally bright horizons in the bands future. With their most lush and detailed production yet, seamlessly shifting genre influences, and increasingly creative songwriting, Civilisation II is another welcome addition to the Kero Kero Bonito story. (http://www.kerokerobonito.com)

Author rating: 8.5/10

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While not always seen as the greatest game series, the Watch Dogs titles have all brought out something special. Sure, they havent gotten the strongest critical reception, but they all are quite fun in their own respects. If you havent had a chance to jump into the series, you really should. Given the news regarding this upcoming weekend, now would be the perfect chance. Ubisoft has announced that Watch Dogs: Legion is hosting a free weekend, allowing anyone to take back the streets of London from March 25 to March 29. The free offering will be available on PC (Epic Games Store/UPlay), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. You can even begin pre-loading the game starting tomorrow!

For those unaware of Watch Dogs: Legion, this third-person open-world title has you dropping in as a member of the hacker group DedSec following their framing of bombings all across London. Throughout your adventures, youll look to recruit new members to your cause, gather new equipment, and discover the dirty secrets of all the shady corporations controlling the citys underworld. Best of all? You can play as anyone you find across the street. Recruit them to your cause, and they may bring strong skills you can use on the games various missions.

If you fall in love with London this weekend, Watch Dogs: Legion is hosting several promotions based on your platform. You can find the full details on each platform below.

Thats not all though! Theres a host of new things coming to Watch Dogs: Legion over the course of the today and this Spring/Summer. Today, players have access to a new tactical op that will challenge you and your friends in Online Mode. You can expect another one, along with new PvP modes in late-May. As for full content drops though, April will bring a new operator in Mina, a subject of transhuman experiments whos looking to fight back against the adversaries that captured her. Late June, on the other hand, will bring the Watch Dogs: Legion Bloodline expansion, bringing back the iconic Aiden Pearce for a brand new mission alongside fan-favorite Wrench. And finally, August will bring Darcy, a member of the Assassin Order looking to take down a new operation hosted by the Templar.

Nows an excellent time to both be and become a Watch Dogs fan. Will you be jumping into the free weekend? Are you excited for all this upcoming content? Let us know in the comments below.

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People walk through the streets of Chinatown on March 23 in New York City. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images/Spencer Platt

WHAT is the big picture of COVID-19, alias SARS-CoV-2? Is it what we could also call the end game, or what Aldous Huxley called the brave new world in his science-fiction novel of the same name gradually turning into reality in the form of the UN Agenda 2030 with the implementing tool the Agenda ID2020 created by Bill Gates?

We are at the beginning of the end game. We are in what the 2010 Rockefeller Report calls The Lockstep scenario. This is the first one of four scenarios, prompted by an invisible enemy, a virus, a coronavirus, akin to the one that was at the origin of the SARS outbreak in China in 2002 to 2004. This virus is to be propagated as a huge deadly danger. Its a brainwashing fear campaign. The decision for the launch was taken during Event 201, in New York City on October 18, 2019, a few weeks before the actual SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. And it was confirmed by the World Economic Forums conference in January 2020 in Davos, Switzerland.

Event 201, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (funded and created by the Rockefeller Foundation) and the WEF, was chiefly a computer simulation of a SARS-like pandemic, killing some 65 million people in 18 months and destroying the worlds economy as we know it.

What was foreseen was a bio-warfare against humanity. The virus was called SARS-CoV-2, later it was renamed by the World Health Organisation to COVID-19. The close companion of the virus was fear weaponised fear.

Together, with a huge propaganda and brainwashing effort, the entire world 193 UN member countries were called a COVID-19 risk and the WHO declared a pandemic as we later found out, it was a plandemic on March 11, 2020. Imagine! With only about 4,600 cases worldwide, the WHO called it a pandemic. The world fell in shock. When people are in shock, they are gullible to accept anything.

