Philosophy of Technology

• Introduction

• Ferre

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2

• Technology Emerges

• Cybernetic formulation of the definition of life
• Animal Technics
• (JSTOR) The Evolution of the Use of Tools by Feeding Animals
• Insect Technics
• Introduction to social insects.
• Scott Turner: Termite mounds
• John Pierce: A review of tool use in insects.
• Swarm intelligence: Human use of bug technics
• Bird Technics
• (You Tube) Tool-using crow
• (You Tube) Tool-making crow
• (You Tube) Crow uses cars to crack nuts
• Bird tool use.
• Richard Karel: Tool use in crows.
• Primate Technics
• Chipmanzees use spears and live in caves
• (You Tube) Chimp uses rock to crack nuts
• (You Tube) Gorilla tool use

• Teilhard de Chardin

• Teilhard de Chardin Quotations
• Dispensationalist Chart: The 7000 Years of Human History

• Garreau

• Prosthetics / Bionics

• Bionic Heart
• Motor Prosthetics
• General Bionics
• OSSUR Bionics
• Bionic limb breakthrough
• Bionic Arms / Hands
• (Video) Bionic hand - Luke Skywalker hand
• Jesse Sullivan's bionic arm
• (Video) Claudia Mitchell's bionic arm
• Bionic Legs / Feet
• C-legs
• (Video) MIT bionic knee
• Exoskeleton
• Sensory Prosthetics
• Cochlear Implants
• Bionic Eyes
• (Wikipedia) Visual prosthetics
• Neural Prosthetics
• (Wikipedia) Brain pacemakers
• (NY Times) Brain gate
• (Cyberkinetics Inc.) Brain gate

• Enhancements

• Morphological Enhancements
• Some types of cosmetic surgery
• Medical journalist criticizes 'designer vaginas'
• Human growth hormone as a cure for short stature
• Metabolic Enhancements
• Steroids / EPO / Testosterone
• Sexual Enhancements
• Viagra: Bigger and Better: How Pfizer Redefined Erectile Dysfunction
• Sensory Enhancements
• LASIK beyond 20/20
• Enhanced vision
• Neural Enhancements
• General
• Neurocognitive enhancement
• (JSTOR) Enhancing cognition
• (JSTOR) Implantable brain chips: Time for debate
• Smart Drugs
• (Sci Am) Smarter on drugs
• (NY Times) The Difference between steroids and ritalin is . . .
• Implants
• Anti-Aging
• Human Growth Hormone Anti-Aging

• Hell

  • (New Yorker) Article on Lagos

• Transhumanism

• General
• World Transhumanist Association
• Transhumanism FAQ 2.1
• New Body
• Natasha Vita More: Primo Posthuman
• Ray Kurzweil: Human Body Version 2.0

• Noble

• Religion & Transhumanism

• Negative
• Christianity Today: The Techno Sapiens are Coming
• Christian Medical Fellowship: Transhumanism
• National Catholic Register: From Darwinism to Transhumanism
• National Catholic Weekly: Transhumanism
• Crisis Magazine: Superhuman: The Uncharted Territory of Transhumanism
• Positive
• Becoming Gods: A Neo-Ireneaen Theodicy
• Apologia for Transhumanist Religion
• Transcending the Animal: How Transhumanism and Religion are and are not alike

• Terraforming the Earth

• Earth systems engineering and management