Transhumanist organizations

The Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies ( IEET ) is a ” technoprogressive think tank ” that seeks to contribute to the understanding of the impact of emerging technologieson individuals and societies by “promoting and publicizing the work of thinkers who examines the social implications of scientific and expedition “. [2] [4] [5] It was incorporated in the United States in 2004, as a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, by philosopher Nick Bostrom and …

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The Immortalist Society is a charitable 501 (c) (3) organization devoted to research and education in the areas of cryonics and life extension . It was incorporated as a Michigan corporation by Robert Ettinger and five other local residents on June 27, 1967 as the Cryonics Society of Michigan, Inc. . In September 1976, the name of the corporation was changed to Cryonics Association in acknowledging that its scope of operations was not limited to a …

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Humanity Plus (also Humanity +, Inc. formally the World Transhumanist Association ) is an international organization that advocates the ethical use of emerging technologies to enhance human capabilities .

David Pearce is co-founder of Humanity + , formerly the World Transhumanist Association, and prominent figure within the transhumanism movement. [2] [3]

The Future of Life Institute ( FLI ) is a volunteer-run research and outreach organization in the Boston area that works to mitigate existential risks facing humanity, particularly existential risk from advanced artificial intelligence (AI). Its founders include MIT cosmologist Max Tegmark , Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn , and his board of advisors including Stephen Hawkingcosmologist and entrepreneur Elon Musk .

The Future of Humanity Institute ( FHI ) is an interdisciplinary research center at the University of Oxford investigating big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects. It was founded in 2005 as part of the Faculty of Philosophy and Oxford Martin School , England , United Kingdom . [1] Its director is philosopher Nick Bostrom , and its research staff and associates include futurist Anders Sandberg , engineer K. Eric Drexler , economist Robin Hanson , and Giving What We Can founderToby …

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The Foresight Institute is a Palo Alto, California -based research non-profit dedicated to promoting the development of nanotechnology (and other emerging technologies). [1] The institute holds lectures are molecular nanotechnology [2] [3] and is one of the independent foundations in the nanotechnology area. [4]

DIYbio is an informal umbrella organization for individual and local groups active in do-it-yourself biology , encompassing both a website and an email list . [1] It serves as a network [2] of Individuals from around the globe That AIMS to help make biology a worthwhile pursuit for citizen scientists, biohackers , amateur biologists, and do-it-yourself biological engineers Who value openness and safety. [3] It was founded by …

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Randal A. Koene [1] is a Dutch neuroscientist and neuroengineer, and co-founder of carboncopies.org, [2] the outreach and roadmapping organization for advancing Substrate-Independent Minds (SIM) . Between 2008 and 2010, Koene was Director of the Department of Neuroengineering at the Fatronik-Tecnalia Institute in Spain, [3] the third largest private research organization in Europe. Koene earned his PhD in Computational Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology at McGill University , …

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