~ Early Web Links ~

A comprehensive link directory curating hundreds of transhumanist thinkers, organizations, manifestos, and online resources updated through 2025. Maintained by dave@hedweb.com, it serves as a who's-who of the transhumanist movement, connecting visitors to figures like Aubrey de Grey, Eliezer Yudkowsky, and Ben Goertzel alongside major institutions like the Future of Humanity Institute and Cryonics Institute.

A personal site where the creator shares opinions and perspectives on subjects that may be controversial or unconventional, inviting visitors to approach with an open mind. The programming-style intro ('int Main (void) {}') gives it a distinctive nerdy flair, hinting at a tech-savvy author with something to say.

47nil is a minimalist personal blog centered on stoic philosophy, solitude, simplicity, and intentional living, with years of short reflective essays and meditations on silence, discipline, and self-improvement. The writing spans topics like plaintext productivity, quietude, and rejecting excess, making it a compelling destination for anyone drawn to austere, no-nonsense life philosophy.

The New Banner Institute is a Columbia, South Carolina organization founded in 1968 dedicated to philosophic inquiry spanning metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, economics, and cognitive science, drawing on Objectivist and Aristotelian traditions. Visitors can explore working papers, seminar materials, a bibliography of publications, and information about the affiliated College of Early Learning, a Montessori school studying how children develop consciousness.

Red Sails hosts politically engaged essays examining how mainstream media and pop culture suppress radical ideas, with 'The Swerve' by Nia Frome analyzing how stories like Game of Thrones and The Hunger Games systematically undercut their own revolutionary logic. The site publishes multilingual leftist theory and criticism, drawing connections between liberal philosophy, free speech doctrine, and the limits of pop culture radicalism.

Caspar Oesterheld's blog explores the intersections of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and effective altruism, with deep dives into decision theory, cooperative AI, and game-theoretic concepts like the Iterated Prisoner's Dilemma. Posts are technically rigorous and research-oriented, making it a compelling read for anyone interested in AI alignment, rational agency, and the philosophical underpinnings of multi-agent systems.

Judith Donath is a researcher and author at MIT whose work explores how communication technologies reshape identity, trust, and social behavior online. Her page highlights her book 'The Social Machine' (MIT Press, 2014) and ongoing research into honesty, deception, and the ethics of interface design.

A portal dedicated to the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, centered on their concept of the rhizome and works like Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus. Part of the blebNet web community, it collects links to D+G resources, related nodes, and online texts for theorists and philosophy enthusiasts.

Jim Nielsen's blog explores the philosophy of personal blogging through the lens of Neil Postman's 'Amusing Ourselves to Death,' reflecting on how the medium of an indie blog carries its own intrinsic message about individuality and independence. This single post is a thoughtful meditation on McLuhan's 'the medium is the message' and what it means to own and control your own corner of the web.

The Street Philosophers Society of Hong Kong runs this bilingual portal dedicated to exploring philosophy and music, with sections covering Chinese and Western philosophy, philosophical links, music theory, and an open forum for discussion. Built as a cultural bridge for Chinese readers curious about Western thought, the site also features blogs, a wiki, a marketplace for books and instruments, and a commentary section called Open Society focused on Hong Kong and world affairs.