U.S. Transhumanist Party

2 days ago

This presentation by U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, originally prepared for the Biohackers Assemble conference on December 5, 2020, focuses on the successful effort by the U.S. Transhumanist Party and Nevada Transhumanist Party to achieve amendments to Nevada Assembly Bill 226 in May 2019. The sponsor of Assembly Bill 226 had sought for the bill to prohibit even voluntary microchip implants, but a determined effort spreadheaded by transhumanists prevented this from occurring.

Watch this presentation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zzT2VEUZaE

References

Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum – May 15, 2019 - transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/27/cyborg-transhumanist-forum-video/

Testimony of Anastasia Synn at the Senate Judiciary Committee – April 26, 2019 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXGessk5c24

Become a member of the USTP for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/

#USTranshumanistParty #TranshumanistPolitics #NFC #RFID #MorphologicalFreedom #cyborg #Nevada #biohackers ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

7 days ago

On January 9, 2021, John Kerecz, U.S. Transhumanist Party Director of Energy Issues, interviewed U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II regarding the aftermath of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election and the potential future of American politics. Also discussed were recent projects and Constitutional reforms within the U.S. Transhumanist Party.

Watch this interview on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouFpQx2zB_0

This interview was originally published on John Kerecz’s OSH Radio channel.

U.S. Transhumanist Party Constitutional Reforms, adopted effective January 1, 2021: transhumanist-party.org/2021/01/02/ustp-constitutional-reform-vote-2-results/

Article by Gennady Stolyarov II – “Reject the Deadly Precautionary Principle: Approve All COVID-19 Vaccines Immediately!” – transhumanist-party.org/2020/12/15/reject-precautionary-principle/

Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/

#USTranshumanistParty #2020election #transhumanism #USTP #futurepolitics #OSHradio ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

2 weeks ago

We are LIVE with transhumanist philosopher and founder of Extropianism, Max More, Ph.D. !!

Please ask your questions in the YouTube chat starting with "Q:" or "QUESTION:"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6HfjhzjQlY&ab_channel=G.StolyarovII ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

2 weeks ago

Join us today, on Sunday, January 10, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, for a philosophical Virtual Enlightenment Salon from one of the foundational thinkers of the transhumanist movement, Dr. Max More. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6HfjhzjQlY

We will discuss his writings on transhumanism and extropianism, personal identity and the preconditions for its continuity, cryonics and whether it would preserve the continuity of the self. ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

3 weeks ago

Our friend and biomedical researcher Victor Bjoerk – of Victor Run 2020 fame – has published his annual New Year’s Message. In welcoming 2021, he focuses on what has gone well for him personally as well as areas where humankind is going to need to overcome challenges in order to successfully implement the reversal of biological aging.

He reminds us that “A lot of things in history have also been grotesquely mismanaged and squandered because of predictable human error, not because of the intrinsic difficulty of the science itself. There are a lot of golden nuggets laying around the labs in the world right now, and lots of resources and techniques are at our fingertips, but how will they be combined and implemented into an individual in order to cure them from aging? And how will this cocktail of interventions that forms the ultimate cure of aging be implemented across the world just like the efforts currently underway with the COVID vaccine?”

“A lot of setbacks are reversible and temporary, such as a lack of money and success or whatever people feel this year has caused them; aging is profoundly more serious.”

Read his full message on the U.S. Transhumanist Party website here: transhumanist-party.org/2021/01/03/2021-new-years-message/

The work of people like Victor Bjoerk exemplifies what the U.S. Transhumanist Party seeks to promote throughout the world. Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/ ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

3 weeks ago

The results of the U.S. Transhumanist Party Constitutional Reform Vote #2 have been published here:
transhumanist-party.org/2021/01/02/ustp-constitutional-reform-vote-2-results/

Detailed results of the voting have been tabulated here: transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/USTP_Constitutional_Reform_Vote_2_Results.pdf

Nearly all of the proposed new provisions received a majority of support from the voting members. The members also determined that the Chairman would have the discretion to call an election for the office of Chairman at any time with two months of advance notice, without any member threshold needing to be reached to trigger that decision. Furthermore, regarding the name for activities that would disqualify a potential candidate pursuant to Article VII, Section I, Subsection (v), after 10 rounds of instant runoffs, the term “highly unacceptable” emerged as the one most favored by the members. The majority members did not believe that a previous criminal history of vandalism should automatically disqualify a potential candidate. Accordingly, any future candidates with a history of vandalism will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and in consideration of the other eligibility criteria adopted by the USTP members. The remainder of the proposed candidate eligibility criteria were adopted by majority votes of the USTP members.

