The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference)
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Series: Pardee Center Conference Series
Organized by: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future
Primary Speakers: Kenneth Lewes, Tommaso Toffoli, Stanley Rosen, Evelyn Fox Keller, and Lynn Margulis
Dates: April 10, 11, and 12, 2003
Location: Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University, Boston, MA
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- Presentations
- ** Session ONE (The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference))
- *** Kenneth Lewes, Discussion Leader“Prolegomena”
- Charles Cantor“Human Evolution at the Crossroads”
- Lee Silver“The Inevitability of Human Genetic Enhancement and Its Impact on Humanity”
- *** Kenneth Lewes, Discussion Leader“Prolegomena”
- ** Session TWO (The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference))
- Tommaso Toffoli, Discussion Leader
- Marvin Minsky“What’s Wrong with People?”
- Christine Peterson “Preserving Human Nature: Peaceful Coexistence Among Diverse Entities in a World of Hyper-Advanced Technology”
- ** Session THREE (The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference))
- Kenneth Lewes, Discussion Leader
- Steven Pinker“Can We Change Human Nature?”
- Richard Schacht“The Future of Human Nature”
- ** Session FOUR (The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference))
- Stanley Rosen, Discussion Leader
- Daniel Kevles“Science and the Deconstruction of Human Nature”
- George Annas“Genism, Racism, and the Prospect of Genetic Genocide”
- ** Session FIVE (The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference))
- Evelyn Fox Keller, Discussion Leader
- George Church“Ecology, Economics, and Exponentials: Modeling Technological Goals and Human Nature”
- Lynn Margulis“Biosphere Technologies and the Myth of Individuality”
- Session SIX (The Future of Human Nature: A Symposium on the Promises and Challenges of the Revolutions in Genomics and Computer Science (Conference))
- Lynn Margulis, Discussion Leader
- Roger Shattuck"A Tale of Two Species"
- George Annas
- Anthony Gottlieb
- Evelyn Fox Keller
- Participants’ Biographies and Contact Information