A worldwide lockdown was ordered by an invisible globalist cabal to all 193 UN member governments at once, by mid-March 2020. Governments were bought, corrupted, co-opted or threatened into behaving as ordered by a worldwide common must-narrative. The entire UN system was, and is as of today, part and parcel of this worldwide fraud. Indeed, those government leaders, who did not follow the narrative, who defied the plandemic, risked severe punishment.

The president of Burundi, Pierre Nkurunziza, died unexpectedly on June 8, 2020, shortly before the official end of his term. He was the longest-ruling president in Burundian history. His death was diagnosed as a heart attack. He was known for defying the official narrative of COVID-19, and of kicking the WHO out of his country shortly before his death.

Tanzanias popular president John Magufuli, died on March 17, 2021, from heart complications, in a hospital in Dar es Salaam. Magufuli was one of Africas most prominent coronavirus sceptics. He called for prayers and herbal-infused steam therapy to counter the virus. Shortly before his death, he said that he had PCR tests carried out on a papaya and a goat and the tests came back positive, implying that the notorious PCR test kits were pre-tainted with the virus.

People at large are being kept in the dark about what the deep state, the corporate, banking and high-tech communication oligarchs, or simply the globalist cabals real plan is behind the COVID-19 fraud.

The so far almost invisible big picture, also called the great reset, or in the UN Agenda 2030 jargon, Build Back Better consists of a threefold objective:

Taking over total control of humanity, as in a One World Order, by electromagnetic manipulation (thats where 5G, later 6G come in), by digitising everything, including all money, and by converting humans into transhumans. Klaus Schwab, the co-author of the great reset, and his cabal, call it the 4th Industrial Revolution;

Shifting assets and resources from the middle and the bottom of society to the top few; and,

Drastically reducing the world population, via a massive eugenist depopulation agenda. Eventually, a small globalist elite all those associated with managing and governing the tyranny plus a relatively small world population of serfs or what Aldous Huxley called the Epsilon people (the lowest cast working people) in todays world, transhumans, would survive. The serfs or Epsilon people would all be electronically controlled and manipulated, so they would not transgress into seeking their erstwhile freedom lost.

The Rockefeller-led Bilderberg Society and Rockefellers protg Henry Kissinger, have been propagating a reduced world population for decades. Remember Henry Kissingers infamous saying: Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

Bill Gates is todays chief proponent of a reduced world population. He has also recently become the largest private farmland owner in the United States. He reportedly owns 242,000 acres of farmland across 18 states. What does he intend to do with this farmland? Well, who controls the food, controls the people. Gates is also a significant shareholder and partner in (Bayer-)Monsantos genetically modified seeds and pesticides branch.

At this point we can only speculate. But some of the not so far-fetched speculations would indicate that Bill Gates, under the guise of environmental protection (ie, the good old climate change agenda) and the New Green Deal, may want to produce synthetic food, laboratory produced meat and genetically modified grains and vegetables. This synthetic and modified food, spiked with toxic pesticides, will then compete with real food which under the neoliberal market forces will become ever rarer affordable only by the elite.

Synthetic food may include all kinds of health and disease agents to regulate the population. The Epsilon people will, of course, have no clue. As the great reset concludes, they will own nothing and be happy.

While this is going on in the shadows, invisible for most people, the media make sure that the debate official by governments, and unofficial by anti-COVID-19 protesters is entirely focused on COVID-19, the infection, the invisible atrocious enemy, the fear-mongering, plus all the repressive COVID-19-measures, masking, social distancing, semi- and/or full lockdowns, travel restrictions, vaxxing or not vaxxing, and the so-called obligatory electronic vaccination passports, akin to the Agenda ID2020.

All are concentrating on the COVID-19 virus. Almost nothing lets you suspect that there is a big picture. A much larger, much deadlier agenda behind all this that the virus and the atrocious fear promote, and it is but an instrument to reach the larger objectives, those listed above.

Hardly does any public or unofficial debate, even massive anti-COVID-19 measure protests, like the Wake up the World demo by the World Freedom Alliance in Copenhagen on February 4, 2021, touch the big picture, what awaits us at the end of the UN Agenda 2030: you own nothing and are happy.

