Like tectonic plates colliding, humanism and the humanities are confronting movements that question long-held definitions of ...

In her new book, Posthuman Bliss? The Failed Promise of Transhumanism, Susan B. Levin, Roe/Straut Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, offers what Bruce Jennings of Vanderbilt ...

Ready to dive into the wild world of transhumanism? From brain chips and bionic limbs to gene editing and AI-powered robots, we’re exploring how tech is reshaping what it means to be human! Curious ...

Many influential figures hope that developments in brain-computer interfaces, artificial general intelligence (AGI), and genetic engineering will usher in a new transhumanist era. But what exactly is ...

Technology is moving from the outside to the inside of human experience. It’s no longer only on our desks. It’s in our ...

The gods of old are gone from this world, replaced by smartphones and touchscreens and social media. These are the new gods, the ones to which we bow down. Instead of putting trust in a higher reality ...

Biological evolution takes place over generations. But imagine if it could be expedited beyond the incremental change envisaged by Darwin to a matter of individual experience. Such things are dreamt ...

On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, by Meghan O’Gieblyn on transhumanism and Christian narratives of resurrection. Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring ...

In the summer of 1990, I was running a pretty weird nightclub in the Roppongi neighborhood of Tokyo. I was deeply immersed in the global cyberpunk scene and working to bring the Tokyo node of this ...

Transhumanism is a contemporary worldview whose proponents seek to radically extend human life and grant humans enhancements in an effort to render them as powerful as possible. The first-ever ...