[The most up-to-date version of my CV is in pdf-format
here]
AREAS
OF SPECIALIZATION
Philosophy of science; foundations of probability theory;
ethics; bioethics
AREAS
OF COMPETENCE
Logic and set theory; philosophy of language; philosophy
of physics; computational neuroscience; artificial intelligence
POSITIONS
Spring 2003-Spring 2006
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford University, and Junior
Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, Oxford
Fall 2000-Fall 2002
Lecturer, Yale University, Department of Philosophy and also in the
Yale Institution of Social and Policy Studies.
EDUCATION
Oct 1996-Jul 2000
PhD in philosophy at the London School of Economics: “Observational Selection Effects and Probability.” Dissertation was
selected by Robert Nozick, Pellegrino Professor at Harvard University,
for inclusion in the Routledge series Outstanding Dissertations. Also courses in astrophysics and general relativity at
King’s College, University of London.
Jan 1996-Sep 1996
MSc-thesis in computational neuroscience at the mathematics department
at King’s College, University of London. The thesis was especially “noted
as an excellent piece of work” by the examiners.
Aug 1994-Jan 1996
MA in physics and philosophy at the University of Stockholm.
Feb 1993-Aug 1993 and Oct
1993-Aug 1994
BA at the University of Gothenburg. Three and a half full-time programs
simultaneously, in Philosophy, Mathematics, Mathematical Logic, and
Artificial Intelligence. (To the best of my knowledge, this constitutes
a Swedish record.)
PUBLICATIONS
1.
Books:
(2005) How Can Human Nature be Ethically Improved? ed. (with
Julian Savulescu) (Oxford University Press, Oxford), forthcoming.
(2005) Global Catastrophic Risks, ed. (with Milan Cirkovic) (Oxford
University Press, Oxford), forthcoming.
(2002) Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects (Routledge,
New York).
2.
Papers
in academic journals:
(2005) "The Simulation Argument: Reply to Brian Weatherson," Philosophical
Quarterly, Vol. 55, No. 218.
(2004) "The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant," forthcoming in Journal
of Medical Ethics. (Reprinted in Death and Anti-Death: Two Hundred
Years After Kant, Fifty Years After Turing, ed. Charles Tandy (Ria
University Press, 2005).)
(2004) "In Defence of Posthuman Dignity," forthcoming in Bioethics.
(2003) "The Mysteries of Self-Locating Belief and Anthropic Reasoning,"
Harvard Review of Philosophy, Vol. 11, pp., 59-74.
(2003) "Astronomical Waste: The Opportunity Cost of Delayed Technological
Development," Utilitas, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 308-314.
(2003) "Human Genetic Enhancements: A Transhumanist Perspective," Journal
of Value Inquiry, Vol. 37, No. 4, pp. 493-506.
(2003) "Taking Intelligent Machines Seriously: Reply to my Critics."
Futures. Vol. 35: 8, pp. 901-906.
(2003) "Are You Living In A Computer Simulation?" Philosophical
Quarterly. Vol. 53, No. 211, pp. 243-255.
(2003) "When Machines Outsmart Humans." Futures. Vol. 35:7.
(2003) "The Doomsday argument and the Self-Sampling Assumption: Reply
to Olum." Philosophical Quarterly. Vol. 53, No. 210, pp. 83-91.
(With Milan Cirkovic)
(2003) “Self-Locating Beliefs in Big Worlds: Cosmology's Missing Link
to Observation.” Journal of Philosophy. Vol. 99, No. 12.
(2002) “Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios.” Journal of Evolution and Technology, Vol. 9.
(2001) “The Doomsday Argument, Adam & Eve, UN++, and
Quantum Joe.” Synthese, Vol. 127, No. 3, pp. 359-387.
(2001) “The Meta-Newcomb Problem.” Analysis. Vol. 61, No. 4.,
pp. 309-310.
(2000) “Observer-Relative Chances in Anthropic Reasoning?” Erkenntnis, Vol. 52, pp. 93-108.
