August 23, 2009

Neuroactive chemical weapons

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics about Non-lethal, yet dangerous: neuroactive agents. Sandberg warns about the militarization of agents that alter mental states. While traditional chemical weapons are intended to hurt or kill people, these agents are intended to disable....

Posted by Waldemar at 10:00 AM

June 18, 2009

Vår sekulära statsreligion är människans individualitet och suveränitet

Anders Sandberg intervjuas i Dagens Nyheter om En kropp- flera personligheter av Johanna Koljonen om hur neurovetenskapen utmanar vår känsla för identiteten i TV-serierna Dollhouse skriven av Joss Whedon och My own worst enemy....

Posted by Waldemar at 10:25 PM

June 08, 2009

1999 was our 1968

In the year 1999 the Extro-4 conference was held at the Joseph Wood Crutch Theater on the Clark Kerr Campus, University of California, Berkeley. Anders Sandberg was interviewed in a series of five films on what developments have been seen...

Posted by Waldemar at 09:20 AM

April 14, 2009

Interview on memory editing drugs in Wired

Anders Sandberg is interviewed in Wired Magazine by Brandon Keim where Sandberg talks about The Messy Future of Memory-Editing Drugs. Will the new drugs be an opportunity to eliminate the crippling psychic effects of past trauma? Others see an ill-advised...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:10 PM

March 11, 2009

Le cerveau object technologique

Rémi Sussan interviews Anders Sandberg on InternetActu.net in the article Le cerveau object technologique: drogues, ondes et lumières on March 11th....

Posted by Waldemar at 02:00 PM

February 20, 2009

Does memory editing threaten human identity?

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics, about a paper demonstrating that a previously learned fearful reaction can be weakened using a drug. In the media it read that "drug can erase bad memories" and threaten human identity. In the article...

Posted by Waldemar at 06:10 PM

February 12, 2009

Transparent brains: detecting preferences with infrared light

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics Transparent brains: detecting preferences with infrared light. Researchers at University of Toronto have demonstrated that they can decode which of two drinks a test subject prefers by scanning their brains with infrared light. Would...

Posted by Waldemar at 09:30 AM

December 16, 2008

Setting social policies for enhancement

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics In Why Boost Brains? Sandberg comments on sensible enhancement policies. Sandberg comments on the Nature article Towards responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy by Greely et al. Enhancement is here, it should...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:00 AM

November 07, 2008

Going to work on smart drugs

Anders Sandberg is quoted by Jason Kirby on the development of smart drugs and enhancers in the article Going to work on smart drugs. "Cognitive enhancement drugs are going to involve trade-offs with evolution" Sandberg says in the article, published...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:05 AM

November 06, 2008

Should We Be Erasing Memories?

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics, together with S. Matthew Liao and Julian Savulescu. In Should We Be Erasing Memories? Liao, Sandberg and Savulescu consider the recent claim of scientists from the Medical College of Georgia to be able selectively...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:30 AM

September 30, 2008

Den kosmetiska neurologin

Eskil Fagerström intervjuar Anders Sandberg i Sydsvenska Dagbladet den 28 september i artikeln Dementas medicin dopar forskarhjärnor. Demenssjukdomar är ett av världens största forskningsområden, men medel som Provigil, Adderall och Modafinil har också sett användning hos friska. Anders Sandberg diskuterar...

Posted by Waldemar at 03:55 AM

September 16, 2008

Cluedo in the brain

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics. In the article I suggest it was Professor Plum, in the library, with the arsenic: the unreliability of brain experience detection Sandberg writes about the recent conviction in Mumbai, India, based on EEG evidence....

Posted by Waldemar at 01:30 PM

August 21, 2008

Digital drugs and regulation

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics. In the article Silicon dreams: digital drugs and regulation Sandberg examines digital drugs. The origin of the idea is research into binaural beats, sending sounds with slightly different frequencies into the ears which then...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:35 AM

May 29, 2008

The ethics of brain boosters

Practical Ethics looks in Brain Boosting and Cheating in Exams: Four Responses at different aspects of drug use and mental health and finds a growing trend for off-label use of drugs intended for the treatment of diseases. The use of...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:15 AM

April 23, 2008

Teknisk framsyn: navigera mellan hype och diss

Den 17 april höll Waldemar Ingdahl tal för IFL Executive Education vid Handelshögskolan i Stockholm. Waldemar Ingdahl föreläste om teknisk framsyn....