The U.S. Transhumanist Party Constitution has been amended with the newly adopted provisions effective immediately at transhumanist-party.org/constitution/

We understand that not all members supported all of the proposed reforms, and especially for the candidate eligibility criteria, the wording is intended to provide a great degree of flexibility and common sense with regard to how the criteria are applied in practice. The primary purpose of the eligibility criteria is to bar in advance those individuals who are likely to create a hostile environment by means of their unfavorable personality traits and antisocial behaviors. All other potential candidates, from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and esthetics – as long as they can be considered broadly transhumanist – would continue to be welcome to seek the members’ endorsement.

The U.S. Transhumanist Party would also like to request those of its members who did not support exclusionary criteria pertaining to property crimes or vandalism to state their specific reservations. We are open to further clarification of these matters via subsequent member votes.

For example: Mere civil offenses should probably not constitute an absolute exclusion for a candidate; only criminal offenses would fall under this prohibition.

Furthermore, if the person made full restitution to the victim for a crime against property, and the victim accepted this, should this cease to be an absolute bar to an endorsement? That is another question that can be considered in a further vote.

Also, mere technical violations - e.g., trespassing on government property or sitting on a lawn during a peaceful demonstration - would not count as crimes against property. The qualifier that the crime against property would need to be a “violent crime” would mean that the exclusion would not apply to those who might have been fined for a technical infraction with no actual victim(s). In the prohibition against property crimes, the USTP was specifically aiming this to exclude candidates who might have trashed houses or storefronts because they are lashing out, not those who may have damaged something incidentally or unintentionally. Thus, the intent of the person who may have committed a previous crime could be another matter that would be clarified in a subsequent vote.

Regarding the vandalism issue, we also ask members who voted against this criterion to state their reservations. For example, would an exemption from the definition of vandalism for the creation of public art (Banksy et al.) address their concerns? Again, the prohibition would have applied to people who intentionally trash property, not those who, for whatever reason, act out of artistic or (fairly benign, in their views) self-expression motives. Indeed, for most of the criteria, the basic purpose is to ferret out underlying personality traits that would lead to antisocial behavior within the USTP if the person were endorsed as a candidate. So we are not aiming to exclude those who would decorate an abandoned building (even if still owned by someone) somewhere; we are aiming to exclude those who would smash things with baseball bats (just to use an example).

Thank you to all members who participated in the voting, no matter how you voted. We value each of your perspectives and believe that robust discussions such as these are an important part of the USTP’s open and transparent deliberative processes, which have certainly taken place on these issues via the USTP Reform Summit and the public comments on the reform proposals. These issues will, of course, continue to be discussed as we apply the reforms in practice over time. ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

4 weeks ago

Message from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, of the U.S. Transhumanist Party:

Greetings, Members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party.

I would like to remind each of you to cast your ballot on the pending U.S. Transhumanist Party Constitutional Reforms. To the 46 of you who have voted already; thank you. Your votes have all been received and counted.

Everyone else, please check your e-mails for a link to cast your vote, and contact me if you did not receive one.

Because the submission form is limited in the text it can accommodate, the full text of the official ballot options is listed on a separate page here: transhumanist-party.org/2020/12/23/constitutional-vote-2-ballot-options/

I would again urge a “Yes” vote on all of the proposed “Yes”/”No” questions and especially to select all 35 candidate eligibility criteria in Question XII. These reforms were extensively deliberated upon by the Officers, Advisors, and most active members of the USTP. I truly think that the “silent majority” of our members would consider these reforms to be a matter of common sense and basic good governance. The key is to get them – most likely including you! – to turn out and vote!

It has come to my attention that some may be applying criteria to the candidate-selection process that might instead more appropriately be applied to the civil liberties of ordinary citizens under the law. However, being endorsed as a candidate is not a matter of right, but a privilege that should be earned through exemplary conduct. Keeping persons who exhibit poor judgment, bad character, or ulterior motives from running as candidates is a matter of basic prudence and essential to the survival of the organization. There should be a much higher bar to being a prominent representative of a transhumanist organization than there would be to simply being an ordinary citizen in a free society. To those who wish to err on the side of respecting individual freedoms – I completely agree with you as a matter of government policy and ethics – but it is also the right of every private organization to exclude from it a small number of individuals who act criminally, disreputably, or intentionally to sabotage the organization. That is what these reforms are about. Had these reforms been in effect during the 2019 primary, a lot of the divisive behaviors that a small number of troublemakers engaged in at that time could have been decisively averted.