(2000) “Cortical Integration: How
to Store Complex Representations in Long Term Memory.” Consciousness and Cognition, Vol.9, No 2, pp. 39S-40S.
(2000) “Cosmological Constant and the Final Anthropic Hypothesis.”
Astrophysics
& Space Science.
Vol. 279, No. 4, pp. 675-87. (With Milan Cirkovic)
(1999) “The Doomsday Argument is Alive and Kicking.” Mind, Vol. 108, No. 431, pp. 539-50.
3. Contributed
book chapters, conference proceedings, and semi-academic articles:
(2005) "The Future of Human Evolution" contributed chapter to Death
and Anti-Death: Two Hundred Years After Kant, Fifty Years After Turing,
ed. Charles Tandy (Ria University Press, 2005).
(2005) "Observation Selection Theory and Cosmological Fine-tuning."
invited chapter in Universe or Multiverse?, ed. Bernard Carr
(Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 2005).
(2005) "The Fable of the Dragon Tyrant" contributed chapter to Death
and Anti-Death: Two Hundred Years After Kant, Fifty Years After Turing,
ed. Charles Tandy (Ria University Press, 2005).
(2004) "How Wants to Live Forever" contributed section to Essays
on Infinite Lifespans, ed. Immortality Institute (Libros En Red
Press).
(2004) "The Odds and Ends of the Matrix." contributed chapter for The
Philosophy of the Matrix, ed. William Irwin (Open Court: New York),
in press.
(2004) "The Transhumanist FAQ v.2.1" Web: www.transhumanist.org. Published
by the World Transhumanist Association. Has been translated into German,
Hungarian, Dutch, Italian, Polish, Finnish, and Spanish. First version
published in 1999.
(2004) "How Long Before Superintelligence?" in Russian translation,
forthcoming in The Information Society: Stages of Evolution (Midgard
Publishing House: Saint-Petersburg, Russia).
(2004) "Free Will: What's the Transhumanist Position?" forthcoming
in BetterHumans.
(2004) “The Simulation Argument.” contributed chapter for The Matrix, ed. William Irwin
(Open Court: New York), preliminary title - forthcoming.
(2003) “Transhumanist Values.” In Ethical Issues for the 21st Century, ed. Frederick
Adams, Philosophical Documentation Center Press, forthcoming.
(2003) “Transhumanist Priorities.” In The Technology of Humanity: Can Technology Contribute
to the Quality of Life?, eds. Ellen Michell and Lori B. Andrews,
Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois.
(2003) “Existential Risks: Analyzing Human Extinction Scenarios.” Invited chapter in forthcoming anthology to be published by
Ray Kurzweil et al.)
(2003) “The Ethics of Superintelligent Machines.” Proceedings of the InterSymp'2003 Conference, organized
by the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research
and Cybernetics in Baden-Baden, Germany, 28 June-2 August.
(2003) “Reasons for Doubting Design: Response to Swinburne.” THINK, issue 4.
(2003) “Human extinction.” Invited article for Encyclopaedia of Population, eds.
Paul Demeny and Geoffrey McNicoll. Macmillan, New York.
(2003) “When Machines Outsmart Humans.” Futures (with a symposium organized around my paper),
Vol. 35:7, pp. 759-764.
(2002) “Astronomical Waste.” Journal of Evolution and Technology, Symposium on Cosmology,
June 2002.
(2001) “Cars In the Other Lane Really Do Go Faster.” PLUS, issue 17.
(2001) “Against Ageing.” The Longevity Meme.
(2001) “Transhumanism - an idea whose time has come?” In Doctor Tandy's First Guide to Life Extension and Transhumanity.
Ria University Press, Palo Alto, CA.
(2001) “The Doomsday Argument.” Think. In press.
(2001) “A Primer on the Doomsday Argument.” Invited feature in ephilosopher.com.
(2001) “The Disturbing Doomsday Argument.” The Actuary. March
2001.
(2000) “Who’s afraid of life?” Science
Magazine. 9 May 2000.
(2000) “What is transhumanism?” Sawaal,
August, invited guest column.
(2000) “Is the end nigh? ” Philosopher’s
Magazine, Issue 9, Winter 2000.
