Would you cut off your legs and replace them with prostheses which can take you places faster? Would you take drugs to enhance your cognitive skills? Perhaps you are already doing that? In the latest

Defending the dissertation Human enhancement and technological uncertainty. Essays on the promise and peril of emerging technology by Karim Jebari. Dissertation in Philosophy at KTH in Stockholm. Opponent

It's hard to know where the knowledge we acquire and the technology we develop may take us. Sometimes it is not until after several years that we learn how these skills or technologies can benefit - o

Human enhancement - intervju med Karim Jebari om hans doktorsavhandling

Karim Jebari på Institutet för Framtidsstudier intervjuas om sin doktorsavhandling som handlar om human enhancement och riskerna med ny teknologi.

Doctoral thesis. KTH Royal Institute of Technology.ISBN 978-91 7595-341-0 Abstract Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct connection between the brain and a machi

Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm or online Research seminar with Per Molander, PhD in control engineering and Bachelor's in mathematics, literature, etc. Throughout h

Anders Sandberg

My research focus on issues of the very long-term future, technologies that can change the human condition, low-probability high-impact risks, and how to reason about such uncertain domains. More spec

Anders Sandberg, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford University ABSTRACTHow likely is humanity to be severely damaged by a global disaster, or go extinct? How bad would it be? This talk will review wo

Karim Jebari

I am a researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies. I defended my doctoral thesis in December 2014 at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).  I am writing a book on the climate crisis and the futu

Ina Caesar

I earned my PhD in Biochemistry from Linköping University in 2010. At the institute, I am currently involved in research projects related to complex systems within the state administration. The resaea, and our primary focus lies in exploring the long-term effects of health and social care interventions. This includes investigations into