I therefore urge a vote in favor of the proposed reforms so that the USTP can establish the requisite safeguards and reliably base its processes around them. Please vote and encourage your friends and associates who are also USTP members to vote! ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

1 month ago

Composed to commemorate the end of the most difficult year in recent history, USTP Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II’s new End of 2020 Solo March, Op. 90, conveys both the struggle and turbulence of the year left behind and the aspiration toward a brighter future. The piece is one of contrast and duality; it does not always move in the direction of brightness, since as the pandemic has taught us, there can be both incremental improvements and (sometimes sudden and dramatic) setbacks. Nor does the piece end definitively in a major or minor key; it ends in the key of C, but which C? The outcome of the battle between progress (potentially exponential progress) and ruin (potentially catastrophic ruin) is up to us humans to determine in 2021 and far beyond. And yet this composition also uses the principles of harmony to convey its moods, because it is through such a structured approach that humans ultimately rescue meaning out of the chaos and have a chance to restore order to a turbulent world.

Because 2020 was a year during which solitude became the default and the norm, this piece is written for solo piano, which also suggests that the conflict between progress and ruin is one that is experienced and participated in by each individual uniquely on that individual's terms. Humankind is not really marching forward together and is perhaps more divided than ever; rather, the efforts and choices of each individual are what ultimately chart the trajectory of the long arc of history. Also, this march is one that can actually be played by an individual human!

The End of 2020 Solo March is one of the last few occasions to use the USTP's 2020 logo. We aspire toward a brighter future, and our esthetic in 2021 will reflect this! Meanwhile, thanks to Art Ramon Garcia, our Director of Visual Art, for this great design!

Hear the End of 2020 Solo March on YouTube here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIlmqLwb644

This march was composed during December 21-24, 2020, and is played using the MuseScore 3.0 software.

Download the MP3 file of this composition at rationalargumentator.com/music_stolyarov/Stolyarov_End_of_2020_March_Op_90.mp3

See the index of Mr. Stolyarov’s compositions, all available for free download, at rationalargumentator.com/music_stolyarov.html ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

1 month ago

Members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party have been e-mailed their ballots for our Constitutional Reform Vote #2. Official ballot options can be viewed here: transhumanist-party.org/2020/12/23/constitutional-vote-2-ballot-options/

A total of 15 questions are currently under consideration. The 7-day electronic voting period will occur until 12:01 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time on December 30, 2020.

These important reform provisions to the U.S. Transhumanist Party Constitution were developed as a result of the ideas discussed at the USTP Reform Summit of November 28-29, 2020.

The purpose of these reforms is to keep troublemakers out of positions of prominence (Officer or candidate roles), establish eligibility criteria for Officers and candidates, improve internal USTP governance, revise obsolete information, and authorize the formation of a non-political affiliate organization or organizations in the future to enable a broader reach in different venues.

If you are a member of the USTP, please vote and encourage other USTP members to vote! Contact us if you did not receive the e-mail with your link to vote or if you are having any technical issues casting your ballot. We encourage member participation in this USTP vote as in all others. ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

1 month ago

We are LIVE!! ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

1 month ago

Tomorrow, USTP officers will be participating in this special discussion forum. Set a reminder so you don't miss the livestream! ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

1 month ago

Reject the Deadly Precautionary Principle: Approve All COVID-19 Vaccines Immediately!

It should be a mild relief that vaccination efforts against COVID-19 are finally beginning in the United States, but they are beginning eleven months too late, while the pandemic surrounds us and most of us must wait months longer to receive vaccinations. Over 300,000 Americans have already died *needlessly and preventably* from COVID-19; hundreds of thousands more are likely to die in the coming months, even though the exact same vaccine from Moderna that is even today still undergoing Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review already existed in its current form by January 13, 2020.

A Transhumanist administration would have enabled the vast majority of these lives to be saved. Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II outlines how it could have been done: transhumanist-party.org/2020/12/15/reject-precautionary-principle/.

In this new essay Chairman Stolyarov makes the case for rejecting the Precautionary Principle and ending all requirements for testing vaccines before they are allowed to be distributed – and instead to test them in parallel with making them available to willing consumers.