(1999) “The Transhumanist FAQ” Published by the World Transhumanist
Association. Web: http://www.transhumanism.org/resources/faq.html.
(Has been translated into German, Hungarian, Dutch, Russian, Italian,
and Polish.)
(1999) “Predictions from philosophy.” Coloquia Manilana (PDCIS), Vol. 7.
(1999) “The Doomsday argument.”
Coloquia Manilana (PDCIS), Vol. 7.
(1998) “Singularity and Predictability.” Extropy, October 1998.
(1998) “How Long Before Superintelligence?” International Journal of Futures Studies, Vol. 2. (Reprinted in Fremtidsorientering nr. 5/6, 1999, after translation into Danish
by Søren Steen Olsen)
TEACHING
Oxford University:
Applied Ethics. 2005. 3rd-year thesis supervision
Methods in Applied Ethics. 2004. Graduate seminar together with
Julian Savulescu
Applied Ethics: Human Enhancement, Artificial Beings, and the Future
of Humanity. 2004. Graduate lecture series together with Julian
Savulescu.
Medical Ethics. 2004. Tutorials.
The Nature of Science. 2003 and 2004. Graduate course in philosophy
of science.
Yale University:
Ethics and Policy of New Technologies, 2002. New course.
Philosophy of Science, 2000 and 2001.
London School of Economics:
Ethics, 1999-2000. TA to Dr. Elenora Montuschi.
Political Philosophy, 1999-2000. TA to Dr. Richard
Bradley.
Problems and Methodology of
Philosophy, 1998-1999 (2-semester course).
TA to Prof. Craig Callender and Dr. Joseph Berkovitz.
Logic, 1997-1998 (2-semester course). TA and vicarious lecturer for Prof.
Colin Howson.
RESEARCH
GROUPS
Ethics, Technology, and Utopian Visions. 2000-2002. Creating
and leading a research group under the Yale Bioethics Project, together
with Dr. Bonnie Kaplan, focused on the ethics of human enhancement-technologies
and related issues.
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
2004. "Promises of Science." Invited presentation for the Images of
Science Conference, organized by the All European Academies of Science
(Amsterdam, 6-7 December).
2004. "Facing Science." Invited presentation for the Images of Science
Conference, organized by the All European Academies of Science (Amsterdam,
6-7 December).
2004. "Status Quo Bias and Human Enhancement." Invited presentation for
the conference How can Human Nature be Ethically Improved? (New
York, 18-19 November).
2004. "The Simulation Argument." Invited presentation for Filosofiska
Fakulteten, Lund University (Lund, Sweden, 4 November).
2004. "Transhumanism" Invited presentation for The Face of the Future:
Technosapiens? (Washington D.C., 28-29 October).
2004. "Human Enhancement: Answering the Why Question." Invited keynote
for the TransVision05 conference (Toronto, 6-8 August).
2004. "Introduction to Transhumanism." Invited presentation for the TransVision05
conference (Toronto, 6-8 August).
2004."Religion and Transhumanism." Invited presentation for Faith,
Transhumanism and Hope Symposium (Toronto, 5 August).
2004. "Responding to Brent Waters." Invited presentation for Christian-Transhumanist
Conversation workshop (Oxford, 26 July).
2004. "Observation Selection Theory." Invited presentation for Degrees
of Belief conference (Konstanz, 22-24 July).
2004. "Extending Human Reach: In Defence of a Posthuman Future" Invited
presentation for A Posthuman Future (Oxford, 19-22 July).
2004. "The Paralysis of Ethics in our Possibly Infinite Universe." Aristotelian
Society - Mind Association Joint Session (Canterbury, 9-12 July).
2004. "Bayesian Epistemology and Indexical Information." Invited presentation
for Bayesian Epistemology Workshop (London, 28 July).
2004. "Human Enhancement and Dignity." Invited presentation for the European
Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (Brussels, 15 June).
2004. "Self-locating Belief in an Infinite Spacetime." Invited presentation
for Foundational and Philosophical Issues in Spacetime Theories,
organized by the European Science Foundation (Oxford, 14-17 March).
