Living Forever, Gene Editing, and Psychedelics｜David Pearce
Growth Minds
English - July 13, 2022 12:27 - 1 hour - 41 MB - ★★★★★ - 52 ratingsEntrepreneurship Business Education Self-Improvement business entrepreneur entrepreneurship marketing health finance leadership interview fitness entrepreneurs Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
David Pearce is a British philosopher of the negative utilitarian school of ethics. He believes and promotes the idea that there exists a strong ethical imperative for humans to work towards the abolition of suffering in all sentient life. His book-length internet manifesto The Hedonistic Imperative details how he believes the abolition of suffering can be accomplished through "paradise engineering".
He is also currently the director of BLTC Research, a non-profit research organization which was founded in 1995. It seeks to elucidate the underlying physiological mechanisms of physical and mental suffering.
In out conversation we talked about transhumanism: what it is and what it looks for, how can we make life better for people and reduce suffering, psychedelics, cryonics, and much more.
TIME STAMPS
(0:00) Intro
(1:59) What is transhumanism?
(13:40) The Hedonistic Imperative (1995): what became true?
(26:53) What transhumanism looks for: removing the negative
(33:43) Using designer drugs: psychedelics
(39:17) Gene therapy and anti-aging right now
(48:06) Cryothanasia?
(1:02:42) Being a realist in transhumanism
(1:04:57) Relationships in a transhumanist world
About Sean Kim:
Sean is an entrepreneur, investor, and host of Growth Minds. He is currently the CEO of Jumpspeak: https://www.jumpspeak.com
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