Robin Hanson

Robin Hanson

Author: KGRA Digital Broadcasting August 25, 2024 Duration: 1:55:01
On Sunday, August 25, 2024, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Professor Robin Hanson to discuss his thoughts on the future of civilization, including the possibility of civilizational decline due to cultural drift and how to avoid this outcome. Some topics addressed will include declining fertility throughout the world, possible cultural responses, implications for a transhumanist and techno-optimistic vision of the future, as well as whether or not we are currently in a Great Filter. 
Robin Hanson is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and received his Ph.D in 1997 in social sciences from Caltech. He joined George Mason's economics faculty in 1999 after completing a two-year post-doc at U.C Berkeley. His major fields of interest include health policy, regulation, and formal political theory. He is also interested in all aspects of the future, including uploading, nanotech, cosmology and the foundations of physics, future economic growth rates, limits of computation, and the origin of life.
Robin Hanson introduced the idea of the Great Filter in his 1998 essay, “The Great Filter – Are We Almost Past It?” – http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/greatfilter.html 
Read Robin Hanson’s writings on his website, Overcoming Bias: https://www.overcomingbias.com/ 
See Robin Hanson’s home page at George Mason University: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/home.html 

Hosted by KGRA Digital Broadcasting, Transhumanist Party Enlightenment Salon revives the tradition of thoughtful discourse for a new age. This podcast convenes experts and visionaries from fields that shape our tomorrow: longevity research, artificial intelligence, futurist philosophy, political theory, and cultural critique. The aim is to weave together these often-separate threads, fostering connections that can lead to genuine breakthroughs in how we see the world and our place within it. Each episode is structured as a deep, extended conversation, allowing ideas the space and time they need to fully unfold. You’ll hear discussions that grapple with the practical and ethical implications of emerging technologies, examine the philosophical underpinnings of a transhumanist future, and consider how art and politics intersect with radical scientific advancement. It’s a forum dedicated to rigorous, long-form dialogue in pursuit of a more rational and informed society. Tuning into this podcast means joining a modern salon, one where complex questions about human enhancement, societal evolution, and collective intelligence are explored with seriousness and intellectual curiosity. The conversations recorded here are not soundbites; they are immersive journeys into the minds at the forefront of redefining what it means to be human.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Transhumanist Party Enlightenment Salon
Podcast Episodes
Peter Voss on the Path to AGI [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55:50
On Sunday, August 4, 2024, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Peter Voss to discuss his thoughts on the desired directions for future development of artificial intelligence in the effort to reach artificial general int…
Abdelhadi Rebbaa on Senolytics [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:51:52
On Sunday, July 28, 2024, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Dr. Abdelhadi Rebbaa to discuss his views regarding the potential and limitations for using senolytics to treat aging and go ove…
Benjamin Rosman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:58:56
On Sunday, July 21, 2024, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s conversation with Dr. Benjamin Rosman of the University of the Witwatersrand and Singularity University South Africa, who provid…
Tom Ross & Daniel Twedt Respond to Free & Equal Debate 2 Questions [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55:00
On Sunday, July 14, 2024, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party 2024 U.S. Presidential Candidate Tom Ross and U.S. Vice-Presidential Candidate Daniel Twedt will respond to the questions posed during the Fr…
Diego Zarco [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55:11
On Sunday, July 7, 2024, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Diego Zarco to share his knowledge of cryonics standby and stabilization. He is starting the first Standby and Stabilization Team…
Charlie Painter Part 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:22
On Sunday, June 30, 2024, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Charlie Painter to continue the philosophical conversation from the initial Salon of June 2, 2024. The discussion will delve int…
Tim Wass [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:02
On Sunday, June 23, 2024, the United States Transhumanist Party invites polymath Tim Wass to discuss his work in fostering space exploration, as well as education and outreach about it. Professor Wass will discuss endeav…
Report from Longevity Summit Dublin 2024 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:56:07
On Sunday, June 16, 2024, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party will host a stream consisting of updates from the third Longevity Summit Dublin, which will be held on June 13-16, 2024, at the Radisson…
HappyDAO - Andreas Melhede, Nahu Dimitri, Namkhai Ferdaña [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:32
On Sunday, June 9, 2024, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Andreas Melhede, Nahu Dimitri, and Namkhai Ferdaña, the co-founders of HappyDAO, to discuss their efforts to build a happier world through a more rigorously s…
Charlie Painter [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:55:40
On Sunday, June 2, 2024, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites musician Charlie Painter for a Virtual Enlightenment Salon on music, philosophy, entrepreneurship, culture, and the connections a…