2003. "The Simulation Argument: Why the Probability that You are Living
in the Matrix is Quite High." Invited presentation for the St. John's
College Moral Sciences Seminar (Cambridge, Oct 28).
2003. "Anthropic Bias: Observation Selection Effects in Science and Philosophy."
Invited presentation for Liverpool Stapleton Society, Liverpool
University, 27 Oct.
2003. "Observation Selection and the Big Picture." Accelerating Change
Conference 2003, Stanford, CA.
2003. "In Defence of Posthuman Dignity." Invited presentation at the
European Science Foundation Workshop on Science and Human Values,
Oxford.
2003. "Anthropic Reasoning and Observation Selection Effects." 12th
International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science,
Ovideo, Spain.
2003. "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?" 12th International
Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Ovideo, Spain.
2003. "Enhancing Human Capacities: Transhumanist Ethics of Technology."
12th International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of
Science, Ovideo, Spain.
2003. "Transhumanism" Invited guest at Oxford Theological Seminar,
4 August.
2003. "The Ethics of Superintelligent Machines." Invited speaker at InterSymp'2003
Conference, organized by the International Institute for Advanced
Studies in Systems Research and Cybernetics, Baden-Baden, Germany, 28
June-2 August
2003. "Our Human and Posthuman Dignity." Invited keynote for Transvision
2003: The Adaptable Human Body conference, at Yale, New Haven, Connecticut,
27-29 June.
2003. "Our Human and Posthuman Dignity." Invited speaker at the Ian
Ramsey Centre, Oxford, June 6.
2003. "Human Genetic Enhancements." Oxford Centre for Applied Ethics,
seminar presentation.
2003. "Observation Selection Effects and Cosmological Fine-tuning." Invited
speaker at Universe or Multiverse? Symposium, Stanford, California,
27-29 March.
2003. "Observation Selection Theory and the Sleeping Beauty Problem."
Invited presentation at the Oxford-Princeton Probability Workshop,
Oxford 17-19 March.
2003. "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?" Invited presentation
at Birkbeck Philosophy Society, London, February 11.
2002. "Are Cosmological Theories Compatible with All Possible Evidence?"
The Philosophy of Science Association (7-10 November, Milwaukee,
WI)
2002. "Desire, Time, and Ethical Weight" Aristotelian-Mind Association
Joint Session (5-6 July, UK)
2002. "Are Cosmological Theories Compatible with All Possible Evidence?"
British Society for the Philosophy of Science (4-5 July, UK)
2002. "Are You Living in a Computer Simulation?" Fourth European Congress
for Analytic Philosophy (14-18 June, Lund)
2002. "The Epistemological Mystique of Self-Locating Belief." American
Philosophical Association, Central Division Meeting (May, Minneapolis)
2002. "The Transhumanist Perspective on Germ-Line Enhancements." The
End of Natural Motherhood? Artificial Wombs and Designer Babies (22-23
February, Tulsa)
2001. "The Ethics of Superintelligence." 4S Conference (Boston,
November)
2001. "Transhumanist Values." Morality in the 21st Century (Newark,
Delaware, October)
2001. "The Future of Humankind, Transhumanism, and Technology." Invited
lecture for the Yale Philosophical Society (October 11)
2001. "Who Belongs to the Moral Community? Towards Transhumanist Ethics."
Invited lecture at the Hersher Institute Programs on Ethics. (Sacred
Heart College, 10 October)
2001. “The Epistemological Mystique of Self-Locating Belief” British Society for the Philosophy of Science
Conference (July 5-6, York, UK).
2001. “Existential Risks.” TransVision 2001. (22-24 June, Berlin,
Germany)
2001. “The Ethics of Superintelligence.” Yale Bioethics Group.
(2 May, New Haven, U. S.)
2001.”Bangs, Whimpers, Shrieks, and Crunches: How things could go horribly
wrong.” Foresight Senior Associates Gathering. (20-22 April, Palo
Alto, CA).
