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This is the first attempt of the final assignment for "E-learning and Digital Cultures" course on coursera.orgTRANSCRIPT
HUMANS
Who are they?
What are the main features of a human?
you are made of meat!
what are you made of, I wonder?..
Сan somebody be called a human if he is not fully organic?
People start to see future in body modifications
Technology progress makes people to change themselves
and robots are endowed with intelligence and personality…
It defies previous concepts about humanity
Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot turn a canvas into a beautiful masterpiece?
Can You?
So now humanity is on the verge of its new explanation
Who now can be called a human being?
human man?posthumantranshuman
Posthumanism
Transhumanism•biological•anthropocentric•core humanistic values•technology helps human to be better•transition to the super-man
•philosophical•anty-anthropocentric •totalising assumptions of humanism•human finitude•life is in cultural networksbased on Dr Sian Bayne ‘s slides (http://www.slideshare.net/sianbayne/sian-edcmooc-presentation-week-4 )
Human must have the following features:
• individual human DNA code, even it is saved not in biological data carrier
At least some of these features…
And this is my opinion:
•Soul•Mind•Personality•Emotions•Morality