George Dvorsky
Producer, Sentient Developments
George Dvorsky is the the producer of the award-winning Sentient Developments blog and podcast, and the co-founder and president of the Toronto Transhumanist Association. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies and Humanity+.
Last year he was presented with three Blogisattva Awards, including Best Achievement Blogging on Matters Scientific for his website Sentient Developments. His article "Perils of a digital life" won for Best Science Blog Post and "Meat Eaters are Bad People" won for Best Engage-the-World Blog Post. In 2004 he served as conference chair for the Transvision conference in Toronto, the World Transhumanist Association's annual conference. He has also worked as the co-director of the IEET Cyborg Buddha project, drawing on his work in the subject of bioethics and topics ranging from disability rights to athletics enhancement.
At the 2007 Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies conference entitled "Securing the Longevity Dividend," he discussed "Popular Arguments For and Against Longevity." The same month he presented at Transvision the talk "Whither ET? What the Failing Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Tells Us About Humanity's Future." The presentation addressed the problem of the Fermi Paradox, the apparent contradiction between high estimates of the probability of the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations and the lack of evidence for or contact with ETs.
Most recently, in November of 2008 at GCR08, a Mountain View conference on global catastrophic risks, he presented on risks posed by political extremism. In the past, he has been interviewed by such publications as The Guardian, the BBC, Radio Free Europe, and Beliefnet. He made an appearance on the CBC's The Hour and has been profiled in NOW and This Magazine.
video
Risks Posed by Political Extremism.
transcripts
IEET, "Securing the Longevity Dividend," "
Popular Arguments For and Against Longevity"
Transvision 2007, "
Whither ET?"
audio
Sentient Developments
Radio Podcast
IEET, "Securing the Longevity Dividend," "
Popular Arguments For and Against Longevity"
C-Realm Podcast, "
The L Word"
The Future and You,
podcast
Transvision 2003, "
Reproductive Rights, Designer Babies, and the Consent of the Unborn"