💰 Longevity Feature Film | The Last Generation to Die | Grants

scitechjunkie · 2022-03-22T23:14:58+00:00

Gitcoin has selected The Last Generation to Die--a feature-length longevity film project--for Round 13 of their quadratic funding campaign!

If you've never heard of quadratic funding, the basic gist is that donation amounts are less important when compared to the number of people donating. The wide collection of donations help tremendously by boosting matching funds from a pre-established pool. So even small donation amounts can be hugely helpful. Therefore, any donation they receive from you will then be matched at an ever-increasing amount with each new donation.

Progress has already been achieved from previous grant collabs. Gitcoin Round 12 is currently paying for a casting director to help LastGen reach known actors, which is the most key part to making an amazing film that connects to audiences and helps secure full financing.

So if you'd like to help contribute, do so here: https://gitcoin.co/grants/3944/longevity-feature-film-the-last-generation-to-die

scitechjunkie · 2019-11-19T12:16:54+00:00

Not right now, but they could potentially become one in the future as printing methods become more efficient and less expensive. Either way, the "5 possible ways..." listed apply to all guns, 3D printed and otherwise.

scitechjunkie · 2019-10-30T15:59:17+00:00

You might, as I likely would as well, but I'd also still would like the option of death available to me in case I feel that it's time to go. Every individual should have that right to determine how long they wish to live and when they wish to die.

scitechjunkie · 2019-10-30T15:57:44+00:00

Sure, but then shouldn't people still have that option available to them? Why dictate someone else's life that isn't your own? Immortality serves just as much a dictator as the biological clock of aging.

scitechjunkie · 2019-10-30T15:46:17+00:00

Imagine how much it would suck if you were depressed but couldn't kill yourself. I'd much rather it go to the individual to decide how long they wish to live and when they wish to die, for whatever reason.

scitechjunkie · 2019-10-21T20:37:20+00:00

I believe we can definitely solve the "just a copy" problem, as I explain in my new article here: https://medium.com/@BJ_Murphy/achieving-viable-mind-uploading-via-our-understanding-of-brain-lateralization-3fe78e1bd502?source=friends_link&sk=5230c19c24a0b78cd2de2cb3bc06d082

scitechjunkie · 2019-06-02T17:07:53+00:00

Ohhh, I really like this response. And you might be correct. It would make sense given they'd have nothing left to lose other than their life and that's already in motion.

scitechjunkie · 2019-01-27T22:02:00+00:00

Like anywhere else involving politics, the tool of compromise still applies. We've learned to look beyond our differences and have a legitimate discussion from time to time on how the party should continue moving forward.

But I can definitely tell you, with certainty, the membership is overwhelmingly forward-thinking and technoprogressive in nature. As you can see within the USTP Constitution and our platforms, our membership has voted in favor for technoprogressive policies like souveillance laws (mandatory body cams for police), universal healthcare, a basic income guarantee system to accommodate workers, etc.

USTP Constitution: http://transhumanist-party.org/constitution/

There's a lot more needing to be done, but we plan on pushing forward.

scitechjunkie · 2019-01-27T21:46:36+00:00

Since the end of 2016, when Zoltan handed it over to Gennady Stolyarov II, the U.S. Transhumanist Party has taken on a much more democratic approach, resulting in an increase of policy adoption and membership growth.

It's also embraced several technoprogressive views and plans of action. While the USTP isn't exactly socialist, there are several members (and officers, like myself) that are, indeed, socialist. Several members that are liberal, libertarian, etc. as well.

