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"People are difficult
to govern because they have too much knowledge." Transhumanism The World Transhumanist Association Transtopians – another flavour of Transhumanism Kurzweil AI - a major clearinghouse for hitech reports Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence Arguments for the above presented by Aubrey de Grey, a leading figure in ageing and anti-senescence research Ethical analysis for hitech - Something with which we are in general aggreement. Peter Singer – a philosophy of ethics relevent to the Consensus Beyond Therapy - The (US) President's Council on Bioethics – which way the wind is blowing in the US Politics The Free State Project - Campaign to turn a state libertarian in the US The European Free State Project – European version Socialist Party of Great Britain – this is the way it will be eventually. See 'A few notes on the Culture' below. Simultaneous Policy – Global solutions to global problems – may become Consensus policy next year Statewatch - monitoring civil liberties in the EU Migration Watch – an org that monitors migration patterns in the UK The Memory Hole – things that politicians would rather forget e.thePeople – a US political site Mondo Politico – Non partisan political info World War 3 Report – monitoring the 'war on terrorism' News Sources The Insider – All the news not printed elsewhere Al Jazeera – all the Middle Eastern news that might be 'overlooked' here IndyMedia – Independent Media Noam Chomsky – the figure hated by the US Right, who has a very incisive view of affairs The Freenet Project - a secure alternative to the Net Campaigns Animal Liberation Front – North America Animal Liberation Front – More international - note that there are a number of ALF sites which reflect the diverse and often illegal nature of its activities. It is not a single unified org but more of an idea. Compassion in World Farming – A British org freeBEAGLES – A UK legal resources for political activists Fiction Greg Egan - SF writer on Posthuman themes, with excellent physics tutorials Iain Banks - SF again, another vision of a Posthuman future in the Culture novels John C Wright – SF writer whose writing (currently) best exemplifies the Posthuman world A few notes on the Culture - by Iain Banks
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