We are at war. Not just against an invisible enemy, the coronavirus and the weaponised factor of fear, but also against our own ignorance and unconsciousness. Plus, against the global cabal the WEF and its great reset with its treacherous, fake New Green Deal, a new ultra-neoliberal capitalism, painted green intent on swallowing us all.

The British prime minister Boris Johnson on October 8, 2020 addressed via video his conservative Tory Party with these words:

We have lost too much, mourned too long and life cannot continue like before. History shows us that events of this dimension wars, pandemics dont just come and go. Most often they are triggers for social and economic changes. We see these instances as a period to learn and to become better. Hence, this government wants to build back better.

Lets compare this with the words of Klaus Schwab in his COVID-19 The Great Reset:

Many of us ask when will we return to normality? The short answer is NEVER. Nothing will return to the rotten feeling of normality that existed before the crisis, because the corona-pandemic marks a fundamental change in our global development. Many analysts call it a crossroads, others a crisis of biblical dimensions, but in essence this shows us that the world we still knew in the first months of 2020 doesnt exist anymore. It dissolved in the context of the pandemic.

Wow! This is strong and quite insensitive language for the many people who died of COVID-19 and especially for those hundreds of millions, if not billions, who have lost everything their jobs, their homes, their income, their families and friends, those who suffer from famine, who now live in misery, at the edge of sheer existence, those who are driven to commit suicide.

The grandiose WEF, the Rockefellers, Gates, prince Charles, the director general of the WHO, the chief of the International Monetary Fund, the UN secretary general, and all those who participated in the planning of this pandemic during Event 201, never mention these people. In other words, for the small elite, for the planners and organisers of the great reset, these dumped-into-poverty Epsilon people are dispensable.

If we cannot master the COVID-19 fraud, put an end to it, even unseating and bringing to justice the 193 lying, cheating and eventually murderous UN member governments, how can we come to grips with, and escape the fangs of, the big picture, the great reset, that eventually will deprive us of our daily nutrition, rendering us infertile and sterile with toxic artificial food with the forced vaccines, and bring about a mass genocide through genome-altering mRNA-type vaccines, pesticides, and genetically modified synthetic food with a soulless, masked life in solitude?

DissidentVoice.org, March 23. Peter Koenig is an economist and geopolitical analyst. He is also a research associate of the Centre for Research on Globalisation.

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Transhumanism is an intellectual and cultural movement that promotes the use of technology in order to advance the human condition. What this essentially means, is that a transhumanist is someone who believes we should use technology in order to give ourselves enhanced abilities higher IQs, greater strength, longer lifespans, sharper senses you name it. Citius, altius, fortius

Transhuman technology meanwhile, is the technology that one might use in order to accomplish this; including things like gene therapy, bionics and artificial intelligence. And someone who has successfully used transhuman technologies in order to enhance themselves? That would be a posthuman.

What makes all this particularly fascinating though and highly relevant, is the fact that many of the technologies we would need in order to start advancing mankind in this way already exist. Either that, or they are on the verge of being developed to a usable condition. Whats more incredible still, is that many of the technologies will one day be simple and affordable enough that they could be carried out in a home-made lab with only a modest investment.

This is a very real ethical and cultural debate that will be coming to the fore over the next decade and probably in the next few years. The question is, where will you stand on all this? Of course its an area that should be of great fascination to anyone interested in self-development, productivity, nootropics, bodybuilding or biohackers

It wouldnt be a detailed guide to transhumanism if we didnt discuss the history at least a little. Going back to the beginning then, the first transhuman proposals were possibly those postulated by the Geneticist J. B. S. Haldane, whose essay Science and the Future discussed some transhuman concepts very early on. Unfortunately, Haldane was also interested in eugenics which is an association that the transhumanist movement generally tries to avoid.

Haldanes essay prompted a response from a crystallographer from Cambridge, whose essay The World, The Flesh and the Devil discussed how transhuman technologies could aid in space colonization an idea that is generally popular among transhumanists.

