New Lectures from Bostrom and Savulescu
Anders Sandberg directs us to two new lectures by Oxford philosophers.
"Global Catastrophic Risks" by Nick Bostrom
"Human Enhancement: Bioliberation or Biothreat?" by Julian Savulescu
Scroll down a bit to see the controls if you don't see them at first. The custom flash interface has some cool features, like simultaneously showing the slides and speaker. You can even click a button near the bottom to expand the slides or the speaker window.
In his talk, Savulescu mentions the cognitive enhancement value of iodine in salt. He says that about a billion IQ points are lost each year due to iodine deficiency. If you're a pregnant woman and you don't get iodine in your salt during pregnancy, your child loses about 10-15 IQ points. It would cost 2 cents per person per year to iodize salt. 4 billion people lack adequate iodine.