Posted by Waldemar at 09:10 AM

April 17, 2008

Is free will an illusion?

Anders Sandberg writes in Practical Ethics. In the article Who's this 'we', Dr Soon? Unconscious Action and Moral Responsibility Sandberg writes about a recent study regarding free will. When and where do we have any choice in what we are...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:30 AM

April 14, 2008

Enhancing Me at the Dana Centre

On April 29th, the Dana Centre in London will launch the book "Enhancing Me" by Peter Moore. Science and technology now allow us to change our bodies, brains and emotions. What drives us to want to be ‘superhuman’? Is it...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:25 AM

April 10, 2008

Yes, researchers *are* on drugs

In his The Pulse article of April 10th Yes, researchers *are* on drugs Anders Sandberg scrutinizes a recent article in Nature and its reception in the media. While finding that the results of an online self-reported study have to be...

Posted by Waldemar at 05:55 PM

February 27, 2008

Is cognitive enhancement a human right?

The development of cognitive enhancement has meant the phrase "give your brain a boost" now brings with it a range of connotations which have never been experienced thus far in human history. The convergence of nano-, bio- and information technology...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:30 AM

February 01, 2008

Smarter pupils through pills

Anders Sandberg is interviewed by Madeleine Brettingham in the article If a pill could make your pupils brainier would you let them take it? in the Times Educational Supplement of February 1st....

Posted by Waldemar at 04:25 PM

August 04, 2007

More on terror

Norman Siebrasse debates Anders Sandberg's recent article on how biases affect terrorism on Overcoming Bias of the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. Siebrasse's Self-Interest, Intent & Deceit brings up the topic of evolutionary psychology Andra bloggar om: brottslighet,...

Posted by Waldemar at 01:55 PM

August 02, 2007

Summary TransVision 2007

This film on YouTube sums up the events of the conference TransVision 2007 at which Anders Sandberg from Eudoxa held a speech and participated in a discussion on the issue of longevity. Andra bloggar om: chicago, transhumanism, genteknik, samhälle, politik,...

Posted by Waldemar at 02:30 PM

Slice up your brain for eternal life

Is it possible to upload a mind into a computer? The question is not quite as far fetched as it might seem. Neural simulations are nothing new. Alan Lloyd Hodgkin and Andrew Huxley (Nobel prize winners in 1963) began working...

Posted by Waldemar at 09:00 AM

July 20, 2007

Why terrorism does not work

Anders Sandberg writes a controversial article on Overcoming Bias of the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. In How Biases Save Us From Giving in to Terrorism Sandberg writes that terrorists run into the problem that people assume that...

Posted by Waldemar at 11:32 AM

July 16, 2007

A global summit for humanity

Anders Sandberg, research director at the Eudoxa think tank, has been invited to speak at the TransVision 2007 conference in Chicago, Illinois. Anders Sandberg will debate the future of humanity with Ronald Bailey, science correspondent Reason magazine and internationally acclaimed...

Posted by Waldemar at 04:55 PM

July 05, 2007

Biased criminal investigation

Anders Sandberg writes a criminally good article on Overcoming Bias of the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. In The Butler Did It, of Course! Sandberg writes on confirmation bias in police investigations and how false confessions are triggered...

Posted by Waldemar at 12:38 PM

July 02, 2007

Supersize my bias!

Anders Sandberg writes a lean and mean article on Overcoming Bias of the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. In Biases are Fattening Sandberg writes about unit bias. We have a cognitive tendency to prefer a full unit of...

Posted by Waldemar at 10:00 AM

May 30, 2007

Achieving cognitive enhancement

On May 24th the Eudoxa think tank's third seminar in Second Life was held at Uvvy Island. Director Waldemar Ingdahl opening the seminar. More than 30 avatars were present Cognition seems to become one of the most fertile areas for...

Posted by Waldemar at 12:27 PM

May 10, 2007

Presentation in Second Life on converging cognitive enhancements

Eudoxa will hold a seminar at Uvvy Island in the virtual world of Second Life on Wednesday May 23rd at 19h00 Central European Time (13h00 EST, 10h00 PST) Dr. Anders Sandberg, research director at Eudoxa and research assistant at the...

