By their very nature, scholarship and research aren't static endeavors; moreso in a such a complex field as the study of emergent technologies and their ethical and societal impacts. Debate, polemics, even a certain degree of conflict, are the sure mark of a field alive with pressing questions.
It's then with great pleasure that the Journal of Evolution and Technology presents this summary of a very recent controversy between George Mason University's Robin Hanson and our very own editor James J. Hughes (although it soon extended to other people) on the economy, ethics and law of a society where uploading becomes possible.