The first use of the term transhumanism is generally credited to Julian Huxley, who some consider the founder of transhumanism. In his article, he put forward an argument for human enhancement very similar to the one used by transhumanists today.

Of course, as technology has developed, so transhumanism has become increasingly a relevant discussion while the web has also aided the proliferation of such ideals. This is also why were seeing itreferenced with increasing regularity in fiction.

Interestingly, there are now many currents within transhumanism as different leading thinkers have different things to say on the subject. These schools of thought incude, but are not limited to:

Abolitionism: The idea that we have an obligation to use technology in order to end suffering for all sentient life.

Democratic transhumanism: A political movement emphasizing the use of transhuman technologies in supporting and promoting democracy

Extropianism: Advocates taking a proactive approach to human evolution

Immortalism: The view that we should use technology in order to eliminate ageing and ideally achieve immortality through one means or another

Libertarian transhumanism: The synthesis of libertarianism and transhumanism

Postgenderism: The idea that we should evolve past gender via biotechnology and alternative means of reproduction

Singularitarianism: The belief in and desire for a technological singularity a point in time when technological advancement accelerates so rapidly as to create a kind of utopia

Technogaianism: A movement to use technologies in order to restore the environment transhuman technology included. For instance, we might be able to make ourselves more energy efficient were we to be smaller.

Some transhumanists meanwhile, such as the vocal advocate, designer and author of Primo Posthuman Natasha Vita More, often talk about transhumanism as a form of self-expression as an opportunity to design our own bodies the way we see fit and treat them almost like a canvas.

In many ways, it could be argued that mankind has always had an urge to expand beyond its boundaries and better itself and that this has always been the aim of technology, ever since we first lit a fire. In that way, transhumanism might be considered simply a natural evolution.

While transhumanism has had an interesting past though, it is about to enter its most critical chapter yet as we are on the verge of realizing the technologies that would make posthumanism possible.

Before we go further, lets take a look at some of the top transhuman technologies, where we are with them and what their implications are. Well break these down into some basic categories

One of the most interesting technologies for a transhumanist, is genetic engineering. This is the use of various processes aimed at altering the expression of particular genes or even inserting new genetic material into the genome.

As you probably know, our DNA stored within the nucleus of every cell is the genetic code that tells our body how to build and repair tissue. It contains everything you would need in order to grow a new you, only its a little more complicated than your average flat-pack furniture.

Nevertheless, we have managed now to identify the roles of many genes within the human body which allows us to say with some certainty what inserting new DNA will do, or suppressing particular genes. We have learned this in part by using knockout mice mice with particular genes suppressed so that we can observe the outcome.

The tricky part is inserting said genetic material in to the cell in such a way that it will be likely to be accepted into the genome and then replicated as the cell divides. To do this, we must use a vector which is a transporter. Currently the most popular option involves using a virus such as a retrovirus that has been genetically modified itself, and then getting that to infect the cells and multiply itself. The problem is that this isnt a very accurate method: there is a risk that we could accidentally overwrite important lines of genetic code this way which might lead to tumors and other problems. Furthermore, the use of a virus even a harmless one can trigger an immune response making it dangerous. We are able to modify retroviruses and make knockout mice because the genes are inserted into the germ cell before birth (the sperm or the egg). This is called germ-line therapy as opposed to somatic therapy. Transhumanists are more interested in somatic gene therapy, as it gives the individual the ability to choose their genetic modifications.

For those who see genetic modification as desirable, there is hope. There are other vector options for instance that show promise, such as the use of injections, gene guns, magnetofection or even nanoparticles. Having your DNA altered by nanorobots it sure doesnt get much more science fiction than that. Another option involves treating stem cells from bone marrow and then injecting them back in to the body. This allows for more precision and removes the need for a viral vector. Using different viruses such as lentiviruses also may pose less risk.

Its also possible to inject new DNA into the surrounding membrane of the cell and not into the nucleus itself. This way, the new DNA will be expressed, but it will not be replicated during cell division. This type of non-insertional gene therapy is only temporary, but removes many of the potential risks. Non-insertional gene therapy can also be achieved using adeno-associated viruses. Its worth noting that some cells such as immune cells or liver cells survive for decades.

