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'We are smart enough to realize that we are stupid, and stupid enough to make the problem of becoming smarter hard.'

Anders Sandberg is radical futurist determined to surpass the limitations of the human form. Going above and beyond his visionary research as a senior fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford, he is a self-described 'academic jack of all trades', co-founder of and writer for the think tank Eudoxa, and chaired the Swedish Transhumanist Association for 4 years.

'He might just be the most interesting academic at Oxford' - Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris.

'We are smart enough to realize that we are stupid, and stupid enough to make the problem of becoming smarter hard.'

Anders Sandberg is radical futurist determined to surpass the limitations of the human form. Going above and beyond his visionary research as a senior fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford, he is a self-described 'academic jack of all trades', co-founder of and writer for the think tank Eudoxa, and chaired the Swedish Transhumanist Association for 4 years.

'He might just be the most interesting academic at Oxford' - Robert Wiblin and Keiran Harris.

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