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This very association has come under scrutiny due to critics who are concerned about its potential for [[oligarchic transhumanism|oligarchy]] and treating [[transhumanism as a religion]]:<ref>[http://quarterly.demos.co.uk/article/issue-8/transhumanism-zoltan-vs-professor-richard/ Transhumanism: Zoltan Istvan vs. Professor R. Jones]</ref> | This very association has come under scrutiny due to critics who are concerned about its potential for [[oligarchic transhumanism|oligarchy]] and treating [[transhumanism as a religion]]:<ref>[http://quarterly.demos.co.uk/article/issue-8/transhumanism-zoltan-vs-professor-richard/ Transhumanism: Zoltan Istvan vs. Professor R. Jones]</ref> | ||
| − | <blockquote>It’s not surprising that transhumanism is popular amongst the Californian techno-elite; the idea that technology is a wholly positive force unfolding with its own inevitable logic is one that is very comforting to those who benefit the most from the current arrangements. Transhumanism is, in effect, the state religion of [[The Californian Ideology|Californian techno-neoliberalism]], and like all state religions its purpose is to justify the power of the incumbents.</ | + | <blockquote>It’s not surprising that transhumanism is popular amongst the Californian techno-elite; the idea that technology is a wholly positive force unfolding with its own inevitable logic is one that is very comforting to those who benefit the most from the current arrangements. Transhumanism is, in effect, the state religion of [[The Californian Ideology|Californian techno-neoliberalism]], and like all state religions its purpose is to justify the power of the incumbents.<br/>— Professor [[Richard Jones]]</blockquote> |
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Revision as of 01:52, 29 June 2017
Silicon Valley is a nickname for the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay in California. It is home to many largest high-tech corporations and thousands of startup companies. It is arguably the transhumanist-style life extensionist capital of the world.
Key people
Highly notable names all based around Silicon Valley include:
- Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook, owner of your future ad-supported brain
- Jeff Bezos - Amazon CEO and life extensionist[2]
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin - Google co-founders[3]
- Bill Maris of Google Venture Capital[4]
- Ray Kurzweil - popular futurist and Google employee specialising in AI
- Elon Musk - everyone's favorite futurist .
- Peter Thiel - Investor and Trump supporter. Thiel's prominence has created as strong association between the libertarian technocratic politics popular there and the transhumanist movement.[5]
- Martine Rothblatt - Terasem founder and transhumanist activist
- Paul Allen - Microsoft co-founder[6]
- J. Craig Venter - Biotechnology entrepreneur[6]
Two of the few major names outside of Silcon Valley are Canadian clothing entrepreneur Peter Nygård and the Russian billionaire Dmitry Itskov.
Reception
This very association has come under scrutiny due to critics who are concerned about its potential for oligarchy and treating transhumanism as a religion:[7]
It’s not surprising that transhumanism is popular amongst the Californian techno-elite; the idea that technology is a wholly positive force unfolding with its own inevitable logic is one that is very comforting to those who benefit the most from the current arrangements. Transhumanism is, in effect, the state religion of Californian techno-neoliberalism, and like all state religions its purpose is to justify the power of the incumbents.
— Professor Richard Jones
Businesses
In addition to be being the information technology centre of the world, Silicon Valley is home to a great many biotechnology startups such as Calico, as well as more overt life extensionist organisations such as SENS.
Alcor cryonics is relatively nearby in Scottsdale, Arizona.
A short story
"Silicon Valley will solve our problems via tech," she repeated from under the rubble, as the dueling plutocrats' Warbots ravaged the city - via Twitter[10]
External links
Silicon Valley on Wikipedia- The Californian Ideology on Wikipedia
- Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever - Can billions of dollars’ worth of high-tech research succeed in making death optional?
References
- ↑ Silicon Valley Is Trying to Make Humans Immortal—and Finding Some Success
- ↑ Google's co-founders and other Silicon Valley billionaires are trying to live foreve
- ↑ Silicon Valley Is Trying to Make Humans Immortal—and Finding Some Success
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maris
- ↑ Ctrl+Z: Silicon Valley leaders U-turn on Donald Trump
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Billionaire Philanthropists Funding Anti Aging Research
- ↑ Transhumanism: Zoltan Istvan vs. Professor R. Jones
- ↑ https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/peter-thiel-young-blood.html
- ↑ https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/22/15676696/hbo-silicon-valley-recap-season-4-episode-5-the-blood-boy
- ↑ Twitter, @MikeOdenthal, 2016-08-09