in this issue >>>current topics >>>Speaker Highlights Annual conference heard fr om Aubrey de Grey Dr. de Grey presented "Why it is a sin NOT to strive to develop medicine that eliminates ag- ing" at the Association annual conference held on 5 April 2013. His presentation has by far the most views on the Association’s YouTube channel, relative to the other presentations. Other keynote speakers included: Richard Bushman, author ofRough Stone Rolling, presented: “From Humanity to Fulness the Mormon way”Carl Teichrib, editor ofForcing Change, presented: “A Christian Critique of Chris- tian Transhumanism”Dr. Peter Wicks, presented “An Atheist Transhumanist Critique of Religious Transhumanism”Issue7Annual Association Conference a Success QuarterlyFriday Apr il 5, 2013 @ SLCAnnual conferenc e reportHumanity+ interviews Associ ation presidentNew directors elect edAssociation annual survey results releasedPresentation vide os are found in the “2013 Mormon Transhumanis t Association Confe rence” playlist on the Ass ociation’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/transfigurism. By Ushers helped sign in and seat at- tendees, and Association president Lin- coln Cannon welcomed the group, afterwhich he presentedPurpose of the Mor- mon Transhumanist Association. Chris Bradford, Association vice- president, introduced several of the speakers, whose presentations were live streamed and video recorded for future publication on the Association’s YouTube chann el. Amid the occasional was positive, collegial, and with a buzz of energy that anticipated not only the next topic but the potential for action represented by the assembly. The Mormon Transhumanist Barber- shop Sextet caused no small amount ofsmiles to crack wide across the room, regaling the audience with their high- caliber and occasionally witty rendi- tions. All told, the conference proved a great success!I arrived at the library a few minutes early, and spoke with the small crowd ofMTAers waiting for the doors to open. Within an hour, our small group blos- somed to fill our conference room on the fourth floor. Two sides of the room were made entirely of glass, one facing the spring sky and the other facing row upon row of library shelves. Within an hour, oursmall group blos- somed to fill our con- ference room on the fourth floor.TransfiguristA quarterly review of the Mormon Transhumanist Associationdistraction of seating new- comers in the to-capacity room, presenters delivered their remarks to an en- gaged audience, and an- swered questions. Between the morning and afternoon sessions, at- tendees networked with each other, catching up with friends and meeting new associates. The tone in this issue >>>
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