In this episode of the Dudes n Beer podcast host Christopher Jordan welcomes journalist, transhumanist and 2020 Republican Presidential Candidate Zoltan Istvan to the program along with reporter Jon Bowne of Daily News Collective to discuss the topic of transhumanism and politics.
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With the dawning of new technology comes a new horizon of ethical questions. How far is too far with the integration of man and machine? At what point will the line between man and machine indistinguishably blur? Will the world of A.I. lead us into the dystopian future as seen in so many Science Fiction movies?
As the 2020 election draws near we are beginning to dig deeper into the platforms of potential Presidential candidates. Why are so many of their platforms devoid to topics like the ethics of transhumanism? How can we as a society turn our eyes toward the future and beginning paving the way for candidates like Zoltan Istvan, who keep the future of technology and the ethics relating to it in their sights while maintaining a firm hold on what is politically relevant and important in today’s society?
Join the Dudes n Beer podcast as we welcome Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist and 2020 Republican Presidential candidate and Jon Bowne of Daily News Collective as we discuss the world of transhumanism and the political and ethical issues inherent with the merging of Man and machine.
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SHOW NOTES:
0:00 Show Intro and Chris introduces the topic and guests for the episode Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist and Republican Presidential Candidate as well ass Jon Bowne of Jon Bowne Politix.
5:00 Zoltan lay out a few of the ethical issues currently facing the world of technology in regards to Transhumaism and how we can bring more attention to the issues.
10:00 Chris and Zoltan discuss the vast array of technology that is readily availble to the everyday user and what may come to be if Mohr’s Law collapses as some researchers believe we may be verging on.
15:00 Zoltan answers the question of what the fate of the Democratic party may be especially when it comes to the future of technology.
20:00 Zoltan Istvan Get into the topic of automation of jobs and the future of the economy if we begin replacing some jobs in the market with robots and the importance of a Universal Basic Income.
25:00 Chris and Zoltan discuss the topic of the evolution of mankind in regard tot technology and the thought of someone being able to live for thousands of years. Chris says thank you to Zoltan for his appearance and asks him to share where listeners can find out more about him.
30:00 Chris and Jon Bowne carry on the conversation of what our government is actively doing to curtail the ethical issues of the singularity, or the merging of man and machine.
35:00 Chris explains why the Dudes n Beer podcast has shifted its focus over the last couple of years and mission of spreading the light of Truth.
40:00 Jon Bowne explains that his prediction of where we will be as humanity in regards to the singularity in the next 5 years.
45:00 Chris and Jon tackle the topic of super-intelligent AIs and when or if we will be able to put proper boundaries in place to prevent and issue such as Skynet or The Matrix.
50:00 Chris and Jon discuss the eventual evolution of Mankind and where we may be headed.
55:00 Jon Bowne shares where listeners can find his work online and Chris thanks the audience and signs off the podcast.
