X-Message-Number: 21832 From: "MIKE TREDER" <> Subject: EXISTENTIAL RISKS Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 23:06:16 -0400 The topic of our next NYTA meeting, at 7:00 PM on Thursday, June 5, is "EXISTENTIAL RISKS: Will Humans Still Exist 100 Years from Now?" We'll discuss the threats to humanity's continued existence, from asteroid impacts to environmental collapse to gray goo to the rise of the machines. Good sources for reading to prepare for the discussion are: "20 Ways the World Could End", by Corey S. Powell http://www.discover.com/oct_00/featworld.html "Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios and Related Hazards", by Nick Bostrom http://www.nickbostrom.com/existential/risks.html NYTA meetings are held in the 6th floor conference room at 80 Broad Street in downtown Manhattan. We are in a great location, just two blocks from the New York Stock Exchange, easily accessible by mass transit. From subway: N & R at Whitehall Street/South Ferry; 4 & 5 at Bowling Green; 1 & 9 at South Ferry; J, M & Z at Broad Street. From bus stop: M1 & M6. If you get lost, the phone number for the conference room is 917-320-3021. When you arrive at the building, please tell security you are there for the NYTA meeting in the 6th floor conference room. See you in the future! Mike Treder Executive Director, New York Transhumanist Association - http://NYTA.net Executive Director, Center for Responsible Nanotechnology -http://CRNano.org Director, World Transhumanist Association - http://transhumanism.org Executive Advisory Team, Extropy Institute - http://extropy.org Founder, Incipient Posthuman Website - http://incipientposthuman.com KurzweilAI "Big Thinker" - http://kurzweilai.net/bios/frame.html The New York Transhumanist Association is an affiliated chapter of the World Transhumanist Association, a nonprofit membership organization that works to promote discussion of the possibilities for radical improvement of human capacities using advanced technologies. Transhumanism is a growing movement concerned with ethically expanding technological opportunities for people to live longer and healthier lives, to enhance their intellectual, physical, and emotional capacities, and to enjoy a future of expanded freedom and prosperity. NYTA members meet on the first Thursday of each month, from 7:00 until about 9:00 PM. Visitors are always welcome. For more information, see http://NYTA.net _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21832