How much senseless loss of life needs to occur before we recognize that our institutions, based on the Precautionary Principle, are wantonly negligent in allowing our fellow humans to die and are still withholding life-saving solutions from them? It is time to reject the Precautionary Principle once and for all and to institute the truly humane policy of allowing all rationally capable individuals to assess the risks and benefits of emerging medical treatments for themselves. This would not only save colossal numbers of lives in the immediate term, but also greatly accelerate medical discovery and technological progress – since innovators would be able to obtain data rapidly and iterate upon their approaches. The arrival of cures for cancer, dementia, diabetes, and biological aging itself will depend on how free medical innovators are to offer their treatments and how free patients are to accept them. Extensive and expensive pre-distribution review processes kill many more people than they save. End them now!

If you agree with the Proactionary Principle as a superior alternative to the Precautionary Principle, then join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/ ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

2 months ago

The United States Transhumanist Party (USTP) announces its upcoming second Constitutional reform vote in response to the ideas provided during the USTP Reform Summit of November 28-29, 2020.

These proposed Constitutional reforms are crucial in the judgment of the USTP Officers for preventing troublemakers from infiltrating the organization, ensuring more robust governance, and updating some obsolete information. Also, an enabling provision is included for the creation of a potential future apolitical affiliate of the USTP, which is likely to be called the Transhuman Club.

A vote will be scheduled on some or all of the proposed reforms once they have been exposed for at least 15 days. For each item, a 7-day voting period is expected to be opened at the earliest on Wednesday, December 23, 2020.

Please go here to view the proposals and leave your comments:
transhumanist-party.org/2020/12/08/ustp-constitution-exposure-2/

(A user’s first comment will be moderated to prevent spambots, but afterward the user should be able to post comments freely.)

After the exposure period, a 7-day electronic voting period will occur. Instructions for electronic voting will be sent to members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party via e-mail at that time. All individuals who are members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party as of the end of the exposure period and who have expressed agreement with its three Core Ideals will be eligible to vote thereafter. You can still vote if you become a member during the exposure period, so please apply here if you are interested: transhumanist-party.org/membership/ ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

2 months ago

Message from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, United States Transhumanist Party:

The fourth year of my Chairmanship of the U.S. Transhumanist Party has been a test of leadership unlike any I expected to face. Working to advance a small but determined transpartisan organization during a deadly global pandemic and a time of unprecedented (for the modern era) political division and toxicity is not an undertaking for the faint of heart. Indeed, the worst is still not behind us, despite science and technology again coming to the rescue with the rapid development of safe, effective vaccines for COVID-19 in a timeframe unmatched in all of human history by its rapidity. This is clearly an achievement for contemporary biomedical research, and it illustrates again the aspects of human endeavor that will hopefully extricate ourselves from humankind’s dire crisis within a few months’ time. Other aspects of this crisis – the immense and utterly counterproductive societal rifts that it has created, the economic and psychological strain it has imposed upon people, the material disruptions to our civilization that will take heroic efforts to mend – may be longer-lasting. The tension of these influences has made crafting this Chairman’s Message my most difficult effort by far compared to prior years – as it was necessary to both acknowledge the dire predicament that humankind is currently mired in, and to outline possible ways out through our direct actions. However, I hope that this message, which I began to write on November 17, 2020, the actual four-year anniversary of my selection as USTP Chairman, will clearly outline the various dimensions of my thinking regarding the present situation and future prospects.

Read my Chairman’s Fourth Anniversary Message here: transhumanist-party.org/2020/11/26/ustp-chairman-4th-anniversary/

If you liked what you read, join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/ ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

2 months ago

Listen to the new life-extensionist composition by Sequi, entitled Hymnus Aeternum. It is brief but inspiring!

Watch it on YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_jcsk3kOIo – or listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/3X4qGTjCu3ooIdaL2ZXPaL

LYRICS:

Dear souls and hearts,
Defy the jaws of death!
Transcend your own boundaries today!

At long last, soar above the clouds of earth!
Don’t let despair drive you away!
For life in all of its splendor;
From now on we never will stray!

This quest shall last forever,
To save our consciousness with no delay!

