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Revision as of 16:08, 17 June 2022
This is a timeline of Transhumanism.
Contents
Sample questions
The following are some interesting questions that can be answered by reading this timeline:
Big picture
| Time period | Development summary | More details |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | A Futurist subculture emerges. | |
| 1980s | The first formal self-proclaimed Transhumanist meetings begin at the University of California, Los Angeles, which becomes the main center of Transhumanist thinking. Toward the late decade, British philosopher Max More creates Extropianism, a hyper-optimistic philosophy revolving around a system of values that aims to overcome every limit, and, in particular, that of mortality. | |
| 1990s | The explosion of the Internet allows Transhumanists to forge closer contact with each other through forums and mailing lists, finally taking full consciousness of themselves as a movement. | |
| 2000s | From the second half of the decade, Transhumanism begins to take increasing root in Silicon Valley. |
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date | Event type | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 | Futurism originates in Italy as an artistic and social movement, with the publication of the Futurist Manifesto by poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, who explains the principles underlying his view of art, in search for a style representing technology and machines. | Italy | ||
| 1910 | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti publishes L'Uomo Moltiplicato ed il Regno della Macchina. | Italy | ||
| 1915 | A text by Giacomo Balla and Fortunato Depero titled Ricostruzione futurista dell’universo, introduces the terms superhuman and demiurgical tendencies. | Italy | ||
| 1964 | Literature | American academic Robert Ettinger publishes The Prospect of Immortality, which promotes the practice of freezing clinically dead people to guarantee them a possible future resuscitation. Ettinger is known as "the father of cryonics". | United States | |
| 1972 | Literature | Robert Ettinger publishes Man into Superman, which proposes what would considered a Transhumanist proposal; this is, a number of improvements to the standard human being. | United States | |
| 1980 | American strategic designer Natasha Vita-More presents her experimental film Breaking Away. | United States | ||
| 1986 | Literature | American engineer K. Eric Drexler publishes Engines of Creation, which assumes the possibility of building so-called “nano-machines”. | United States | |
| 1986 | Organization | The Foresight Institute is founded by K. Eric Drexler. It promotes the creation and use of molecular assemblers, the nano-machines capable of manipulating matter at the atomic and molecular level theorized by Drexler. | United States | |
| 1988 | Literature | Austrian-born Canadian computer scientist Hans Moravec publishes Mind Children, which discusses the forthcoming development of intelligent machines. | ||
| 1988 | English/Californian philosopher Max More publishes the first issue of Extropy Magazine. The term “extropy” represents a concept contrary to that of entropy, indicating that Transhumanists pursue a growth of order rather than chaos. | United States | ||
| 1991 | Concept development | The term “Singularitarian” is originally coined by Mark Plus (real name, Mark Potts), an Extropic thinker, Mark Plus. | ||
| 1992 | The Extropy Institute begins organizing the first conferences on Transhumanism. | |||
| 1998 | Organization | The World Transhumanist Association (WTA) is founded by Nick Bostrom and David Pearce.[1] | ||
| 1998 | The first TransVision conference is held in Weesp, Holland. | Netherlands | ||
| 1998 | Literature (journal) | The Journal of Transhumanism is launched. In 2004, it would be renamed the Journal of Evolution and Technology. | ||
| 1998 | Movement launch | Cyberpunk science fiction writer Bruce Sterling founds the Viridian Design Movement, which according to the Transhumanist thinker James Hughes, is an example of Technogaianism. Sterling would close the Viridian Design Movement in 2008, as his ideas would become a consolidated part of ecological thinking. | ||
| 2000 | Organization | Aubrey De Grey and David Gobel found the Methuselah Foundation. | ||
| 2000 | The Machine Intelligence Research Institute is founded in Berkeley, California. It stands out among think tanks dedicated to the technological singularity. | United States | ||
| 2002 | Organization | American lawyer and entrepreneur Martine Rothblatt (born Martin) launches the Terasem Movement Foundation, which aims to educate the public on the need to extend human life through nanotechnology and “personal cyber-consciousness”. Based in Melbourne Beach, Florida, the Terasem Movement would be joined in 2004 by the Terasem Movement Foundation, a parallel organization. | United States | |
| 2002 | Organization | The Center for Responsible Nanotechnology is founded by biologist Mike Treder and nanotechnologist Chris Phoenix, as a think tank with the aim of analyzing the social implications and risks associated with nanotechnology. | United States | |
| 2002 | Organization | The Immortality Institute is founded by Bruce Klein. | ||
| 2003 | Organization | The Acceleration Studies Foundation is founded.[2] | ||
| 2004 | Organization | Nick Bostrom and James Hughes launch the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. | United States | |
| 2005 | Organization | The Future of Humanity Institute is founded by Nick Bostrom. It is connected to the Philosophy Department of the University of Oxford and the Oxford Martin School. | United Kingdom | |
| 2006 | The Extropy Institute closes, after considering its mission “essentially completed”. | |||
| 2006 | A political struggle within World Transhumanist Association largely between the libertarian right and the liberal left ends with the victory of the latter, whose ideals would characterize its activity from then on. | |||
| 2007 | The World Transhumanist Association establishes its headquarters in Palo Alto. | |||
| 2008 | Organization | The World Transhumanist Association changes its name to Humanity+, and launches h + Magazine. | ||
| 2009 | Organization | The SENS Research Foundation is founded by Aubrey de Grey. | ||
| 2009 | Organization | Singularity University is founded by Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil. In spite of the name, it is registered as charity. | United States | |
| 2010 | Breki Tomasson and Hank Hyena publish the Extropist Manifesto, launching Extropism as a similar derivative movement from Extropianism. |
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
The initial version of the timeline was written by Sebastian.
Funding information for this timeline is available.
Feedback and comments
Feedback for the timeline can be provided at the following places:
- FIXME
What the timeline is still missing
- Transhumanism (see Subsets of Transhumanism)
- Category:Transhumanists
- Fereidoun M. Esfandiary
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
References
- ↑ "The ideas interview: Nick Bostrom". the Guardian. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ↑ "Acceleration Studies Foundation". crunchbase. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