Posted by Waldemar at 10:40 AM

May 03, 2007

Biased happiness

In his The Pulse article Happy to be biased? of May 2nd, Anders Sandberg writes about mood enhancement therapies. Paradoxically, we have more knowledge and tools at our disposal to affect the mind than ever before, but we are less...

Posted by Waldemar at 09:05 AM

March 31, 2007

Cognitive enhancement conference

On March 27-28th a Workshop on cognition and physical enhancement was arranged in Stockholm by the Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford University and by the Stockholm Bioethics Centre, Stockholm University. The workshop described existing and future enhancement technologies. Recent developments...

Posted by Waldemar at 12:30 PM

March 29, 2007

Kärlekstabletter och minnespiller

Anders Sandberg intervjuas av Jorun Modén på e-health.se om den nya kunskapen om hjärnan. Sandberg berättar i Kärlekstabletter och minnespiller om hur den senaste forskningen inte bara är inriktad på att kartlägga hur hjärnan fungerar utan också hur vi kan...

Posted by Waldemar at 10:20 PM

March 22, 2007

Memory bias

In his The Pulse article Down the memory hole of March 21st, Anders Sandberg writes on how memories can be selectively erased. The research benefits victims of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or with phobias, but Sandberg also describes the broader implications....

Posted by Waldemar at 08:15 AM

March 08, 2007

Postmänsklig omfamning

I nummer 2/2007 av tidskriften Axess skriver Waldemar Ingdahl essän Postmänsklig omfamning. "Postmänsklig omfamning" behandlar böckerna Liberation Biology av Ronald Bailey, More than Human av Ramez Naam och Citizen Cyborg av James Hughes. De tre böckerna överblickar hur debatten om...

Posted by Waldemar at 11:00 AM

December 25, 2006

Anders Sandberg på Filosofiska rummet

Anders Sandberg intervjuas av Filosofiska rummet i Sveriges Radio P1 söndagen den 31 december klockan 17.00 I programmet Du sköna nya människa talar Sandberg om hur man kan förstärka och förbättra friska och fullt fungerande människor med teknikens hjälp och...

Posted by Waldemar at 02:07 PM

December 04, 2006

Framtidens trender och tekniska utvecklingar

Waldemar Ingdahl från Eudoxa höll den 28 november ett tal om vilka samhällstrender och tekniska utvecklingar som kommer att påverka oss mest i framtiden för Handelshögskolan i Stockholm Executive Education. Ingdahl talade om teknikens roll i samhället, om teknikkonvergens, hur...

Posted by Waldemar at 12:00 PM

Det menneskelige eksperiment recenserad

Boken Det menneskelige eksperiment, där Anders Sandberg skrev bidraget Den forstærkede hjerne har blivit recenserad. "... alle betydende folk inden for området (beslutningstagere og forskere) burde læse den" Martin Hjemborg, Lektørudtalelse, DBC Andra bloggar om: böcker, vetenskap, genteknik, hjärnan, samhälle...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:40 AM

November 21, 2006

Intervju i Uppsalatidningen

Anders Sandberg intervjuas om den mänskliga hjärnan och hur hjärnforskningens kunskap utvecklas av Jenny Stiernstedt i Uppsalatidningen 46/2006 (sidan 10)....

Posted by Waldemar at 10:35 AM

November 20, 2006

Transmedicine at the Wellcome Trust

On December 5th, Anders Sandberg will lecture at the Wellcome Trust's seminar Full Life, Long Life in London. In his speech Sandberg will explore what he calls "transmedicine", namely the pressure to achieve better memories, sharper attention, longer lives and...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:50 PM

November 10, 2006

Nano's interview with Anders Sandberg

On November 9th Anders Sandberg was interviewed on German television about neuroscience and its future developments. Now Nano- die Welt von Morgen has written an article about the interview with Sandberg. The article Google ist in meinem Kopf, nur wie...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:35 PM

November 06, 2006

Interview on German TV

On Thursday November 9th there is an interview with Eudoxa's science director Anders Sandberg on the German TV-channel 3SAT. In the science program Nano- die Welt von morgen, Anders Sandberg speaks about the brain, neuroscience, future visionary developments of this...

Posted by Waldemar at 11:08 AM

October 11, 2006

BBC: The neurotechnology frontier

Anders Sandberg from Eudoxa was interviewed by BBC News on the issue of neurobotics and neuroethics on October 11th. Read more in Science has designs on your brain at the BBC site....