***

Find Sequi on YouTube at www.youtube.com/channel/UCR8z3Nf_7Rr-UcZQL81BhVg ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

2 months ago

In this article, our ally Steve Hill of the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) explains why the attitude of Joe Biden’s new advisor on COVID-19 strategy, Ezekiel Emanuel, is supremely counterproductive. Emanuel infamously wrote in 2014 that he hopes to die at age 75. Given that COVID-19 is a disease whose toll is greatly amplified by biological aging, Emanuel’s statements render him uniquely ill-suited to remedy the ravages of the ongoing pandemic. Moreover, his pessimism toward what life is like at age 75 is no longer justified, in light of emerging medical advances that could enable rejuvenation and biological youthfulness for those who are in late middle age today. Perhaps, if he sees these advances become a reality in the not-too-distant future, Emanuel might change his mind regarding the desirability of longer lifespans.

The U.S. Transhumanist Party is proud to feature Steve Hill’s article on our website at
transhumanist-party.org/2020/11/17/alive-at-75/

Excerpts: “Needless to say, I strongly disagree with this baffling point of view and am somewhat concerned that someone who thinks this way of his own life, and presumably the lives of others, may be appointed to a position of influence for a disease whose primary risk group is the elderly. This seems almost as foolhardy as spending a vacation weekend in a caravan with Hannibal Lecter.”

“Rejuvenation biotechnology is advanced medical technology that directly addresses any of the various aging processes in order to restore tissue and organ function to a more youthful state, thereby ameliorating, delaying, or preventing age-related diseases. Let’s take a brief look at some of the promising near-future research that could bear fruit by the time Emanuel reaches 75 and perhaps change his mind.”

Support the effort to live much longer at *any* age. Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/ ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

3 months ago

You can now watch the November 2 World Talent Economy Forum interview with Charlie Kam, Liz Parrish, and Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II on my Chairman Stolyarov's YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykjr71Rt1eI.

Our ally in Malaysia, Sharif Uddin Ahmed Rana of the World Talent Economy Forum, did excellent work to set up the discussion to glimpse into a beautiful parallel universe where the world decides to pursue unity and progress over division and stagnation.

Whatever the outcome of this election, let us hope that steps toward de-escalation of tensions and progress for the entire human species are on the horizon. This change of course is essential to move humanity into the Transhuman Era.

Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/ ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

3 months ago

Our ally in Malaysia, Sharif Uddin Ahmed Rana of the World Talent Economy Forum, gave a great interview to Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II and our U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential Ticket – Charlie Kam and Liz Parrish. This is what political discussions should be like, and we were heartened to conclude this interview on a message of unity and hope for massive progress in the years ahead, despite the turbulence of our times.

You can watch this interview on the World Talent Economy Forum YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDDYWdx5J9w

At 12:02 within the interview, Sharif attempts to show this video of Liz Parrish’s prior remarks from our Virtual Enlightenment Salon of September 6, 2020: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlZfg9UPuEU

After watching that video, resume watching the interview on the World Talent Economy Forum channel at 15:43 - youtu.be/VDDYWdx5J9w?t=943 – for the remained of the approximately 100-minute conversation that highlights how transhumanist politics stands apart from the political mainstream and what many of our organization’s future directions will be. ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

3 months ago

The U.S. Transhumanist Party has thoroughly analyzed all 12 of the ballot propositions currently before California voters in the 2020 General Election.

Read our analysis and recommendations here: transhumanist-party.org/2020/11/02/ustp-ca-2020-propositions/

The USTP recommends that California residents vote as follows on these ballot propositions:

California Proposition 14 – Stem Cell Research Institute Bond Initiative: SUPPORT

California Proposition 15 – Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Government Funding Initiative: OPPOSE

California Proposition 16 – Repeal Proposition 209 Affirmative Action Amendment: OPPOSE

California Proposition 17 – Voting Rights Restoration for Persons on Parole Amendment: SUPPORT

California Proposition 18 – Primary Voting for 17-Year-Olds Amendment: SUPPORT

California Proposition 19 – Property Tax Transfers, Exemptions, and Revenue for Wildfire Agencies and Counties Amendment: NEUTRAL – Vote your conscience.

California Proposition 20 – Criminal Sentencing, Parole, and DNA Collection Initiative: OPPOSE

California Proposition 21 – Local Rent Control Initiative: OPPOSE

California Proposition 22 – App-Based Drivers as Contractors and Labor Policies Initiative: SUPPORT

California Proposition 23 – Dialysis Clinic Requirements Initiative: OPPOSE

California Proposition 24 – Consumer Personal Information Law and Agency Initiative: NEUTRAL – Vote your conscience.

California Proposition 25 – Replace Cash Bail with Risk Assessments Referendum: SUPPORT ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

3 months ago

The United States Transhumanist Party and Nevada Transhumanist Party offer the following brief statements of position on the ballot questions currently before Nevada voters in the 2020 General Election.

