Dr. Bruce Damer, The Origin and Evolution of Life and the Future of Conscious Tech

Dr. Bruce Damer of UC Santa Cruz/Biota Institute takes us on a journey from the newest research on the chemical engine that might lie behind the origin and evolution of life on Earth through to the evolution of human vision. The apex predator of our Prosimian ancestors, the tree snake, gave us the acuity to see in 3D and grok pixels on screens. That snake co-evolved us and coils around our civilization today as tech and media, extracting power from us through fear and anxiety but also forcing us into accelerated conscious evolution. The tools of TransTech embed a serpentine power to heal, evolve and vision intimately into the body and mind and are a fulcrum upon which the future of Humanity turns. Dr. Bruce concludes with some design principles to accelerate the evolution of TransTech and a tale of the "Shulgin Chip" technology of the near mid-century.