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• h Phoenix?
• A Phoenix-area transhumanist club, for
  transhumanist and non-transhumanist individuals
  alike
• Futurism, science, technology, transhumanism
• Discussion? Journal club? Speakers? Whatever
  you want.
• http//hplusclub.com/phoenix/
• http//transhumanism.meetup.com/73/

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• h?
• Lowercase h individual, small, local
• Based on H.
• Also, an organization separate from h Phoenix
  and h Tucson.

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• H!? Isnt this getting ridiculous?
• Humans plus
• Shorthand for transhumanism

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• Oh, sweet jeebus. Transhumanism?
• From Wikipedia
• "Transhumanism (sometimes symbolized by gtH or
  H), a term often used as a synonym for "human
  enhancement", is an international intellectual
  and cultural movement supporting the use of new
  sciences and technologies to enhance human mental
  and physical abilities and aptitudes, and
  ameliorate what it regards as undesirable and
  unnecessary aspects of the human condition, such
  as stupidity, suffering, disease, aging and
  involuntary death."

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• Stupidity!?
• Uh, wellsure! But only if you want.

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• How do transhumanists define transhumanism?
• Transhumanism is a way of thinking about the
  future that is based on the premise that the
  human species in its current form does not
  represent the end of our development but rather a
  comparatively early phase. Transhumanist FAQ

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• Seven Definitions of Transhumanism
• 7. Transhumanism is about taking control of our
  own evolution and vastly increasing
  civilizations diversity and capability by
  introducing new beings such as cybernetic
  persons, genetically engineered intelligent
  species, and artificial intelligence. Michael
  Anissimov

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• Back to this h being an organization separate
  from h Phoenix and h Tucson
• http//hplusclub.com/
• An affiliation of local transhumanist clubs
  (currently h Phoenix, h Tucson, and the
  Cambridge University Transhumanist Society.)
• A website hosting service for local transhumanist
  clubs
• A reference website and gallery
• A selection of other services for local clubs

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• What the!? Picture, please.

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• Are there official transhumanist organizations?
• Extropy Network
• World Transhumanist Association (WTA)
• Transhumanist Student Network (TSN)
• Defunct Extropy Institute

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• TSN sounds a lot like h.
• Indeed. That is why both organizations are
  considering a merger. More information soon

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• What are some current global transhumanist
  activities?
• Revamping of WTA and TSN
• 25,000 Matching Grant until January 31
• Student Outreach
• Identity and Website Update
• Transvision 2008
• H Digital Magazine

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• Any politics?
• Yep. Youve got your technoprogressives,
  singularitarianists, nanosocialists, democratic
  transhumanists, technogaianists, technorealists,
  techno-utopianists, and more.

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• Where can I learn more?
• http//hplusclub.com/links/overview/
• http//hplusclub.com/events/
• h Reference coming soon
• Search engines - transhumanism

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• Enough of this text. Show me some pictures.
• http//hplusclub.com/gallery/