There is an article in the April 20th issue of the New Yorker titled "The Immortality Upgrade." It involves a group called the Mormon Transhumanist Association "who believe that the development and dissemination of advanced technologies-cryogenics, bionics, artificial intelligence<http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/doomsday-invention-artificial-intelligence-nick-bostrom>, and so on-will raise humanity to the heights of power and immortality that [Joseph]Smith envisioned." Basically the article explains the group seems to see parallels between futuristic visions of technological change and some of Joseph Smith's prophecies.
Is anyone on the list studying or writing about this group or its belief system? Does anyone know anyone who is doing so? (The Law Review at Davis is organizing a symposium and this connection between technological change and religious belief might be relevant to one of its panels.) Alan Brownstein
_______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
