What I've been reading 2008.10.13

• Putting out fires (Andart)
  Anders Sandberg responds to Bill McGuire's review of Global Catastrophic Risks.
• The Human Priority (Promoting the Progress)
  The message of transhumanism - the hope that inheres in the enhancement of human capability seems overrated to me.
• Will Genetic Engineering Ruin Sports? (Women's Bioethics Blog)
  Where will the idea of sports go with the introduction (and advancement) of genetic engineering? Will such technology, which has high hopes in enhancing ourselves to be better humans, ruin the very idea of sports?
• The God That Failed: The 30-Year Lie of the Market Cult (Chris Floyd)
  Perhaps the most striking fact revealed by the global financial crash -- or rather, by the reaction to it -- is the staggering, astonishing, gargantuan amount of money that the governments of the world have at their command.
  
• Brain surgery with a banjo (Neurophilosophy)
  The BBC has some film footage of the legendary Bluegrass musician Eddie Adcock playing the banjo whilst having his brain operated on.
• The Science of Meditation (The Buddhist Blog)
  Scientists are using cutting-edge scanning technology to watch the meditating mind at work.