Posted by Waldemar at 03:45 PM

September 25, 2006

European Technological Sovereignty

Waldemar Ingdahl, director of Eudoxa, has been invited as a keynote speaker at the 2nd Conference on European Technological Sovereignty (II Congreso de Soberanía Tecnológica de Europa) organised in Madrid between the 3-5 of October. Waldemar Ingdahl will adress the...

Posted by Waldemar at 12:30 PM

August 29, 2006

Bok om framtidens tekniska utmaningar

Anders Sandberg från tankesmedjan Eudoxa medverkar i en antologi skriven av ledande skandinaviska forskare kring bioteknikens påverkan på människans framtid. Vi måste med teknikens hjälp förbättra våra hjärnor för att kunna klara informationssamhällets krav. Museum Tusculanums Forlag i Köpenhamn publicerar...

Posted by Waldemar at 10:47 AM

Det menneskelige eksperiment

Museum Tusculanums Forlag publicerar antologiboken Det menneskelige eksperiment. Om menneskesyn og moderne bioteknologi, som redigerats av Kasper Lippert- Rasmussen och Gert Balling. I Det menneskelige eksperiment bidrar ledande skandinaviska forskare till en mer nyanserad syn på de faktiska möjligheter och...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:38 AM

July 09, 2006

The next step in brain evolution

Anders Sandberg is interviewed by Richard Woods in the article The next step in brain evolution in The Sunday Times of July 9th....

Posted by Waldemar at 11:38 AM

June 08, 2006

Anders Sandberg på TV

I Sveriges Television Kunskapskanalen sänds torsdagen den 8 juni klockan 22.30- 23.00 vetenskapsserien "Jorden- kropp, kraft och kemi". Avsnittet handlar om hjärnan och Anders Sandberg medverkar. I dag vet man på molekylnivå hur det går till när minnen lagras. Man...

Posted by Waldemar at 11:00 PM

May 31, 2006

The right to medically enhance oneself

In his The Pulse article The Right to the highest attainable standard of Physical and Mental Health of May 31st, Anders Sandberg reports back from the Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights conference at Stanford University Law School....

Posted by Waldemar at 02:55 PM

Anders Sandberg spoke at Stanford University

Between May 26-28 the conference Human Enhancement Technologies and Human Rights was held at the Stanford University Law School. Anders Sandberg participated as a speaker in a session on Cognitive Enhancement, Identity and Privacy on Sunday May 28th, presenting a...

Posted by Waldemar at 01:48 PM

April 13, 2006

Transcipt from pharmacogenomics seminar

On Febraury 22nd Anders Sandberg debated pharmacogenomics with Robby Berloznik at the Amigo Society in Brussels. A transcript of the speeches and the following debate is now available as a PDF-file from the The Stockholm Network....

Posted by Waldemar at 06:00 PM

March 15, 2006

The Challenges for Life Extension and Enhancement

In his The Pulse article Tomorrow's People Today of March 15th, Anders Sandberg examines the future of human enhancement and life extension through his precence at the James Martin World Forum 2006....

Posted by Waldemar at 06:30 PM

February 17, 2006

Recension av Citizen Cyborg

Waldemar Ingdahl recenserar i tidskriften Arena 1/2006 James Hughes bok Citizen Cyborg i artikeln "Frihet, jämlikhet, teknologi". När den amerikanske bioetikern James Hughes, studerade i Japan jämförde han landets syn på abort och hjärndöd med USA:s. Abort var ingen skillnad...

Posted by Waldemar at 01:17 PM

February 08, 2006

Biotechnology and the promise of tailor-made medicines

The Amigo Society organizes a speech by the Eudoxa think tank's science director Anders Sandberg at Hotel Amigo, Rue de l' Amigo 1-3, in Brussels on Wednesday February 22nd between 19.00-20.30 o'clock. The life sciences have ushered in a veritable...

Posted by Waldemar at 04:55 PM

January 27, 2006

Neurological diversity

In his The Pulse article Brussels Meets the Minds of January 25th, Anders Sandberg examines the results of a citizen’s panel of the "Meeting of Minds" project. It delivered its final report on brain science to the European Parliament on...

Posted by Waldemar at 01:42 PM

December 13, 2005

Eudoxa på radio

Anders Sandberg intervjuas i kulturprogrammet Flipper på Sveriges Radio P3 om jaget och hur det fungerar i hjärnan, den fria viljan och vilka neurologiska förbättringar tekniken kan erbjuda. Programmet sänds första gången lördagen den 17 december kl. 18.03-20.00, med repris...

