Teaching Transhumanism. Группа авторов

      In this drama, the English playwright treats the topic of human identity and cloning, in particular nature versus nurture. Exploring the risks of artificial creation, the play is centred around the conflict between a father and his three sons, two of whom are clones of the first one.

       Marshall-Griffith, Linda. 2016. Charlotte Brontë’s Village Re-imagined.

      3.4 Short Stories

       Buckell, Tobias. 2004. Necahual.

       Hulme, Keri. 2004. Floating Words.

       Stiegler, Marc. 1989. The Gentle Seduction.

      3.5 Poems

       Bot or Not. http://botpoet.com/.

      This poem is a Turing test for poetry: The reader has to guess whether the poem they are reading is written by a human or by a computer.

       Brautigan, Richard. 1967. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace.

       I like to think

       (and the sooner the better!)

       of a cybernetic meadow

       where mammals and computers

       live together in mutually

       programming harmony

       like pure water

       touching clear sky …

       Burke, Ben. 2015. The Transhumanist’s Lament. https://ideas.ted.com/a-poem-from-the-future/ (audio + verse).

       … The wallpaper can see that you’re stressed,

       So it turns a lovely shade of blue

       The thermostat has thought things over

       And is ready to have a word with you …

       And Doctor mailman robot

       Printed your pills in quite a hurry

       Your vitamins were running low

       Now there’s B12 in your curry …

      3.6 Non-Fictional Texts

       H+Pedia. https://hpluspedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.

       Harari, Yuval Noah. 2015. Homo Deus. A Brief History of Tomorrow.

      In his new cult book, the author of Sapiens examines the future of Homo sapiens. He realizes that during the 21st century, humanity may gain immortality and God-like powers (homo deus), but he closes with the following question: “What will happen to society, politics and daily life when non-conscious but highly intelligent algorithms know us better than we know ourselves?”

       Kurzweil, Ray. 2005. The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology.

       More, Max/Natasha Vita-More (eds.). 2013. The Transhumanist Reader.

       Pottbäcker, Kirsten. 2006. Science (Fiction) in the Third Millennium. “Challenges” series.

      3.7 Movies

       Avatar. 2009ff.

       Bladerunner. 1982.

       Her. 2013.

      This American sci-fi romantic drama movie directed by Spike Jonze satirizes digital affairs in a techno-perfect future world. It is centred around the relationship between an introverted man (acted by Joaquin Phoenix) and an artificially intelligent virtual assistant with a female voice.

       Gattaca. 1997.

      “I not only think that we will tamper with Mother Nature,

      I think Mother wants us to.” (Willard Gaylin, Gattaca)

       I, Robot. 2004.

       Matrix. 1999.

       RoboCop. 1987.

       The Hunger Games. 2012ff.

       Transformers. 2007ff.

       Transcendence. 2013.

       X-Men. 2000ff.

      3.8 TV Series

       Black Mirror. 2011ff.

       Life after People. 2009/10.

       Orphan Black. 2013ff.

       Stargate SG-1. 1997ff.

       Westworld. 2016ff.

       Years and Years. 2019ff.

      3.9 Documentaries

       Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement. 2013.

       How Would Immortality Change the Way We Live? 2017 (6 min.).

        Ray Kurzweil: The Coming Singularity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uIzS1uCOcE

       Transcendent Man. 2009.

      This docu chronicles the life and visions of Ray Kurzweil, an American futurist, hailed by Forbes as “the ultimate thinking machine”. It also presents his daring vision of the Singularity, i.e. a point in the near future when technology will be changing so quickly that we will need to enhance ourselves with artificial intelligence to keep up.

       Transhumanism. 2019.www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmS_aL-cKxU

       Visions of the Future: Science and Technology. 2018.

      This is a collection of 6 x 5–7-minute clips on regenerative medicine, genetic match-making, the city car, the bionic boot, etc.

      3.10 Music Videos

       A Capella Science. 2016. CRISPR-Cas9

      This hilarious Mr. Sandman parody satirizes the Nobel Prize (2020) winning genetic engineering technique by which the genomes of living organisms can be modified:

      (lyrics) … Cas9

       Cheap and precise

       Rewriting genomes from microbes to mice

       And soon the humble human being

       CRISPR-Cas9 bring me a gene …

       Dorian Electra. 2015. Forever Young: A Love Song to Ray Kurzweil.

       Lady Gaga. 2011. Born This Way.

      Lady Gaga plays with identity