Publications

This is a list of publications that Lincoln has produced. It includes contributions to books, journals, and other websites. You may also search for content that’s available on any of Lincoln’s websites.

“Sankofa Futurism.” Proceedings of the World Congress on Transhumanism. 2026. [See also the accepted manuscript and the original version.]

Archive: Volume One 2005-2008. 2025. Print. ISBN: 9798265210869. [See also the announcement.]

Thus Spake Zarathustra (Illustrated Edition): A Book for All and None. Friedrich Nietzsche. Translated by Thomas Common. Illustrated by Lincoln Cannon. 2023. Print. ISBN: 9798398949735. [See also the announcement.]

The Consolation: An Interpretive Variation on the Last General Conference Sermon of Joseph Smith. 2022. Print. ISBN: 9798849208305. [See also the announcement and the first edition.]

“Mormon Transhumanism.” Religious Transhumanism and Its Critics (Religion and Science as a Critical Discourse). Edited by Arvin M. Gouw, Brian Patrick Green, and Ted Peters. 2022. Print. DOI: 10.5040/9781978730212.ch-3. ISBN: 9781498584159. [See also the accepted manuscript and the original version.]

“Adapt to What’s Coming.” The Lion’s Roar. Edited by Natalie Gerber. May 2020. Web. [See also the archive version.]

“Transfigurism: A Future of Religion as Exemplified by Religious Transhumanists.” The Transhumanism Handbook. Edited by Newton Lee. 2019. Print. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-16920-6_65. ISBN: 9783030169190. [See also the accepted manuscript and the original version.]

“Readers Respond: Becoming Immortal.” Plough Quarterly. 6 February 2018. Print. [See also the archive version.]

“Mormonism Mandates Transhumanism.” Religion and Human Enhancement: Death, Values, and Morality (Palgrave Studies in the Future of Humanity and Its Successors). Edited by Tracy Trothen and Calvin Mercer. 2017. Print. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-62488-4_4. ISBN: 9783319624877. [See also the accepted manuscript and the original version.]

“How a Mormon Kid Recognized that He Was a Transhumanist.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 30 January 2017. Web. [See the original version.]

“Response to a New God Argument Critique by Timothy Killian.” Transhumanity. 18 October 2016. Web. [See also the original version.]

“What Are Nootropics? And Do They Really Work?” Thrivous. 14 May 2016. Web.

“Your Digital Afterlives: Computational Theories of Life After Death.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 24 March 2016. Web. [See the original version.]

“Official Statement to the TNC Convention 2016 by Lincoln Cannon.” Transhuman National Committee. 28 February 2016. Web. [See also the archive version.]

“These Seven Nootropics are the Real Smart Drugs.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 23 February 2016. Web. [See the original version.]

“Transfigurism: Glimpse into a Future of Religion as Exemplified by Religious Transhumanists.” Google It: Total Information Awareness. Edited by Newton Lee. 2016. Print. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6415-4_19. ISBN: 9781493964130. [See also the accepted manuscript and the original version.]

“What do Imaginary Sky Masters have to do with Transhumanism?” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 23 October 2015. Web. [See the original version.]

“Religion and Superintelligence.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 13 September 2015. Web. [See the original version.]

“Transhumanism is not Atheism and is often Misrecognized Religion.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 14 June 2015. Web. [See the original version.]

“The ‘Reputation Web’ Will Generate Countless Opportunities.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 26 May 2015. Web. [See the original version.]

“The Semi-Orthogonality Thesis - examining Nick Bostrom’s ideas on intelligent purpose.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 22 May 2015. Web. [See the original version.]

“Open Reputation: The Decentralized Reputation Platform.” The World Table. 13 May 2015. Web. [See also the original version.]

“What Is Mormon Transhumanism?” Theology and Science. 17 April 2015. Web. DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2015.1023992. [See also the announcement, the accepted manuscript, and the new version.]

“The End of Religion Misrecognized.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 28 January 2015. Web. [See the original version.]

“The Blind Leading the Blind: The End of Religion Misrecognized.” H+ Magazine. 28 January 2015. Web. [See also the original version.]

