Редактирование: Transhumanism in popular culture

[[File:Future_Burns.png|thumb|right|[[The Simpsons|Mr Burns]] - transhumanist?]]
Transhumanist ideas are ''slowly'' making their way into popular culture beyond their staples of [[science fiction]] [[Film and TV|film and TV]] and various [[music|music videos]]:
== Mentions ==
=== 1990's ===
* 1990: L.A. Law - "Rollins old law school girlfriend, asks him to represent her suing the state for her constitutional right to be frozen alive for she has an inoperable brain tumor."<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0624130/</ref>
* 1996: The Simpsons in 'The Day the Violence Died'<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Violence_Died</ref> references the urban legend<ref>[https://www.biography.com/news/walt-disney-frozen-after-death-myth Disney on Ice: Walt's Frosty Afterlife?]</ref> that Walt Disney's head was [[cryonics|cryonically]] frozen after his death
* 1997: In "[https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/The_Springfield_Files The Springfield Files]" it turns out sightings of aliens were in fact Mr Burns having undergone his weekly regime therapies to "cheat death for another week". Burns is also portrayed as a cyborg in a non-cannon episode.
* 1999: Ross from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends Friends] references [[Vernor Vinge]]'s [[The Coming Technological Singularity]]<ref>http://friends.wikia.com/wiki/The_One_Where_Phoebe_Runs</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPcpPAqcbhE ross humans machines ]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RdXt0XQ8CQ Friends -- Interfacing]</ref>
=== 2000's ===
* 2004 - UK surrealist comedy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Boosh The Mighty Boosh] briefly explored the implications of [[cryonics]] (incorrectly described as 'cryogenics' in '[https://mightyboosh.fandom.com/wiki/Mutants Mutants]'.<ref>https://mightyboosh.fandom.com/wiki/Mutants</ref><ref>-This week - immortality.

Can a man live on after his own death? I'd like to think that I will be remembered years after my death. / -What for? / -For the things I say and do. / -For the things you say?! / -Mm. / -Like, "Have you seen my blue trousers?" "Can I have a crisp?" / -There are things I do that you know nothing about. / -What things? / -Once a month, one euro goes out of my account and straight into a charity. Direct debit! / -That's how you'll be remembered? / -Yes. / -For euro generosity(!) / -Among other things. / -I don't need to be remembered cos I'll be in the future. / -How?
-Are you aware of cryogenics? / -I've heard people say it. / -Well, I'm having my head frozen and then I'll put in a jar. 12,000 years from now, they'll revivify me and I'll be The Head In The Jar. / They'll wheel me out at ceremonies, consult me like an oracle. / -Why don't you get your whole body frozen? / -That's not the way it works in the future. / - It's just heads, floating about, consulting each other. / -Really? I'll get my hair frozen. Then future generations can get it out and see what's possible. / https://subsaga.com/bbc/comedy/the-mighty-boosh/series-1/2-mutants.html</ref>
* 2006 -2010 - That Mitchell and Webb sound was concerted that our immortal uploaded eternity might only feature existence inside a "giant pig machine"<ref>https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/ThatMitchellAndWebbLook</ref>

=== 2010's ===
* 2010: Sheldon Cooper from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory The Big Bang Theory] makes multiple references to [[life extension|living until]] [[Singularity|the singularity]] such as:
** His short-live used of a [[Ray Kurzweil|Kurzweil-eque]] telepresence device<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bIoeBpSeU4 The Big Bang Theory - Sheldon as a Robot]</ref><ref>http://bigbangtheory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Cruciferous_Vegetable_Amplification</ref> 
** In 'The Solder Excursion Diversion' Sheldon expresses his interest in [[Singularity|the singularity]] and desire to [[mind uploading|to upload his mind]] into a computer.<ref>https://bigbangtheory.fandom.com/wiki/The_Solder_Excursion_Diversion</ref>
<blockquote>I've been such a, a vocal champion of the singularity. But how can I leave my body behind and become one with the Internet when I've never even thrown a toothbrush away?<ref>https://the-big-bang-theory.com/quotes/episode/919/The-Solder-Excursion-Diversion/</ref></blockquote>
* 2010: British comedy series [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00thb2p That Mitchell and Webb Look] features a sketch lamenting the availability of life extension for the next generation<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt6nwvGJiN8 Mitchell and Webb - Immortal Kids]</ref>
* 2010: British comedy series 'The IT Crowd' features IT uber-geek Moss being jealous when his unpredictable boss gets a [[bionic hand]] sooner than him. "Don't worry, Jen, you'll get your wish, just as I one day, I'll get my robot hand."<ref>https://www.springfieldspringfield.co.uk/view_episode_scripts.php?tv-show=the-it-crowd&episode=s04e03</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1676559/</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ibSaHM_LbM IT Crowd Robot Hand]</ref>
* 2010: Buddy-cop parody 'The Other Guys' abruptly stops to ask "Computers! What if, one day, they were in charge?"<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7HP2vSBHqk what if... one day...(the other guys)]</ref>
* 2011: Mystery series 'Castle' episode '[http://castle.wikia.com/wiki/Head_Case Head Case]' features a murder of a [[cryonics]] patient<ref>http://chronopause.com/chronopause.com/index.php/2011/10/06/cryonics-%E2%80%9Ccastle%E2%80%9D/index.html</ref> The episode was described by [[Mike Darwin]] as "the best cryonics-themed TV programming I’ve ever seen"
* 2015: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_None Master of None] S01E04 has a throw away line about [[The Singularity]]<ref>https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/f7e74744-a99b-42b9-8e80-1e571f252b98</ref>
* 2015-2017: [[Silicon Valley (series)|Silicon Valley]] is full of references, unsurprising considering it's set in [[Silicon Valley]]
** A human [[cyborg]]<ref>https://youtu.be/E3kP2A80KIw?t=72</ref>
** A cyborg and possibly [[uplift]]ed monkey<ref>https://www.ted.com/talks/miguel_nicolelis_a_monkey_that_controls_a_robot_with_its_thoughts_no_really?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=technology</ref>
** [[Parabiosis]] and fringe [[life extension]] ideas<ref>[https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/22/15676696/hbo-silicon-valley-recap-season-4-episode-5-the-blood-boy HBO’s Silicon Valley perfectly skewers the industry’s lust to live forever]</ref>
** [[Cryonics]] - The resting place of Peter Gregory's brain<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6245462/</ref>
** Gilfoye is concerned for [[Roko's basilisk]], a [[Ben Goertzel]]-looking character buils a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(robot) Sophia]-like robot in episode 'Artificial Emotional Intelligence'<ref>http://silicon-valley.wikia.com/wiki/Artificial_Emotional_Intelligence</ref>
* 2017: An episode of Canadian TV series [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Mysteries Murdoch Mysteries] features a youth elexir called "Pendrimine", with "The promise of eternal youth in just one dose."<ref>http://murdochmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/From_Murdoch_to_Eternity</ref>
* 2017: House of Cards "Chapter 60"<ref>http://house-of-cards.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_60</ref> has [[Larry Page]]-a-like demonstrate an emerging product for [[digital immortality]], of which protagonist Frank Underwood ridicules preferring a future [[Deathism|dead in the dirt]]. It's revealed energy giant Raymond Tusk is signed up for [[cryonics]].

== See also ==
* [[Cryonics in popular culture]]
* [[Film and TV]]
* [[List of YouTube channels and podcasts]]

== References ==
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