The ancient Egyptians believed that a person's death indicated their departure to the next world. The soul would leave the body, if only for a short time. Death was a temporary interruption of living, and soon the soul would reunite with the body. This is why preservation or "mummification" were so central to the burial [...]

  “This place is a message...and part of a system of messages...pay attention to it! Sending this message was important to us. We considered ourselves to be a powerful culture. This place is not a place of honor...no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here...nothing valued is here.” -from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New [...]

“I am a 21st Century person who was accidentally launched in the 20th. I have a deep nostalgia for the future.” -FM-2030 FM-2030 was born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary in 1930. He is often credited as a foundational transhumanist. Broadly, transhumanism is a range of cultural, ideological, and political approaches to thinking about the future of [...]