And despite the current challenges facing genetic modification, the process has been used successfully in a therapeutic capacity in a number of instances.

Possible Transhuman Uses for Genetic Modification

These techniques have been developed primarily in order to treat a number of genetic conditions. Right now they arent 100% safe or effective, but in the next few years they may well be and we could use non-insertional gene doping relatively safely right now.

So what are the transhuman applications for this kind of technology?

Myostatin for Super Strength

One example would be to knock out the myostatin gene. This is a gene responsible as you might have guessed for producing the protein myostatin. Myostatins main role in the body appears to be the suppression of muscles and by removing it, we can see an immediate increase in muscle size and strength.

Whats really interesting though, is that this has already been achieved in mice (1). Thats right, super mice with naturally exaggerated strength and muscle mass have been created through germ-line genetic modification. It led to no negative side effects either.

And in case youre still not convinced this would be a viable treatment, consider that animals and humans have been recorded as having this mutation occur naturally. It can also be achieved through selected breading in certain species of animal. The Belgian Blue Cow is a species of cow that all have this mutation. Its even thought possible that some bodybuilders could have the mutation (or a variant on it). Flex Wheeler is reported to have claimed to have such a mutation.

So then bodybuilders, in the near future you could get a 30% boost in muscle mass possibly even permanently from a single injection.

Erythropoetin

Erythropoietin is a hormone responsible for the production of red blood cells. EPO can be used already as a performance enhancer, but using gene therapy it might be possible to provide this extra EPO production endogenously (2). In fact, this one is quite far along as the therapy has already been trademarked by Oxford Biomedica as Repoxygen intended to treat anemia (yeah right). It has also been proven in mice, but has yet to be extensively tested on human subjects.

Using these two methods of gene doping (the term used when gene therapy is used for performance enhancement), it would already be possible to have someone who could lift much heavier items and run for sustained periods. I personally, would be most interested in a therapy to increase the ratio/activation of fast and super-fast muscle fiber which is also very much on the cards.

Telomerase Gene Therapy

Not interested in becoming a super soldier? Then how about just living much longer?

By increasing the production of telomerase through gene therapy, researchers have managed to slow down ageing by 24% for mice from a single treatment (3). Telomerase is an enzyme that is normally only active before birth in most cells and that works by adding to the end of DNA sequences. In effect this means it repairs the telomeres, which are the non-essential ends of DNA. This is important, because a little DNA is lost during mitosis every time a cell splits. For a while, telomeres provide a buffer ensuring no vital data is corrupted, but once the telomeres run out, information starts getting lost and we begin to age.

By increasing telomerase then, we can rebuild the telomeres and thus increase the number of divisions our DNA can go through before getting ground down. In the study, it was found that the treatment was more effective the earlier it was administered. In an earlier 2007 study, it was found that using the same process in germ-line gene therapy could extend the lifespan up to 40%.

This is only one process by which ageing may occur. Our cells are also bombarded constantly throughout our lives by free radicals which can gradually cause them to deteriorate and even damage our DNA. Gene therapy may also be able to defend against this process however, by thickening the cell membranes. This would also make us less susceptible to radiation and even heat!

These are three big possible transhuman applications for gene doping, but there are many other potential uses. For instance, it wouldnt be a big stretch to imagine inserting a gene to increase the production of certain neurotransmitters in the brain (which could be done with non-insertional therapy). Endogenous modafinil anyone?

Bionics, in the transhuman sense, is the use of robotics in order to enhance the human condition. This might mean for instance, swapping out your arm for a robotic arm that can punch through walls Deus Ex Human Revolution style. Already, some bionic limbs are demonstrably superior from the originals in some ways. The blades worn by amputee runners for instance, are in some cases more energy efficient than running on normal legs. Of course theyre inferior in many other ways, but its certainly possible to imagine how this might not be the case in future.