2000. “Cortical integration: How to store complex representations in
long-term memory.” ASSC4. (29
June-2 July, Brussels, Belgium).
2000. “Workshop on Robotics.” (Discussion moderator). Foresight Senior Associates Gathering.
(19-21 July, Palo Alto, U.S.)
2000. “Observation theory and its applications in cosmology, evolution
theory and other fields.” Transvision
MM. (London, July 15-16)
2000. “How to derive observational consequences from cosmological theories.”
British Society for the Philosophy of Science Conference (July 6-7,
Sheffield, UK).
2000. “Transhumanism.” (Invited speaker) Inform: Seminar XXIV. (May 6, London)
1999. “A subjectivist theory of objective probability.” British Society for the Philosophy of Science
Conference (July 8-9, Nottingham, UK).
1999. “Towards a transhumanist medical ethics.” (Invited speaker).
TransVision99 (May 5-6, Stockholm, Sweden)
1999. “What is Transhumanism?” Ninth
General Assembly of the World Future Society (July 28-Aug. 1,Washington
DC).
1999. “Presenting transhumanism to the media.” (invited speaker). Extro-4 (Aug. 7-8, Berkeley, USA).
1998. “Unsolved Doomsday Argument Problems.” (invited speaker) Conference
on “The end of the world”, University
of London School of Advanced Study (Nov. 6, London, UK).
MEDIA
APPEARANCES
What
We Still Don't Know (TV documentary, channel 4 and PBS). 2005. Interviewed
about the simulation arguments and artificial intelligence.
Discover
Magazine. 2005. Interviewed about traffic analysis and observation
selection theory.
Der
Spiegel. 2004. Interviewed about my simulation argument.
The
Sunday Times. 2004. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
This
Magazine (Canadian). 2004. Interviewed about transhumanism. The Oxford
Student. 2005. Interviewed about neuropharmacology and the ethics of cognitive
enhancers.
The
Financial Times Magazine. 2004. Interviewed about transhumanism.
The
Times (UK newspaper). 2004. Interviewed about cognitive enhancements
and cosmetic neurology.
Equal
Time for Freethought (US radio station). 2004. Interviewed about the
future of the human condition.
CBC
(Canadian TV documentary). 2004. On transhumanism and the Transvision04
conference.
Le
Devoir (Canadian newspaper). 2004. Interviewed about transhumanism.
Now
Magazine. 2004. Interviewed about transhumanism.
Legal
Affairs Magazine. 2004. Interviewed about ethical and legal rights
for machines.
GQ
Magazine. 2004. Interviewed about future human modification technologies.
The
New York Times Magazine. 2004. Interviewed about global catastrophic
risk.
The
Matrix: Philosophy (DVD documentary). 2004. Interviewed about transhumanism,
ethics, and future technologies.
Belgian
National Television. 2004. Guest on discussion program about human
enhancement.
HUMO
(Belgian magazine). 2004. Interviewed about the ethics of human enhancement
technologies
LA
Times (US newspaper). 2004. On the alertness-enhancing drug modafinil.
The
Meaning of the 21st Century (US public television). 2004. Interviewed
by James Martin on transhumanism, human extinction scenarios, and future
technologies.
Morning
Call (US Newspaper, Allentown, PA). Interviewed about long-term threats
to human survival.
Times
Weekend Review (UK newspaper). 2004. Philosophy trivia.
Sunday
Times (UK newspaper). 2004. Interviewed about cryonics.
Vancouver
Courier (Canadian newspaper). 2003. Interviewed about Christmas.
SVT
(Swedish National Television). 2003. Interviewed about the future and
the simulation argument.
Horizon
(BBC Television). 2003. Interviewed about my simulation argument.
Yale
Medicine Magazine. 2003. Interviewed about enhancement medicine.
United
Press International. 2003. Interviewed about Mr. Schwarzenegger's
candidacy and the ethics of human enhancement technologies.
Seed
Magazine (Canada). 2003. Interviewed about my role in the transhumanism
movement.
La
Voz Asturias (Spanish newspaper) 2003. Interviewed about the simulation
argument.
