THE LOGIC OF NBIC If the Cognitive Scientists can think it, the Nano people can build it, the Bio people can implement it, and the IT people can monitor and control it.

FROM 19 TH TO 21 ST CENTURY Saint-Simon  Roco-Bainbridge Social science  Cognitive science Carceral institutions  Nanotechnology Medicine  Biotechnology Vital Statistics  Information technology

SHIFT OF FOCUS From institution to individual From external to internal environment More intensive interventions More extensive data gathering

SIX CONVERGING TECHNOLOGIES AGENDAS: NORMATIVE FUTURES FOR HUMANITY ENHANCE: NSF/EU  More productive normal lifespans PROLONG: Reverse age-related disintegration  immortalism TRANSCEND: Natural  Artificial Selection (J. Huxley) TRANSLATE: Resurrection, Second Self, Kurzweil INCORPORATE: Universitas, Extended Phenotype, Supersized Mind, Systems Architecture TEST: Risk-taking protected by social insurance