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Revision as of 14:16, 17 June 2022
This is a timeline of FIXME.
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. | |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | |
| 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 | ||
| 1998 | Organization | The World Transhumanist Association (WTA) is founded by Nick Bostrom and David Pearce.[1] | ||
| 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. | |||
| 2008 | The World Transhumanist Association changes its name to Humanity+, and launches h + Magazine. |
Meta information on the timeline
How the timeline was built
The initial version of the timeline was written by FIXME.
Funding information for this timeline is available.
Feedback and comments
Feedback for the timeline can be provided at the following places:
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What the timeline is still missing
- Category:Transhumanists
- Fereidoun M. Esfandiary
- Natasha Vita-More
Timeline update strategy
See also
External links
References
- ↑ "The ideas interview: Nick Bostrom". the Guardian. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