BBC
Radio. 2003. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
BBC
Radio. 2003. Interviewed about transhumanism.
PBS
TV Documentary. 2003. Interviewed by Dina Guttmann for forthcoming
documentary on transhumanism.
Joel
Garreau. 2003. Interviewed about myself and transhumanism for his
forthcoming book.
Los
Angeles Times. 2003. Interviewed about technology, ethics, biopolitics,
and transhumanism.
Documentary
(University of Westminster, London). 2003. Interviewed about the ethics
of human genetic engineering.
Radio
Chicago WKQX. 2003. On the film The Matrix.
Eesti
Ekspress (Estonian weekly magazine). 2003. Interviewed about the simulation
argument.
Folkradion
(Swedish national radio). 2003. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
Zara,
Troy, and Bernie in the morning (Radio, Western Australia). 2003.
Chatting about this and that and the simulation argument
P1
(Swedish national Radio). 2003. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
Radio
Perth. 2003. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
Radio
Atlanta. 2003. On the simulation argument.
SAFM
Radio (South Africa). 2003. On the simulation argument.
CHQR
Radio (Alberta, Canada). 2003. On the simulation argument.
CFRB
Radio, The John Oakley Show (Canada). 2003. On the simulation argument.
Red
FM (Cork, UK). 2003. On the simulation argument and the future.
Radio
WLLW The WALL 99.3. 2003. On the simulation argument.
Radio
Dublin. 2003. Guest on the Matrix and the simulation argument.
Wireless
Flash News Service. 2003. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
Super
Interessante (Brazilian science and technology magazine). 2003. Interviewed
about the simulation argument.
BBC
Radio Four. 2003. Interviewed about observation selection effects
in traffic analysis.
The
Daily Mail (British newspaper). 2003. Interviewed about the simulation
argument.
The
New Yorker. 2003. Interviewed about philosophical issues in multiverse
cosmology.
Big
Issue (UK magazine). 2003. Interviewed about the transhumanist movement.
Empire
(Magazine). 2003. Interviewed about the simulation argument and the new
Matrix film.
Sesame
(Open University Newsletter). 2003. Featured about a lecture on observation
selection effects.
WHPK
Radio, University of Chicago. 2003. Interviewed about human cloning.
Washington
Post. 2002. Interviewed by Linton Weeks on the past and future development
of life.
Fox
News (television). 2002. Interviewed about human cloning and stem
cells research.
Southern
News Chain (Canadian newspaper network). 2002. Interviewed about reproductive
cloning and the future of genetics.
News
Talk Dublin (Radio). 2002. Interviewed about human cloning.
Maariv
(Israeli daily newspaper). 2002. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
Salon
magazine. 2002. Interviewed about existential risks, threats to human
survival.
Hartford
Courant (newspaper). 2002. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
Orlando
Sentinel (newspaper). 2002. Interviewed about the simulation argument.
Red
FM (Irish radio station). 2002. Interviewed about transhumanism.
World
Weekly News (US tabloid). 2002. Article on the simulation argument.
The
Great Unknown (US radio show). 2002. Two-hour special guest, about
my views on the future of humankind etc.
To
the Best of our Knowledge (syndicated US radio show). 2002. Interviewed
about the simulation argument.
New
Scientist. 2002. They did a feature article about my simulation argument.
The
Daily Telegraph (UK newspaper). 2002. About the simulation argument.
Jeff
Rense (US coast-to-coast radio). 2002. About transhumanism.
Todd
Mundt Show (US radio). 2002. About the simulation argument and the
film Matrix.
Art
Bell (radio show). 2002. Three-hour special guest, about transhumanism
and the future.
Sensoria
(online magazine). 2002. About transhumanism.
New
Scientist. 2002. They did a feature article on my simulation argument.
BBC
Radio Asia. 2002. About the simulation argument.
KIJK
(Dutch magazine). 2002. About the simulation argument for a youth readership.
CBS
Radio. 2002. About the simulation argument.
BBC
Radio. 2002. Interviewed about the idea that we might be living in
a computer simulation.
Metro
London Newspaper (UK newspaper). 2002. In connection to my paper on
the simulation argument.
