Ramez Naam

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Co-Chair, Energy and Environment at Singularity University (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=9527)

Personal Website - rameznaam.com (https://rameznaam.com)

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linkedin.com/in/rameznaam (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rameznaam)

Ramez Naam (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramez_Naam) on Wikipedia

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Article "Ramez Naam on Singularity 1 on 1: The Future Isn’t Set In Stone! (http://www.singularityweblog.com/ramez-naam)"

by Socrates
January 20, 2014

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https://youtu.be/hE0bG3S_KiI

Ramez Naam on Singularity 1 on 1: The Future Isn't Set In Stone!

Published on Jan 20, 2014


This is the first out of a series of 3 sci fi round-table interviews with Ramez Naam, William Hertling and Greg Bear that I did last November in Seattle. It was produced by Richard and Tatyana Sundvall and generously hosted by Greg and Astrid Bear. [Special thanks to our cinematographer Ian Sun for both recording and editing.]

After two previous low tech interviews, it was about time to give Ramez Naam the proper video quality that his work deserves. Ramez is a public speaker, futurist and an author of some of my most favorite science fiction action-thrillers.

During our 1 hour conversation we cover a variety of interesting topics such as: fiction vs non-fiction; the deeper impact he wants to achieve with his work; the meaning and function of science fiction; the Nexus, Crux and (the upcoming) Apex trilogy; More Than Human and Transhumanism; AI and the technological singularity; whole-brain simulation, IBM's SyNAPSE and The Human Brain Project; the likelihood of war between humans and post-humans; Big Brother and technological unemployment...

My favorite quote that I will take away from this interview with Ramez Naam is:

"The future isn't set in stone! The shape that it takes depends quite a lot on the choices that we make as individuals and as a society. [...] The future can be even better if we can make the right choices together!"

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https://youtu.be/t1MAAuPG6vE

Ramez Naam - More than Human - Embracing Enhancement Technologies

Published on Feb 28, 2014


1st part of an Interview with Author / Futurist Ramez Naam.

More than Human on Amazon: amazon.com/More-Than-Human-Biological-Enhancement/dp/0557582334 (https://www.amazon.com/More-Than-Human-Biological-Enhancement/dp/0557582334)

What if you could be smarter, stronger, and have a better memory just by taking a pill?
What if we could alter our genes to cure Alzheimer's and Parkinson's?
What if we could halt or even reverse the human aging process?
What if we could communicate with each other simply by thinking about it?

These questions were once the stuff of science fiction. Today, advances in biotechnology have shown that they're plausible, even likely to be accomplished in the near future. In labs around the world, researchers looking for ways to help the sick and injured have stumbled onto techniques that enhance healthy animals--making them stronger, faster, smarter, and longer-lived--in some cases, even connecting their minds to robots and computers across the Internet.

Now science is on the verge of applying this knowledge to healthy men and women, allowing us to alter humanity in ways we'd previously only dreamed possible. The same research that could cure Alzheimer's is leading to drugs and genetic techniques that could boost human intelligence. The techniques being developed to stave off heart disease and cancer have the potential to slow or even reverse human aging. And brain implants that restore motion to the paralyzed and sight to the blind are already allowing a small set of patients to control robots and computers simply by thinking about it.

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https://youtu.be/RMniJod6RCQ

Ramez Naam - Better than Borg

Published on Mar 5, 2014


Better than Borg in an Age of Enhancement