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Altered Carbon: Zoltan Istvan on transplant immortality, identity, and consciousness uploading

Published: Feb. 6, 2018, 6:17 a.m.

Immortality by transplant \n\n

Analogy with developments in head transplantation. Consciousness uploading. Preservation of identity. Conflict of human immortality with religion.

\n\n Transhumanism and Identity \n\n

The meaning of race and gender in a world where anyone can be any variety of human (and more). Merging with AI and technology in general.

\n\n Sleeving \n\n

The boundaries of the \u201cself\u201d and the \u201cmind\u201d and the meat. Hard to draw! The influence of the greater body system over the \u201cself\u201d part and boners. So many boners. But not from nipple stuff, no sir. ?

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  1. \n\t\t\t\tZoltan: ZoltanIstvan.com\n\t\t\t
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  2. \n\t\t\t\tAltered Carbon (the novel) by Richard K. Morgan: iTunesAmazon\n\t\t\t
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