[hackerspaces] Guy I met is trying to build a unified transhuman group

[The Doctor]

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On 03/03/2012 05:11 AM, webmind wrote:

> Hmm, these sites/communities? are new to me, but isn't this just 
> people looking into alternative interfacing techniques? There have

I can only speak for the Zero State (obDisclaimer: I'm one of the
project leads for AGI-03) but it seems like many of us joined because
we've gone as far as we can alone, and are trying to find other people
to advance our work.  You can only do so much yourself with TCMS or
TCES, you can use quantified life techniques yourself, but without
other people to share your data and organize with, such projects tend
to stall out after a while.

> been people playing with rfid and magnetic implants for atleast 14 
> years now, but 'trans' human? A magnet in your finger doesn't make
> you less or more human then prosthetic would.

It's a starting point for more advanced things.  One person with
implanted magnets meets someone who built an EEG and is writing
software for it, they come up with ideas... the practical stuff seems
to be growing organically rather than according to a plan of any kind.

> Are these serious groups? it sounds a lot like people dreaming
> about flying cars a few decades a go. Sure there is an
> ethical/political debate to be had/fought regarding body
> modifications, but does it require a movement at this point? Or is
> it more about finding

To get more people interested in it, doing things, and documenting how
it was done and how well it works?  I don't know, maybe...

> like-minded people(that's how I see it)? And is this an 'US thing'
> or international?

It's hard to tell.  Forums and mailing lists are inherently
international in nature because anyone can join them.

> (and yes for people doing interfaces, they have clunky websites ;)

I think I went into the wrong field. :(

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