“What Is the Value of Religion?” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 4 December 2014. Web. [See the original version.]

“Are We Living in a Family History Simulation?” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 8 October 2014. Web. [See the original version.]

“Future Ancestry Research: Are We Already Living in an Advanced Family History Simulation?” H+ Magazine. 15 September 2014. Web. [See also the original version.]

“Resuscitation, by Cryonics or Otherwise, Is a Religious Mandate.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 11 August 2014. Web. [See the original version.]

“Resuscitation, by Cryonics or Otherwise, Is a Religious Mandate.” H+ Magazine. 11 August 2014. Web. [See also the original version.]

“What Is the Purpose of Mormon Transhumanism?” DonaMajicShow. 3 August 2014. Web. [See also the original version.]

“The Consolation: An Interpretive Variation on the Last General Conference Sermon of Joseph Smith.” Mormon Transhumanist Association. 7 March 2014. Web. [See also the announcement and the second edition.]

“Purpose of the Mormon Transhumanist Association.” Mormon Transhumanist Association. 6 March 2014. Web. [See also the original version.]

“Imagine Future Technology for Family History Simulations.” Ancestry.com. 19 November 2013. Web. [See also the new version.]

“Mormonism Mandates Transhumanism.” Rational Faiths. 21 July 2013. Web. [See also the original version.]

“Do I Want to Be a Robot?” Transhumanity. 1 March 2013. Web. [See also the original version.]

“The Altruist God of an Egoist Atheist.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 16 November 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Evolving Gods and Richard Dawkins.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 23 September 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Evolving Gods and Richard Dawkins.” Transalchemy. 23 September 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Skeptical of the Ideas Proposed by Transhumanists?” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 7 August 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Speculating Around Speculative Roadblocks to the Singularity.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 31 July 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“The Singularity Doesn’t Require Paul Allen’s Understanding.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 29 July 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Do Dyson Spheres and Von Neumann Probes make the Fermi Paradox Worse?” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology. 24 July 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Teaching Teenagers to Value Sex without Sexism.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 19 July 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Integrate Your Ideology.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 14 April 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“Dynamic Faith in Pancritical Rationalism.” Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. 15 March 2012. Web. [See the original version.]

“A Technical Interpretation of Mormon Physics and Physiology.” Co-authored with Scott Howe. Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision. Edited by Scott Howe and Richard Bushman. 2012. Print. ISBN: 9781589581876. [See also the announcement and the archive version.]

“Complementary Aspects of Mormonism and Transhumanism.” Co-authored with Brent Allsop, Christopher Bradford, Andrew West, Joseph West, and Carl Youngblood. Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision. Edited by Scott Howe and Richard Bushman. 2012. Print. ISBN: 9781589581876. [See also the announcement and the original version.]

“Theological Implications of the New God Argument.” Co-authored with Joseph West. Parallels and Convergences: Mormon Thought and Engineering Vision. Edited by Scott Howe and Richard Bushman. 2012. Print. ISBN: 9781589581876. [See also the announcement and the original version.]

“145 Highlights from FutureMed.” FutureMed Singularity University. May 2011. Web. [See also the original version.]

“‘Look!’ and Live: Meditation on 3 Nephi 28.” Sunstone. December 2010. Print. [See also the archive version.]

“Responding to No Substitute.” Sunstone. June 2007. Print. [See also the archive version.]

“Transfiguration: Parallels and Complements Between Mormonism and Transhumanism.” Co-authored with Brent Allsop, Christopher Bradford, Andrew West, Joseph West, and Carl Youngblood. Sunstone. March 2007. Print. [See also the original version.]

“Arosophos at Spock with a Beard.” Spock with a Beard. 2003-2013. Web.

“Arosophos at Nauvoo.” Nauvoo. 2001-2002. Web.

“Arosophos at eVenture.” eVenture. 2001-2002. Web.

“Arosophos at Beliefnet.” Beliefnet. 2000-2002. Web.

As One that Hath a Familiar Spirit: A Parallel Textual Comparison of the Book of Mormon to the Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible. 1998. Print. [See also the new editions.]