Posted by Waldemar at 12:16 PM

November 16, 2005

The new pharmacology

On the 10th of November Anders Sandberg spoke at the Centre for the New Europe Health Luncheon in Brussels. A transcript of his speech The new pharmacology: are tailor-made drugs changing health care is now available as a pdf-file. In...

Posted by Waldemar at 10:22 AM

November 03, 2005

Mänskligheten som kung Markatta

År 2002 utkom boken Homo sapiens 2.0- når teknologien kryber ind under huden på danska. I boken medverkade Anders Sandberg, där han skrev om vilka effekter som nya tekniker kommer att ha för mänskligheten. Då boken är slut på förlaget...

Posted by Waldemar at 04:20 PM

October 31, 2005

Homo sapiens 2.0 slut på förlag

Boken Homo sapiens 2.0- når teknologien kryber ind under huden (redaktör Gert Balling, 2002) är slut hos Gads Forlag. Förlaget rekommenderar att boken kan fortfarande köpas hos antikvariat.net...

Posted by Waldemar at 03:55 PM

October 09, 2005

Framtidens trender och tekniska utvecklingar

Anders Sandberg höll den 7 oktober ett tal om vilka samhällstrender och tekniska utvecklingar som kommer att påverka oss mest i framtiden för Handelshögskolan i Stockholm Executive Education....

Posted by Waldemar at 11:23 AM

October 05, 2005

Bioetik på Stureakademin

Waldemar Ingdahl och Anders Sandberg kommer att föreläsa på Stureakademin den 22 oktober. De kommer där att ge en liberal syn gen- och bioteknikdebattens historia, på de politiska frågor som väcks av ny kunskap om genomet, kroppen och hjärnan. Vad...

Posted by Waldemar at 05:49 PM

September 29, 2005

Mechanisms of ageing

Anders Sandberg has together with João Pedro de Magalhães, of Harvard Medical School, written the paper Cognitive aging as an extension of brain development: A model linking learning, brain plasticity, and neurodegeneration in the October issue of Mechanisms of Ageing...

Posted by Waldemar at 10:43 AM

September 10, 2005

Rapport om framtidens medicinska teknik

Tekniken befriar kroppen- framtidens medicinska teknik, patienterna och sjukvården är en ny rapport från Health Consumer Powerhouse. Rapporten är skriven av Anders Sandberg, Alexander Sanchez och Waldemar Ingdahl. Ladda ner rapporten som pdf-fil här>>> "Tekniken befriar kroppen" undersöker de kommande...

Posted by Waldemar at 02:35 AM

New report on the future of medicine

"Tekniken befriar kroppen- framtidens medicinska teknik, patienterna och sjukvården" (Technology liberates the body- the future's medical technology, the patients and health care) is a new report published by Health Consumer Powerhouse. Written by Eudoxa's Anders Sandberg, Alexander Sanchez and Waldemar...

Posted by Waldemar at 02:33 AM

August 15, 2005

Curing neurogenerative diseases?

Lene Johansen reports on how Dr. Jeffrey Milbrandt identified a protein that delays the breakdown of axons, the part of the brain cell that broadcasts nerve impulses to other neurons. Axonal degeneration is related to diseases such as Alzheimer's, amyotrophic...

Posted by Waldemar at 08:25 AM

March 14, 2005

Expertseminarium om framtidens sjukvård

Anders Sandberg talade på expertseminariet "Vilka värderingar och drivkrafter formar framtidens sjukvård?" anordnat av Health Consumer Powerhouse den 14 mars. Sandberg talade om vilka grundläggande tekniska förändringar som sjukvården står inför och hur de påverkar vårdkonsumentens ställning samt förändrar sjukvårdens...

Posted by Waldemar at 11:48 PM

March 10, 2005

The neuroethics debate is a step forward

By Anders Sandberg People are starting to realize how profoundly neuroscience matters to many areas, and that things are happening at a fast pace. If one considers the enormous influence by Freud on the 20th century (for good and worse)...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:35 PM

March 09, 2005

The Bad Habit of Addictification

By Anders Sandberg Today I attended the release of the Eudoxa Report: Fair Play och moralpaniken by Rasmus Fleischer, a report dealing with the issues of moral panic, gaming, internet addiction and how NGOs work to become part of the...

