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Podcast: Union of the Unknowns
Episode: 19 - Transhumanism
Description: Come with us if you want to live. Or at least if you want to find out what we Unknowns think about the burgeoning transhumanism movement. We are talking here about technologies to restore or enhance human senses and abilities. A road that may terminate at the destination of transforming us all into cyborgs; but hopefully not time travelling killer robots.
We have to acknowledge the undoubted benefits of medical technologies such as cochlear implants giving hearing to the deaf, pacemakers to regulate proper cardiac function, and even the neural chips that restore some mobility to stroke...