Seeking Perfection

1. Seeking Perfection: An Overview
#msf2010 | 2010.10.26
PROFESSOR ANDY MIAH, PHD | @andymiah

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7. HUMAN
ENHANCEMENT
CONTESTED
VALUE ACCEPTED
VALUE
TRANSHUMAN b)
i) flight
ii)
Teleportation
TRANSHUMAN a)
super height
life-span
intelligence
memor
y drugs
health-span
PGD (non-disease)
cosmetic surgery
leg lengthening
innoculations
flouridization
of water
ritalin

8. I’m a
cyborg,
but
that’s
ok

9. Stelarc: Evolution

10. Enhancement as function

11. Genetic selection
Image from GATTACA courtesy of the director

12. Genetic
Selection for
Perfect Pitch?
Photo: Kris Krug @kk

14. disabilityability

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17. AESTHETIC
Inteventions
Image courtesy of Pipilotti Rist

20. Stelarc Extra Ear, Ear on Arm

21. TRANSGENIC
alterations
Image by Eduardo Kac

22. Brandon Ballengee, DFA 19, Io
Scanner Photograph of Cleared and
Stained Multi-limbed Pacific Tree frog
from Aptos, California in Scientific
Collaboration with Dr. Stanley K.
Sessions. MALAMP titles in
collaboration with the poet KuyDelair.

23. HUMAN
ENHANCEMENT
CONTESTED
VALUE ACCEPTED
VALUE
TRANSHUMAN b)
i) flight
ii)
Teleportation
TRANSHUMAN a)
super height
life-span
intelligence
memor
y drugs
health-span
PGD (non-disease)
cosmetic surgery
leg lengthening
innoculations
flouridization
of water
ritalin

24. ACCUMULATION OF
CAPITAL
BIOCULTURAL

25. From chance
to choice