15: James Hughes

In the 15^th episode of NEOHUMAN, Agah Bahari is chatting with James Hughes. James is a sociologist, bioethicist, the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning for the University of Massachusetts Boston, ordained Buddhist monk, the former executive director of the World Transhumanist Association (H+), and the current executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET). They talk about wide range of subjects including religion, secularism, Artificial Intelligence, Transhumanism, politics, automation, unemployment, Buddhism, the next Dalai Lama, China, Techno-Progressive movement, and Peter Thiel as the real threat.

Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:32 — 21.0MB)

Links: 

• James Hughes
• Institute for Ethics and emerging Technologies
• Dalai Lama Concedes He May be the Last
• The Onrushing Wave
• The Evolution of Mr Thiel

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