BBC
Three Counties Radio. 2002. Interviewed about my simulation argument.
Waterbury
Republican-American. Interviewed about cryonics.
The
New Yorker. 2002. Interviewed about traffic analysis and observation
selection effects.
Life
Positive Plus (Indian Magazine). 2002. Interview about technology,
evolution, and the future of humanity.
Washington
Post. 2002. Interviewed by Rick Weiss on issues relating to human
cloning.
TV2
RTM (Malaysian national television). 2002. On reproductive vs. therapeutic
cloning.
Changesurfer
Radio. 2002. Interviewed about my book Anthropic Bias, and about the
World Transhumanist Association.
Nanotechnology
Now. 2001. Interviewed about nanotechnology and technological progress.
Real
Life (US TV program on TV8). 2001. Debating and fielding callers'
questions about therapeutic cloning and stem cells research.
The
New Journal. 2001. Interviewed about my efforts to introduce a course
on the future of humanity into the curriculum.
Nanomagazine.com.
2001.Interviewed about artificial intelligence.
Washington Post. 2001. Interviewed by Rick Weiss
on issues relating to human cloning.
WebMD Medical News.
2001. Interviewed about artificial intelligence.
Scholastic Scopes Magazine. 2001. Interviewed on cloning.
RNN-TV (US news network). 2001. Live on
cloning.
BBC Radio Wales. 2001. Human cloning.
610-WTVN. (US talk radio network). 2001.
Human cloning and genetic engineering.
BBC World Service (Radio). 2001. Discussion on cosmological
fine-tuning and the anthropic principle.
Discovery Channel (Canada). 2001. Interviewed about the future of
humanity.
Tech (web TV). 2001. Interviewed about artificial
intelligence and uploading.
Ne(x)t Text (press agency). 2001. Interviewed
about transhumanism.
Vision (Swedish magazine). 2001. Interviewed
about transhumanism.
Rank (London-based fashion magazine).
2001. Portrayed and interviewed.
WRRN (American cable-TV news network).
2001. Interviewed live on the ethics of human cloning.
After
Shock (Australian National Television). 2001. Interviewed about transhumanism
and my views on the nanotechnology, the ethics and science of life-extension,
mood drugs, and future of artificial intelligence.
Heart of the Matter (BBC television). 2000. On ethical and scientific issues related to
life-extension research and a possible cure for aging. Writing and presenting
the first half of the program, and partaking in a studio debate in the
second half.
Changesurfer Radio. 2000, Half-hour interview by Dr.
J. Hughes about my philosophical research.
LSE News and Views. 2000. Vol. 22, No. 3, p. 1. Feature on my work on observational selection
effects, and on my being awarded the John Templeton Foundation grant.
Work Predictions (BBC television). 2000. Interviewed
about virtual reality and teleworking.
BBC Radio. 2000. Interviewed by Jeremy Grange about technical, philosophical and social aspects
of mind uploading.
Resonance Publications. April, 2000. Feature-length interview on analytic philosophy, transhumanism,
education, and government.
The World Wide Web Radio Show
(U.S. talk radio network, Redband Broadcasting). 2000. Interviewed about
transhumanism and the impact of future technologies.
London Radio & Associated
Press Television News. Interviewed about transhumanism
and life-extension. 2000.
LSE News and Views. 2000, Vol. 21, No. 10, p. 1. Feature on my views on the philosophy
of technology, particularly regarding life-extension.
Rage against the Machines
(Documentary). 2000. Interviewed by Karen Powell.
The Analytics. 1999. Hosted an intellectual talk show on PULSE radio.
The Today Show (BBC radio). 1999. Interviewed by Mike Thomson about the impact of
future technologies, especially artificial intelligence.
Sunday Times (UK national newspaper). 1999. Interviewed by Martin Wroe about the
consequences of artificial intelligence and molecular nanotechnology.
Web Heads. 1999. Featured in episodic television series. Producer: Wally &
Murk Corp.
Haaretz (Israeli national
newspaper). 1999. Interviewed about transhumanism.
