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Futurist writer R.U. Sirius helped create Mondo 2000, runs posthumanist magazine H+, and has run for president. He was cyber before it was cool, and is still fomenting techno revolution. Here he offers an optimist's vision of the posthuman future. More »
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Can't wait for scarcity to end, and the Bitchun Society to begin? Us neither. That's why we're glad visionary writer R.U. Sirius has compiled his list of five positive science fiction novels to pass the time until the Singularity. [H-Plus] More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5515579&view=rss&microfeed=true Over at the H+ blog, RU Sirius sums up an argument between some of web's futurist muckymucks, arguing over whether PayPal founder Peter Thiel, a big contributor to singularity-related causes, was right to post a rant which included these choice ideas: More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5333495&view=rss&microfeed=true Analyzing the Octomom phenomenon on the H+ blog, futurist trickster R.U. Sirius writes: More »
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Futurist, prankster, and one-time presidential candidate R.U. Sirius just launched his latest magazine, H+, which is devoted to a transhumanist vision of the future. Though a lot of futurism these days could easily be called dystopianism, the future that Sirius shows us in H+ is hopeful, full of cool futuristic gadgets and genetic cures for death. What exactly is transhumanism, anyway, and why do you keep hearing about it? Sirius dropped into the io9 lifepod from his space capsule to explain why you might already be a transhumanist — and what the ultimate transhumanist technology would be. More »
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A new transhumanist magazine, H+, has just hit the ether and is packed with stories about implantable information technology, longevity drugs, and the importance of preparing for a near future where humans take control of their own evolution. The cover is of a hot CGI babe sporting reprogrammable makeup and a lip stud that is also her PDA. Why does this future look almost exactly like the future that we were predicting back in 1992? Partly that's because the magazine was created by R.U. Sirius, writer and co-founder of 90s futurist mag Mondo 2000, whose 20-year-old ideas about a posthuman tomorrow still feel relevant. Is futurism stuck in the past? More »
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