Replacing limbs is only one possible transhuman application of bionics however. At the same time, we might imagine one day being able to upgrade or augment our eyesight. Bionic eyes already exist which (4) work by stimulating the optic nerve in order to create a low resolution representation of the outside world. One day this same technology could actually increase our resolution, allow us to see a greater range of wavelengths, or to experience augmented reality.

Brain chips have already been used in order to stimulate neurons for other aims too. A couple of patients for instance have already received brain chips designed to stimulate the brain in such a way as to combat depression (full store here). We know that suppressing the areas of the brain relating to language can increase maths ability, while stimulating the memory centers can uncover lost memories so imagine what could potentially come from stimulating the brain this way. This wouldnt necessarily need an implant thanks to the possibility of Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation that can work through the scalp.

Direct brain-computer interfaces are also an area of interest for transhumanists. Already there have been cases of paralyzed patients using brain implants in order to interface with machines and even surf the web, while some companies are already developing crude external brain controllers for computer games and other applications. More life-changing though, might be the ability to implant a harddrive into your brain to gain photographic memory, or even to increase your cognitive skills with some sort of built-in calculator

Other Technologies

Gene doping and bionics are only two examples of transhuman technologies that are in development/already available. Some of these are relatively mundane, while others are insanely ambitious.

It is a desire for many transhumanists for instance to actually upload themselves to the internet by encoding their consciousness. Others would like to have their brains removed and kept alive artificially such that they would be able to control a robotic body. This might sound completely like science fiction, but terrifyingly monkey brains have already been kept alive outside of the body and still shown activity. This is whats known as an isolated brain. One researcher has even managed the successful head transplant of a monkey (though the monkey died after seven days when the body rejected the new tissue). Heres the Wikipedia page of the late neurosurgeon who accomplished this disturbing feat, for your further, morbid reading.

Back to the less disturbing meanwhile, some people consider Iron Man-like endoskeletons (battle armour!) to be examples of transhumanism, while nanotechnology holds many potentials. Virtual reality could be considered almost transhuman and could certainly be used for transhuman applications (Lawnmower Man style!).

AI is also often discussed alongside other topics (read this on the Game of Life, its only loosely related but I think it holds the key to unlocking artificial intelligence). AI is the posthuman that was never human to begin with. Its also AI that might someday lead to the singularity the point where technology begins to accelerate so quickly that the world becomes unrecognizable in no time at all. When you consider the technological advancements that a super-advanced AI would make possible, you can understand how this might happen.

If you consider anyone who has used a transhuman technology in order to enhance themselves a posthuman (normally we reserve the term for those who have changed a significant amount, but go with it), then there are already transhumans living among us.

One great example is the legendary Kevin Warwick. Warwick is a researcher and figurehead for transhumanism who has used himself as a human guinea pig going as far as to implant a microelectrode array into his own nervous system allowing him to remotely control a robotic arm by moving his own arm and even to achieve a crude form of telepathic communication with his wife who also received implants (5). Its worth noting that the implant was eventually extracted due to mechanical failure nevertheless it was a success in the meantime and a relatively non-invasive procedure.

Meanwhile, there also exists an entire underground movement of grinders who are interested in using available technology to push the limits of the human body using themselves as human laboratories. As they put it on biohack.me they hack [their] bodies with artifacts from the future-present.

Thats right, this is going on right now. While there are some ambitious goals being thrown around on the forums, the most common biohack to be performed effectively is the neodymium magnet implant. Here a magnet is implanted in the nerve-dense tip of one finger and via a small surgical procedure. Because neodymium is such a strong magnet, it will actually vibrate slightly when in an electromagnetic field. This essentially gives the user a sixth sense as they are able to detect the presence of fields which would otherwise be undetectable without external hardware.

In many ways though, you could consider transhuman technology to already be commonplace it all depends on your definition of the word. If you consider transhuman technology to be anything that allows us to subjectively improve the human condition, then really many things we use today could be considered examples.

An obvious candidate would be something like plastic surgery or even tattoos and piercings. If we consider that the people making these changes believe they are improving themselves through technology, then in a way that is transhuman.