New Scientist. Jun 6, No 2137, pp. 26-30, 1998. Interviewed about physicist Max Tegmark’s
Theory of Everything.
Radio Debate. London, Oct 21, 1998. About public policy on smoking.
The Alberta Report (Canadian newspaper). Apr 27, 1998. Interviewed about transhumanism.
Channel 5 (UK national television). 1997. Doing stand-up comedy.
Helsingborgs Dagblad (Swedish newspaper). 1992. Interviewed about my art exhibition.
Sydsvenska Dagbladet (Swedish newspaper). 1992. Interviewed about my art.
OTHER
EXPERIENCE
2005. Full Examiner for the Theology and PPP exams, Oxford.
2004. Advising for The European Group on Ethics in Science and New
Technologies, an advisory body to the European Commission (Brussels).
2004. Consultant for the CIA's Strategic Assessments Group on long-term
security threats to the U.S. (Washington, DC).
2002-2004. On the advisory boards for the Publications of the Astronomical
Observator, the Betterhumans magazine, the Cosmist,
and the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence.
2003. Expert consultant for the European Commission as evaluator of framework
proposals for the program on Cognitive Systems (Brussels, Nov 10-15).
1998-2004. Refereeing papers for American Journal of Physics, Mind, Ethics,
Foundations of Physics, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science,
Australasian Journal of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Foundations
of Science, Journal of Evolution and Technology, Studies in History and
Philosophy of Modern Physics, Biology and Philosophy, and Synthese; and
books for Oxford University Press.
2001-2004. Chair of the World Transhumanist Association
2001. Author/Consultant for BBC TV-documentary on the past, present,
and future of childhood.
1998-. Refereeing papers for Mind, The
British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, The Australasian
Journal of Philosophy, Synthese, and The Journal of Transhumanism.
1998. Consulting for Proctor&Gamble on the impact of future technologies,
and on future life styles.
1997-1998. Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Transhumanism.
1997-1998. A series of appearances on TV as a stand-up comic; also
gigs at various clubs and theatres.
1997-1999. Competitive debating in various intervarsity tournaments.
1997-1998. Studied acting at the City Literary Institute and PR at
the Mary Ward Centre.
1997. Co-founded the World Transhumanist
Association, to promote the study of the science and philosophy of
present and future technologies. (The WTA currently has over 1400 members
worldwide.)
1995. Produced and directed a theatrical work at Fysikum, Stockholm.
1995. A volume of poetry, “Synkrotron”.
1991, 1992. Two art exhibitions, mainly oil paintings.
PROFESSIONAL
SOCIETIES
British Society for Ethical Theory, British Society for
the Philosophy of Science, The Aristotelian Society, American Philosophical
Association, Foresight Institute (Senior Associate), Mensa, World Transhumanist
Association
GRANTS
AND AWARDS
British
Academy Postdoctoral Award (3-years), 2002-2005, at Oxford University.
Research Award from the Templeton
Foundation, for my theory of observational selection effects.
PhD thesis selected by Prof.
Robert Nozick for inclusion in the Routledge series Outstanding Dissertations
(2000).
Helsingborgs Handelsförenings
Stipendium 1997 and 1996
CSN Studiestöd (1990-1996)
PERSONAL
Date of birth: Mar 10, 1973
Nationality: Swedish (Lived in the UK from Jan 1996 to Aug 2000; lived in the US
2000-2002; now back in the UK.)
Marital status: Unmarried
REFERENCES
Dr. Jeremy Butterfield, Senior Research Fellow (All Souls College,
University of Oxford, UK)
Professor Craig Callender (Department of Philosophy, University
of California, San Diego, US)
Professor Colin Howson (Department of Philosophy, London School
of Economics, UK)
Professor John Leslie (Department of Philosophy, Guelph University,
Canada)
Professor Don N. Page (Institute of Theoretical Physics, University
of Alberta, Canada)
Professor Julian Savulescu (Director of the Center for Applied
Ethics, Oxford, UK)
Professor Elliott Sober (Department of Philosophy, University
of Wisconsin, US)