Summary: transhumanismsocial movementeconomicsfuture The second presentation in this series builds from the perspective of futurism and trans-humanism, areas of thought that focus on the pitfalls and possibilities that the future exponential trend in technological development could have in store for humanity. This presentation therefore hones in on what this trend and the technological approach to problem solving in general could produce were it to be applied to our social system holistically.These perspectives were represented at ZDAY London 2013 by the London futurists and Humanity plus. To understand their perspective on these topics as well as helping to give a context to this presentation it is recommended to watch David Wood’s presentation at ZDAY London 2013 by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCQ0_ArKmx4 *Please note that the zeitgeist movement holds no allegiance to, nor agrees with any of the featured organizations points of view featured in this presentation series explicitly. Rather the purpose here is to use these perspectives to help illuminate some of the possible methods to help facilitate and illuminate the need to shift our values and economic system into alignment with our most up to date understandings of the natural world via the methods of science, thus increasing our overall adaptability to the planet and hence our evolutionary fitness overall.
