Balancing Freedom and Constraint for the Enhancement of Life
January 27, 2017 •When is freedom life-giving and when is it destructive? When are limits exploitative and when do they enable flourishing? Read More
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The Arts Enhance Life In Excelsis: Remind Me About That…
January 17, 2017 • By Ronne HartfieldAuthor and essayist Ronne Hartfield, former Executive Director at the Art Institute of Chicago, offers her reflections on the role of the arts in enhancing life. Read More
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Before We Enhance Life, Let's Preserve It
November 17, 2016 • By Dr. Aasim I. PadelaDr. Aasim I. Padela discusses the essential aspects of human health, through the lens of Islamic Law. Read More
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In Search of Lost Orientation
October 20, 2016 • By Sarah BianchiMapping the Landscape of Enhancement Read More
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Kant and Enhancement Technology: A Q&A with Dr. Sarah Bianchi
October 18, 2016 • By Sarah BianchiA new course will explore how Enlightenment philosophy can help us weigh the implications of new technologies Read More
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Stopping by Rothko: Art, Memory, and Brain Science
December 06, 2016 • By Kristine A. CulpKristine Culp discusses the possibility-expanding realm of Rothko's art and the brain science behind encountering it. Read More
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Before We Enhance Life, Let's Preserve It
By Dr. Aasim I. PadelaDr. Aasim Padela discusses the essential aspects of human health, through the lens of Islamic law. Read More
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The Paradox of a Long Life: A Q&A with Dr. Christopher Scott
November 12, 2015 • By Christopher T. ScottDr. Christopher Scott, the director of Stanford University’s Program on Stem Cells in Society, is using his support from the Enhancing Life Project to investigate the future of human longevity research. Read More
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Elixirs for the American Immortal
November 17, 2015 • By Christopher T. ScottShould we be working to lengthen our lives without simultaneously improving the quality of health in old age? Read More
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Living Long and Living Well
November 19, 2015 • By Christopher T. ScottLet's say technology will allow us to stay healthy until age 100 or beyond. What happens next? Read More
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The Importance of Being Bored, Tired, and Limited
January 21, 2016 • By Nicole VincentSmart drugs might allow us to work harder or more efficiently, but would they make our lives better? Read More
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Journalism, Academia, and the Future: A Q&A with Evelyn Finger
March 24, 2017 • By Evelyn FingerA German newspaper editor, and interlocutor for The Enhancing Life Project, discusses the ongoing conversation between academia and the media, and how the Project can inform the direction of this conversation going forward. Read More
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Making Finitude Visible: The Ethics of Sustainability
March 31, 2017 • By Maria AntonaccioHow sustainability confronts us with moral and existential questions in the here and now Read More
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Of man and machine: The evolution of transhumanism
April 12, 2017 • By Kristin KostickEnhancing Life Scholar Christopher Scott's research explores questions of transhumanism and what it means for our collective future. Read More
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Living at the Intersection of Technology and Humanity
April 26, 2017 • By Steve KloehnHow the Fourth Industrial Revolution has changed our relationship with science Read More
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Our Smartphones, Ourselves
June 06, 2017 • By Menahem BlondheimThe counter-intuitive results of a study about teenagers and their smartphones Read More
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Denaturalizing “The New Oil”: The Ethical Questions of Big Data
June 15, 2017 • By Nick Couldry and Jun YuHow discourses about technological progress cover up ethical questions about surveillance that threaten our most basic freedoms Read More
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Un-Building Continuous Automated Surveillance: A Q&A with Nick Couldry
June 20, 2017 • By Nick CouldryNick Couldry of the London School of Economics addresses problems of continued automated online surveillance Read More
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Humanistic Medicine and the Ethics of Prenatal Genetic Testing: A Q&A with Dr. Ruth Farrell
June 28, 2017 • By Ruth FarrellWhat role can women’s personal values and beliefs, namely religion and spirituality, play in patient-centered care surrounding beginning-of-life decisions? Read More
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Lessons from the Enhancing Life Project: Why I marched; why I write
June 30, 2017 • By Ruth FarrellOBGYN Ruth Farrell's perspective on attending the 2017 Women's March on Washington Read More
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Gandhi and "Alternative Modernity": A Q&A With Karline McLain
July 17, 2017 • By Karline McLainHow Gandhi's intentional living communities, "ashrams", worked--and what we can learn from them Read More
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Living Like Gandhi
July 18, 2017 • By Karline McLainA Visit to Gandhi’s Cottage in Sevagram, India Read More
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What Do You Think I Am?: Navigating the Problem of Personhood
July 21, 2017 • By Stephen LakkisWhat does it mean to be a ‘person’ and more importantly, who decides? Read More
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Communicating Too Much, Too Little, and Toward Peace: A Q&A With Menahem Blondheim
July 24, 2017 • By Menahem BlondheimMenahem Blondheim discusses his work with the Truman Institute and The Enhancing Life Project, and how religion can reveal a real path forward to peace. Read More
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Difference Among Sameness & Redeeming Communication Breakdowns: A Q&A with Amit Pinchevski
September 12, 2017 • By Amit PinchevskiA theory of echo as enhancing rather than distorting—interrogating the fundamental questions of communication Read More
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In Favor of Echoing
September 14, 2017 • By Amit PinchevskiIn the age of the “echo chamber effect,” can echoing be redeemed? Read More