Archive September 2014
This is an archive of articles that Lincoln Cannon published in September 2014. An annual archive for 2014 is available. And a full archive of all articles that Lincoln has published since 2005 is also available. You may also search for articles and other content that's available on any of Lincoln's websites.
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Transhumanism, Atheism, and Misrecognized Religion
Some Transhumanists have a hard time distinguishing between Transhumanism and atheism. And some Transhumanists have a hard time recognizing the religious behavior in which they are engaged. I mention these observations, today, not because they are new. I mention them because my friend Zoltan Istvan might be equivocating and misrecognizing ... -
"Religion" and "God" and Fundamentalism
I’m sometimes criticized for using “religion” and “God” in unusual ways. Generally, this criticism comes from persons with fundamentalist inclinations of either the religious or antireligious sort, whose relatively rigid views of religion and God inform their opinion that I’m diverging from what these words really or generally mean. Of ... -
Ray Kurzweil and the Postsecularization Hypothesis
Ray Kurzweil is evidence for the postsecularization hypothesis: religion is not at all dying, but is merely continuing to evolve. He’s probably by far the most influential Singularitarian in the world. And he’s perhaps even the most influential living futurist. Kurzweil got there by directly engaging in postsecular rhetoric. Before ... -
8 Tools To Manage Technology for My Children
If you’re a parent, like me, one of the challenges of accelerating technological change is that of encouraging children to explore and learn from our increasingly interconnected world while mitigating risks inherent in all exploratory endeavors. Friends often ask me how I do this with my children, and another just ...