The Extropy Institute was a think tank and ideas market for the future of social change brought about by consequential technologies. Extropians were transhumanists and it was from a group of extropians that Bitcoin was born, according to a
The House of Lords has opened an inquiry into the agreement the UK government has signed with Ukraine. To this end, the House of Lords’ International Agreements Committee is currently calling for evidence seeking answers to various questio
The submission highlights several key points, including the failure to consider the risks of novel genetic interventions, the suppression of concerns and questions about vaccine safety and the failure to take account of a hierarchy of evidence in scientific publishing.
(New York) – United Nations officials removed criticisms of the Saudi government from the official record of a UN-organized internet governance conference in Riyadh in December 2024, and retaliated against civil society organizations, Human Rights Watch said today. The events at the 19th annual UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF) were the
(Beirut) – Algerian authorities have increasingly used arbitrary travel bans to retaliate against perceived critics, Human Rights Watch and MENA Rights Group said today.