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The Age of Transitions

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Posted by Films For Action on Nov. 30, 2009
58 min - Documentary - 6695 Views

Converging technology, transhumanism, and our future in the making. The cutting edge group known as transhumanists see a beautiful future brought about by artificial intelligence, life extension, and cybernetics. What one must realize before getting carried away with such utopian dreams is that transhumanism was born out of the elitist pseudo-science eugenics. This documentary provides vital information on the history of eugenics and its new cutting edge transformation.

Featuring: Ray Kurzweil, Nick Bostrom, Dr. Professor Kevin Warwick, Hugo de Garis, Michio Kaku, Aubrey de Grey, Anders Sandberg, Cathy O'Brien, Alan Watt, Alex Jones, Jordan Maxwell, Natasha Vita-More, Stelarc, AI brainchip chip implantable microchip human computer interface bmi bioinformatics alchemy hive mind Charles Galton Darwin T.H. Huxley Julian Aldous Royal Society secular amoral scientism social darwinism mind control politics NSF nanotech nanotechnology biotech biotechnology information technology IT Cognitive Science cognition brain george orwell 1984 meme memetics Oxford University berkeley UC scientific dictatorship dystopia asimo honda robot machine robot hubo mech suit super soldier pharmaceutical combat vehicle unmanned intelligent mkultra free will survival of the fittest bill clinton george w bush change millenium y2k 2001 2035 2010 2012 virtual reality VR mass media mainstream pop culture predictive programming trance formation of america

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