Transhumanism & Neurotechnology 2.0 documentary

[DrewNows]

Fun, interesting, long and encompassing documentary on posthumanism 

 

[DrewNows]

TABLE OF CONTENTS ---------------- (YouTube link for time stamps) 

0:00-15:11 : Introduction

15:11-36:12 CHAPTER 1: POSTHUMANISM a. Neurotechnology b. Neurophilosophy c. Teilhard de Chardin and the Noosphere 

36:12-54:39 CHAPTER 2 : TELEPATHY/ MIND-READING a. MRI b. fMRI c. EEG d. Cognitive Liberty e. Dream-recording, Dream-economies f. Social Credit Systems g. Libertism VS Determinism

1:02:07-1:25:48 : CHAPTER 3 : MEMORY/ MIND-AUGMENTING a. Memory Erasure and Neuroplasticity b. Longterm Potentiation (LTP/LTD) c. Propanolol d. Optogenetics e. Neuromodulation f. Memory-hacking g. Postmodern Dystopias h. Total Recall, the Matrix, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind i. Custom reality and identity

1:25:48-1:45:14 CHAPTER 4 : BCI/ MIND-UPGRADING a. Bryan Johnson and Kernel b. Mark Zuckerberg and Neuroprosthetics c. Elon Musk, Neural Lace, and Neuralink d. Neurohacking, Neuroadvertizing, Neurodialectics e. Cyborgs, Surrogates, and Telerobotics f. Terminator, Superintelligence, and Merging with AI g. Digital Analogs, Suffering, and Virtual Drugs h. Neurogaming and "Nervana" (technological-enlightenment)

1:45:14 -2:02:57 CHAPTER 5 : CONNECTOME/ MIND-MAPPING a. Neurons, MEG scans, and Supercomputers b. Uploading worm brains, fly brains, mouse brains etc. c. Cryo Ultra Mictrotomes, Diffusion Spectrum Imaging d. Anders Sandberg, Connectomics, and the Allen Institute e. Quantum Mechanics, Heisenberg Principle, No Cloning Theorem f. Human Connectome g. Human Metabolome h. Human Proteome i. Human Moleculome

2:02:57- CHAPTER 6 : XEROX/ MIND-UPLOADING a. Dynamic Spiking Neural Networks b. Arthur C. Clarke and Hans Moravec c. San Junipero, Mind Chi!dren, and the City in the Stars d. The Blue Brain Project e. Neuromorphic computing and the Zettabyte f. Dualism VS Monism g. OPTION 1 : Destructive Uploading h. OPTION 2 : Non-Destructive Uploading i. OPTION 3 : Replacement Uploading j. Brain-scanning, Bush-Robot, Neurobots/Nanobots k. David Chalmers and John Searle l. Hemispherectomy, Brain-Division, Artificial Intelligence m. The Mind-Body Problem, Turing Test n. Paradise engineering, Enlightenment, Uploaded-Astronauts o. Verificationism VS Falsificationism p. Epiphenomenalism VS Panpsychism

2:30:32-2:53:09 CHAPTER 7 : BORGANISMS/ MIND-MERGING a. Hive Minds : The Borg and the Bees b. Arborescent (Centralized) VS Rhizomatic (Decentralized) c. Swarm Robotics d. The Zerg VS the Geth (a tale of 2 aliens) e. BCI, B2BI, and "Brainternet" f. Freedom VS Control g. Future ingroups i. Hacking, Privacy, and the Blockchain j. Anarcho-Transhumanism k. Individualism VS Collectivism

2:53:09-3:19:36 CHAPTER 8 : EMs/ MIND-REPLICATION a. Mindclones, Digital Reproduction, Infomorphs, Synthetic Humans b. Whole Brain Emulation / Simulation c. Robin Hanson and the Age of Em d. Time-engineering, Phenomenology, Subjectivity f. Immortality, and Life-Extension g. Intelligence Augmentation h. Simulation Hell, Simulation Hypothesis, Black Mirror i. Personhood, Robot Rights, and Mindtheft j. Futurist Economics : Inequality & Living Forever k. Master-Sl@ve Dialectic l. Immortality: what is Transhumanist Retirement? m. Neurohackers and Neuroenlightenment n. Neurocorrelates of Happiness ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ POSTHUMAN PHILOSOPHY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

3:19:36-3:42:10 CHAPTER 9 : PHILOSOPHY OF MIND a. Freeze your Mind? b. Cryonics, Cryogenics, and Neurotech c. Electron Micrographs, Greg Fahy d. ALCOR vs Nectome e. Aldehyde Stabilized Vitrification

3:42:10-4:06:59 CHAPTER 10 : PHILOSOPHY OF CONSCIOUSNESS a. What is "Qualia"? b. Intentionality c. Hard Problem of Consciousness d. Mary's Room e. Aristotle : Bios Zoa, and Psyche f. Freud : Id, Ego, and Superego g. Reptilian, Monkey, and Human Brains h. Death Anxiety i. Sentience VS Sapience j. Chinese Rooms and P-Zombies k. Roger Penrose, Stuart Hammeroff, and Francis Crick l. Quantum Coherence, Microtubules, and Glial Cells m. Max Tegmark and Mathematical Platonism n. Guilio Tononi and Integrated Information Theory o. Materialism VS Idealism

4:06:59 CHAPTER 11 : PHILOSOPHY OF IDENTITY 1) Body Theory : Plutarch, Animalism, and the Ship of Theseus 2) Soul Theory : Descartes, Plato's Cave, and the World of Forms 3) Memory Theory : Locke, Amnesia, and the Self/Ego 4) Bundle Theory : Hume, Buddhism, and Phineas Gage 5) Continuity : Derek Parfit, Modal Realism, Teleportation Paradox 6) Narratives: : Derrida, Leibniz's Law, and the Boltzmann Brain 7) Haecceity : Deleuze, Post-structuralism, Assemblages, Multiplicity, and the Body Without Organs