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"The transition to AGI: Round 1 in progress":.*) Positive feedback to the survey so far.*) This is your chance to take part.*) Advice: good, bad, and vital.*) The 4 Cs of Superintelligence.
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How do we get the next ten years right?
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"A word to the cryo-curious" - our latest newsletter:.1) An ambulance to the future.2) Longevity Med Summit report.3) The Future of Food.4) Progress with the Vital Syllabus.5) London Futurists Podcast episodes.6) Assessing AI Risk Skepticism.
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Dear Futurists This newsletter starts with a word to the cryo-curious – and to people who are unsure what that concept means, but would be curious if they knew more about it! You’ll als…
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Max More speaking in London
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Dear Futurists, Max More has made many decisive contributions to foresight thinking and to both the philosophy and the community of transhumanism. For example, take a look at his “Letter to M…
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Not exactly returning to normal
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Dear Futurists, I hesitate to say London Futurists is “returning to normal”, since the world in April 2023 is different in so many ways from the world in February 2020. February 2020 wa…
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Anticipating better futures
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Dear Futurists, At times, anticipating the future can be emotionally distressing. There seem to be many paths to terrible future outcomes. If we feel that the future is likely to be unpleasant, it&…
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It’s good to talk
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If only we knew what we knew. Collectively, we humans know lots of important things. But that knowledge often fails to travel to the point where it is most needed. For example, a set of ideas that …
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The cure for aging is within grasp
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Dear Futurists, What’s the best way to tackle a really huge challenge, like, for example, curing aging? Divide and conquer. Split the really huge challenge into chunks which, whilst still hug…
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Dangerous beliefs
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Dear Futurists, In this newsletter, you’ll find some thoughts about dangerous beliefs: how they form, how they spread, how they may be opposed, and why they sometimes deserve our support, des…
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Delusions, charlatans, and incantations
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Dear Futurists, Delusions, charlatans, and incantations – these were three words used by the guest on the latest episode of London Futurists Podcast, as a description of important aspects of …
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A life far too short
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Dear Futurists, 1.) Julian Snape RIP Many members of this community will remember Julian Snape, one of the pioneers of transhumanism and technoprogressive futurism in the UK. Sadly, Julian died on …
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Four Saturdays, four events
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Dear Futurists, Live webinars have been scheduled for each of the next four Saturdays. In each case, I believe the topic has deep importance for the public discussion about achieving better futures…
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Are you prepared to meet the future?
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Here’s news of what could be a life-changing opportunity in September 2023, provided by friends of London Futurists at Flux Trends. Africa, the continent with the youngest population in the w…
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London Futurists chart toppers, 2022
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Dear Futurists, Popularity isn’t always a clear sign of greater importance. But it can be a useful indicator. With that in mind, I share in this newsletter which videos, podcast episodes, and…
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Accelerating AI and accelerating events
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Dear Futurists, It’s becoming clear to many members of the public that various AI models released in the last few months have striking new capabilities. I’ve seen comments on social med…
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Migrations and new perspectives
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Dear Futurists, We live in an era of frequent change. These changes extend to London Futurists as well, and to the broader futurist community. When done well, these changes provide important fresh …
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Three opportunities to meet offline
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Dear Futurists, One side-effect of Covid is that all of us have learned how to benefit from online meetings. I regard the set of online webinars hosted by London Futurists since March 2020 as a ver…
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What’s a realistic substantive hope for the future?
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Dear Futurists, It’s easy to offer a simple positive vision for the future. We might aspire for greater human flourishing, for an end to human divisiveness, and for the advent of sustainable …
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Preparing for the surge
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Dear Futurists, 1.) Four meetups in the calendar After a period with only a few meetups taking place, we can now look forward to a mini-surge of activity over the next few weeks. The London Futuris…
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Bumper news catch-up
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Dear Futurists, There’s lots of big news to share. Indeed, there’s so much big news pending that I’m going to break it up into a number of separate newsletters over the next few w…
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