The Biopolitics of Human Enhancement
Forthcoming March 2025
The IEET is excited to announce the forthcoming release of The Biopolitics of Human Enhancement (The Politics of Human Enhancement, Vol. 1), a volume co-edited by IEET’s
, Cristiano Calì, and myself, and published by De Gruyter.This interdisciplinary book dives deep into the social, political, and ethical dimensions of human enhancement technologies, exploring:
Cognitive Enhancers: How they could revolutionize learning and productivity.
Brain-Computer Interfaces: Connecting minds to machines and the implications for autonomy.
Genetic Engineering: Pushing the boundaries of biology while navigating ethical concerns.
We provide a comprehensive look at the state-of-the-art technologies, their limitations, and the challenges of governing and regulating these advancements responsibly.
📚 Available March 2025—stay tuned for updates on its release!
Eugenics a la Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is what you have always supported, James. What you deem "progressive" is fascist. Biopolitics, in your view, is dictated by labs that are funded for and by private equity. There is no freedom ahead for everyday people, because everyday people have no political agency. The freedom ahead is and now is for the Musks, the technofascists.
As Andreeson puts it in his biopolitical manifesto "We believe that since human wants and needs are infinite, economic demand is infinite, and job growth can continue forever."
Stand by this belief, but good luck finding clean water, avoiding bird flu and ridding your brain of microplastics, etc.—all caused by what Andreessen describes as "the techno-capital machine of markets and innovation never ends, but instead spirals continuously upward."
What goes up must come LOL