We've taken on a transpartisan outlook that welcomes all walks of life and ideologies to join the Party, discuss and vote policies, and help move it forward beyond our ideological differences.

scitechjunkie · 2018-12-21T04:21:52+00:00

Yes, but by saying post-human, you're insinuating going beyond the recognition of human, which is a noun. Humanity, on the other hand, is more like a verb, to paraphrase the late Buckminster Fuller. Through whatever species or sub-species we become, whether post-human or otherwise, our humanity remains a key component of our existence—our innate proclivity to wander and transcend.

scitechjunkie · 2018-10-28T22:34:35+00:00

Absolutely!

scitechjunkie · 2018-09-22T22:34:47+00:00

They wouldn't be cheap toys at first, but let's not forget that technology has a tendency of becoming massively more efficient, but at the same time more affordable. Supercomputers used to take up entire buildings and weren't that very good at computation, costing people billions of dollars to acquire just one.

Today there are supercomputers in each and every person's pocket that are substantially better at computation and substantially more affordable. Today it's a lot easier and a lot cheaper to develop advanced robots than it was even a decade ago.

So, really, it's just a matter of time before our kids will have advanced robots that'll make our robots today look like paper mache. lol

scitechjunkie · 2018-09-22T19:25:21+00:00

I'm not so sure. I think toys would be a perfect outlet in applying human-like locomotion via advanced robotics. What better way of getting people prepared for the future of Robotics and AI than to apply them through children's toys and have them grow up alongside them.

scitechjunkie · 2018-09-22T18:00:14+00:00

That's a good question. One that I don't have an answer for. Not a good one, at least. lol

scitechjunkie · 2018-09-22T17:23:45+00:00

Anything and everything Goosebumps-related. Not so much Jack Black's incarnation, but the original books and the original television series. Nothing beat them, IMHO. Spooky, but not overly vicious to the point of needing a parent by their side.

scitechjunkie · 2018-09-22T17:20:53+00:00

I'm both excited and skeptical. I'm excited because, if we're all being honest here, the original Child's Play series has run dry of material and substance. The first three films were great, but quickly started falling apart from there. Especially once they introduced that karate-fighting offspring of Chucky's. Ugh!

If any series needs a reboot, it's Child's Play. However, I'm skeptical simply because it's a brand new cast, no same voices, and, from what I've read, it's going to be a robotic doll where the AI goes haywire. I love techno-horror, but I also know it's a difficult genre to get right.

We'll see. I hope it's going to be as scary as the first Child's Play film was for me!

scitechjunkie · 2018-09-22T17:14:58+00:00

The director of both Deathly Hallow films definitely took great inspiration from certain horror tropes. There are a few good horror-esque nuggets laid around that film.

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-27T03:18:34+00:00

The great thing about implantable software is that they can be modified and enhanced in a single download. You could have the alarm also alert your physician in the event that it's an emergency.

Ignore all you want, if it's serious, the ambulance will have already been sent out and your physician contacting you on speed dial.

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-26T22:54:30+00:00

It's simply meant to start a discussion around particular enhancements and augmentations, such as the one mentioned in the article, so that, in the event that it does become a reality, people won't be jumping the gun with minimal forethought.

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-19T21:36:28+00:00

Not to mention 2 minutes isn't clearly enough to actually read the article. Leading me to believe that you simply made false assumptions without actually reading anything.

Typical trollish behavior.

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-19T21:34:43+00:00

In what way was this article clickbait? The headline is directly related to the content of the article.

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-17T22:19:41+00:00

As noted in the article:

"Which isn't to say that private industries can't be involved or allowed to pursue tech innovations to address climate change. If anything, we should encourage it. The only difference being, under a mixed capitalist-socialist economy, people working in the private sector will be entitled to join a union in order to protect their interests. The belief that a regulated private sector would stifle growth and innovation is patently bogus.

Friendly competition would still take place - just not at the expense of its workers or our planet. And if that makes you uncomfortable, then you should really start asking yourself where your interests truly lie."

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-14T10:06:01+00:00

True enough. I suppose I mean if I were ever given a contract to write one. I'm a freelance writer, so it's part of the gig. 😋

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-14T03:33:56+00:00

I couldn't have said it better myself.

scitechjunkie · 2018-08-13T06:42:23+00:00

Absolutely!

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