The science, biology and techniques of gene drives Engineered gene drives are a new form of genetic modification that provide the means for permanent modification or even potentially the elimination …
new genome intervention technologies: european capitalisms strike back…
The following text, apart from being a section of a small tribute to (and against) genetic engineering, has a specific anti-informational significance. It is the official summary of a large …
artificial intelligence (and artificial consciousness?)
There is no commonly accepted definition of intelligence among philosophers or/and scientists, let alone the fact that it is accepted that it is not exclusively a human characteristic. Most agree, …
The Internet of Bodies: the body as a technological platform
Less than ten years have passed since the Internet of Things was making headlines and fueling the dreams of tech enthusiasts everywhere. Smart clothes that can gauge your mood and …
parasites, theories about parasites, parasitic sciences and policies (guidelines for the staging of a health threat)
The “theory of pathogen pressure” concerning (human) values or sociality is a recent, comprehensive approach to human social psychology and behavior. As an ecological and evolutionary theory of human cultural …
Creative accounting of death: the revelation
If someone else had supported it (and there were honest people who did) they would immediately be thrown into the eternal fire, as a “heretic”… But now it is an …
The correct jobs
Set aside, for a moment, everything you know about the hygiene terror campaign. And watch the video below, which is 1.5 minutes long. You may need to watch it again, …
the machines of “mental health”
One cannot say that we remained idle, that we were indifferent, that we looked at our navels (as is fashionable). In 2019, marginalized groups could read among other things: …One …
The dawn of a new paradigm
The “new man” through the eyes of the most experts “I don’t have much to say, actually I have only one thing to say: No one can make their own …
Viruses, properties, wars
Fullmich: I know you are president of M-CAM International Innovation Risk Management, but this doesn’t tell the world great things about what you do. Martin: Well, as a company since …
The capitalism of artificial intelligence
Interview with Nick Dyer-Witheford by Brian Justiepublished on March 11, 2020 in Los Angeles / Review of Books Question: Inhuman Power is characterized by you simultaneously as “a Marxist critique …
A military superweapon: the brain
DARPA needs no special introduction: it is the tip of the technological spear of the American military-industrial complex. Although it is at the forefront of the bioinformatics revolution, the research …