Of course we normally reserve the term for less cosmetic changes and more significant alterations to the human skill set. In that case though, we might consider current performance enhancing techniques to be transhuman in a way. What about steroids or even caffeine for instance? Sure, neither of these are permanent, but then neither is non-insertional gene doping which we do generally consider transhuman. And yes, anabolic steroids have side effects that could be considered almost sub-human, but really any improvement is subjective and almost bound to come at some cost. Just try increasing your brains ability to focus for instance, without it also negatively affecting your creativity. Likewise, an increase in fast twitch muscle fibre could theoretically decrease slow-twitch fibre (proportionally at least) thus negatively impacting on endurance. Does that make it not transhumanism?

Some could even look at the web or smartphones as a type of transhumanism. We use them every day almost as an extension of ourselves and in that way a smartphone is almost an exo-cortex. A smartwatch or Google Glass only takes this further. And if an Iron Man suit is transhuman technology, why not shoes that give you extra jumping height?

In general, the weak definition of transhuman technology is likely to cause many debates moving forward and be a limiting factor. This is especially true when you consider the vast differences between proposed transhuman technologies. If you embrace transhumanism does that mean you embrace all of it? Cant you be a fan of gene therapy while not supporting life extension or vice versa? If we tar every technology with the same brush, it may well prevent safer and more viable technologies from becoming available.

With transhuman technologies, ideologies and objectives so varied and disparate, its no wonder that there are so many currents within the larger movement.

This brings us nicely to the small matter of ethics. Transhumanism has always been a divisive subject, owing to the massive implications it has for our entire way of life and the fact that it will impact on nearly every aspect of human existence.

I actually did my dissertation on the Public Perception of the Ethics of Transhumanism which includes transcripts of focus group discussions. So if youd like to see what an in-depth debate on the subject looks like, you can download that here.

As briefly mentioned, a concern for life extension would be the inflation for the population. Where would everyone go? And would we have enough supplies if we all lived 30% longer? One possible answer is space colonization, but we are currently much closer to extending the human lifespan than we are to being able to populate other planets.

Then there is the possibility of a worsening class divide. Imagine if only wealthy people could afford to become immune to disease, to increase the lifespan of their children in-utero, or to enhance their IQ. In such a scenario, you would create a genuine second class citizen.

You also need to think about where these technologies would likely find use first and foremost: the answer being sporting competitions and the military. What are the ethics behind a supersoldier? Perhaps one made not to feel pain? And how will sports cope with gene doping that is almost impossible to detect? Bodybuilders: how would you feel if the general population were suddenly able to get as strong as you with no need to do any actual training? Youd then possibly feel pressured into doing the same just in order to keep up (though this is already a bit of an issue in bodybuilding thanks to anabolic steroids). Again, this isnt science fiction these are questions well be forced to answer in the next few years. Some experts even expected to see gene doping as early as the 2012 Olympics. Weve missed that deadline, but its only a matter of time

Perhaps my biggest complaint with some of the transhuman community is their disinterest in improving themselves through training. I cant understand why someone would express an interest in a myostatin injection, and yet not already be working out. When thats the case, you cant help but wonder if people are looking for an easy solution. And wouldnt that cheapen the journey somewhat? Shouldnt strength be earned? (Ill weigh in with my detailed views on the ethics of transhumanism in a future post).

Then there are questions regarding what it might do to our identity as humans and the religious aspect. What could happen to us were we to start playing God and leave behind our humanity? And while it might sound like the stuff of comic books what if it got into the hands of the wrong people? We could have genuine supervillains.

On the other hand, a transhumanist might argue that it should be our human right to express and change ourselves in any way we desire. That we could use transhuman technologies to end suffering, lead to greater advancements in other areas, expand into the stars and cure the planet. Some people are concerned that transhumanism would lead to us all looking the same as perfect Ken and Barbie dolls, but transhumanists themselves say the opposite would be true that wed finally be able to change our bodies to demonstrate our personalities and to serve our interests and hobbies. Transhumanism could open us up to whole new experiences and it could actually help us to remove inequality by giving us all the means to be the best versions of ourselves the way we interpret that.