Posted by Waldemar at 10:04 PM

March 05, 2005

Hjärnans betydelse

I Göteborgs Tidningen den 2 mars finns artikeln "Här får du veta hur du blir lycklig" av Ingrid Norrman. Där intervjuas Anders Sandberg om hjärnforskningen och dess betydelse för samhället....

Posted by Waldemar at 05:12 PM

December 30, 2004

Att läsa en kod ingen förstår

Av Anders Sandberg Att ge blinda synen tillbaka och låta rullstolsbundna styra sina rullstolar med tankens hjälp börjar bli allt mer möjligt. Ny teknik låter forskare läsa av hjärnans signaler och använda dem för att styra robotarmar och proteser. Men...

Posted by Waldemar at 05:51 AM

November 15, 2004

The horror of Alzheimer's disease

In her The Columbia Missourian article Facing Alzheimer's of November 14th, Lene Johansen tells us about one man's struggle with Alzheimer's and what can be done to alleviate it....

Posted by Waldemar at 05:09 AM

November 10, 2004

Will cognitive enhancer drugs become the next battlefield?

By Anders Sandberg Off-label prescription of cognitive enhancer drugs. This might very well be the next big medical policy battlefield. On one hand, off-label prescriptions enable exploration, customization to patient needs and new treatment for disorders. On the other hand...

Posted by Waldemar at 06:10 PM

October 24, 2004

After the convergence

Anders Sandberg spoke on October 22nd, at the PSCIs Biocomputing Workshop in Stockholm. Sandberg's topic was "After the convergence: info/bio/nano/cogno-technology, medicine and society" where he explained the present research vision of the merger of the aforementioned general technologies into something...

Posted by Waldemar at 05:00 PM

September 30, 2004

Converging technologies

In his The Pulse article Promethean Technological Foresight of September 30th Anders Sandberg tells about a conference he visited in Brussels....

Posted by Waldemar at 02:13 PM

September 16, 2004

Anders Sandberg in Brussels

Anders Sandberg was invited to attend the European Commission's conference Converging Technologies for a Diverse Europe in Brussels between September 14th and 15th....

Posted by Waldemar at 03:00 PM

September 02, 2004

Framtidens teknik och samhället

Anders Sandberg höll den 2 september ett tal om vilka fält som utgör framtidens forskningsfront och hur dessas applikationer kan påverka samhället för Handelshögskolan i Stockholm Executive Education....

Posted by Waldemar at 01:56 PM

August 09, 2004

The future of humanity at Toronto University

On August 7th the conference TransVision 2004 was held at The University of Toronto, Canada. Organizers were The World Transhumanist Association and The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology. Anders Sandberg was invited as one of the speakers, and held...

Posted by Waldemar at 12:57 PM

July 16, 2004

Neurocognitive enhancement

In his The Pulse article Getting Drugs and Debates Right of July 16th, Anders Sandberg writes about a debate that has not started yet in Europe. The debate about enhancing medicine....

Posted by Waldemar at 09:51 AM

July 01, 2004

The beginning of the neuroethics debate

In his The Pulse article Neuroethics Top Gainer on Ethics Market of July 1st, Anders Sandberg tells about the new buzzword, neuroethics -ethics applied to the new knowledge and choices gained from neuropsychology....

Posted by Waldemar at 01:14 AM

February 05, 2004

Fetman är individuell- inte folkets

Anders Sandberg skriver i artikeln Fetman är individuell- inte folkets i Svensk Tidskrift nummer 1, att fetmaepidemin kan inte botas med paternalism och minskad valfrihet för individen. Tvärtom är fetman och kampen mot den i högsta grad individuell, det handlar...

Posted by Waldemar at 07:31 PM

October 30, 2003

The health care of the future

The Eudoxa think tank was invited to the conference "Markets and solidarity-building the European healthcare of tomorrow" organized by The Stockholm Network, the Institute for Public Policy Research and Timbro Health. The conference was held in Stockholm on October 29th....

Posted by Waldemar at 04:34 PM

July 11, 2003

The progress of neuroscience

In his Tech Central Station Europe article The Decade of the Mind of July 11th, Waldemar Ingdahl tells how medical technology can replace the therapeutic state....

Posted by Waldemar at 12:00 PM