We have always had an urge to expand ourselves and to test our limits and many of the breakthroughs we enjoy today were the result of taking risks. Show a car to someone from the 17th Century and they would probably tell you it was unethical and unsafe. They wouldnt necessarily be wrong either, but does that mean we should have never invented the automobile?

Truth is, I dont know the answer, but if we never try then well never know.

Link:
A Complete Guide to Transhumanism - The Bioneer

A new generation of transhumanists is emerging. You can feel it in handshakes at transhumanist meet-ups. You can see it when checking in to transhumanist groups in social media. You can read it in the hundreds of transhumanist-themed blogs. This is not the same bunch of older, mostly male academics that have slowly moved the movement forward during the last few decades. This is a dynamic group of younger people from varying backgrounds: Asians, Blacks, Middle Easterners, Caucasians, and Latinos. Many are females, some are LGBT, and others have disabilities. Many are atheist, while others are spiritual or even formally religious. Their politics run the gamut, from liberals to conservatives to anarchists. Their professions vary widely, from artists to physical laborers to programmers. Whatever their background, preferences, or professions, they have recently tripled the population of transhumanists in just the last 12 months.

"Three years ago, we had only around 400 members, but today we have over 10,000 members," says Amanda Stoel, co-founder and chief administrator of Facebook group Singularity Network, one of the largest of hundreds of transhumanist-themed groups on the web.

Transhumanism is becoming so popular that even the comic strip Dilbert, which appears online and in 2000 newspapers, recently made jokes about it.

Despite its growing popularity, many people around the world still don't know what "transhuman" means. Transhuman literally means beyond human. Transhumanists consist of life extensionists, techno-optimists, Singularitarians, biohackers, roboticists, AI proponents, and futurists who embrace radical science and technology to improve the human condition. The most important aim for many transhumanists is to overcome human mortality, a goal some believe is achievable by 2045.

Transhumanism has been around for nearly 30 years and was first heavily influenced by science fiction. Today, transhumanism is increasingly being influenced by actual science and technological innovation, much of it being created by people under the age of 40. It's also become a very international movement, with many formal groups in dozens of countries.

Despite the movement's growth, its potential is being challenged by some older transhumanists who snub the younger generation and their ideas. These old-school futurists dismiss activist philosophies and radicalism, and even prefer some younger writers and speakers not have their voices heard. Additionally, transhumanism's Wikipedia page -- the most viewed online document of the movement -- is protected by a vigilant posse, deleting additions or changes that don't support a bland academic view of transhumanism.

Inevitably, this Wikipedia page misses the vibrancy and happenings of the burgeoning movement. The real status and information of transhumanism and its philosophies can be found in public transhumanist gatherings and festivities, in popular student groups like the Stanford University Transhumanist Association, and in social media where tens of thousands of scientists and technologists hang out and discuss the transhuman future.

Jet-setting personality Maria Konovalenko, a 29-year-old Russian molecular biophysicist whose public demonstrations supporting radical life extension have made international news, is a prime example.

"We must do more for transhumanism and life extension," says Konovalenko, who serves as vice president of Moscow-based Science for Life Extension Foundation. "This is our lives and our futures we're talking about. To sit back and and just watch the 21st Century roll by will not accomplish our goals. We must take our message to the people in the streets and strive to make real change."

Transhumanist celebrities like Konovalenko are changing the way the movement gets its message across to the public. Gauging by the rapidly increasing number of transhumanists, it's working.

A primary goal of many transhumanists is to convince the public that embracing radical technology and science is in the species' best interest. In a mostly religious world where much of society still believes in heavenly afterlives, some people are skeptical about whether significantly extending human lifespans is philosophically and morally correct. Transhumanists believe the more people that support transhumanism, the more private and government resources will end up in the hands of organizations and companies that aim to improve human lives and bring mortality to an end.

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