Summary
- Nevada State Question 1 – Removal of Constitutional Status of Board of Regents: Neutral
- Nevada State Question 2 – Marriage Regardless of Gender Amendment: Support
- Nevada State Question 3 – State Board of Pardons Commissioners Amendment: Support
- Nevada State Question 4 – State Constitutional Rights of Voters Amendment: Oppose
- Nevada State Question 6 – Renewable Energy Standards Initiative: Oppose

Read the details of the reasoning behind each position here: transhumanist-party.org/2020/10/19/ntp-positions-2020-ballot-questions/ ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

3 months ago

Join us today, Sunday, October 18, 2020, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, for a fascinating Virtual Enlightenment Salon on cryobiology and cryonics.

Today the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Rudi Hoffman, CFP, CLU, ChFC, who specializes in cryonics life insurance and financial planning, Matthew Bryce Deutsch, a cryonics advocate, as well as another eminent mystery guest, to discuss the science of cryobiology, as well as both the philosophical and practical aspects of cryonics.

Watch this Virtual Enlightenment Salon on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHqEPQ_Opt4. Members of the public will be able to post comments in the live chat during the event.

Some of the conversation will focus on responding to the comments made in the previous September 27, 2020, USTP Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Kenneth Hayworth and Robert McIntyre. ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

4 months ago

On October 4, 2020, at the virtual RAADfest 2020, U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II presented regarding some of the most notable initiatives of the USTP in 2020, including the Kam-Parrish 2020 campaign, where and how to write our candidates in, the USTP Virtual Enlightenment Salons, and why voting Transhumanist makes sense in this election.

Watch Chairman Stolyarov’s presentation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU0z4PEFizU

Find out more about where and how to write in Charlie Kam for President of the United States: transhumanist-party.org/2020/10/01/write-in-charlie-kam/

Find out more about the Kam-Parrish 2020 campaign: transhumanist-party.org/

Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/

View the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salons at www.youtube.com/user/GStolyarovII/videos

Become a Foreign Ambassador for the U.S. Transhumanist Party: goo.gl/forms/430kp31F0D6VmXFc2

Visit the RAADfest website: raadfest.com

Visit the Coalition for Radical Life Extension / Project Tipping Point website: www.rlecoalition.com/

#KamParrish2020 #USTranshumanistParty #USTP #TranshumanistParty #WriteInCharlieKam ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

4 months ago

Do you want to support U.S. Transhumanist Party candidates Charlie Kam for President and Elizabeth (Liz) Parrish for Vice-President of the United States? In 41 states and the District of Columbia, you have the option to write them in!

Where to write in Charlie Kam and how? This post offers guidance and a color-coded map of variations in desired approaches by state.

transhumanist-party.org/2020/10/01/write-in-charlie-kam/

Make sure to let us know that you wrote them in by e-mailing us at ustranshumanistparty@protonmail.com. Not all states tabulate write-in votes, but we will! The U.S. Transhumanist Party will publish aggregated, anonymous totals of votes for our Kam-Parrish 2020 ticket by state! Be a part of the message we seek to send to establishment politicians that science and technology can no longer be ignored in policymaking, and that the incivility and divisiveness of the duopoly is no longer palatable to many!

#WriteInCharlieKam #KamParrish2020 #TranshumanistParty #USTranshumanistParty #USTP ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

4 months ago

Message from U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II: I had an excellent interview with Johnny Boston, who recently released the inspiring and thought-provoking “2030: The Film”. Johnny is supplementing the philosophical and technological conversations in the movie with an extended series called “2030: Beyond the Film”, and I was honored to be one of the representatives of the transhumanist movement featured in this series. I speak about the central vision and goals of transhumanism and answer challenging and important questions from Johnny about how transhumanism can overcome the many disincentives to progress that exist in our time and reach a broader segment of the population. We also discuss potential issues with how certain technologies have been implemented – for instance, in the situations of various social-media platforms – and what kinds of decisions and approaches could lead to superior, more rational results.

You can watch our interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di_YMsDW8uU

If you are interested in more conversations of this caliber, join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside - transhumanist-party.org/membership/ - as we hold regular Virtual Enlightenment Salons and feature other interviews where this kind of rational discourse is prized. ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

5 months ago

The United States Transhumanist Party encourages all of its members to participate in the E-Governance Referendum designed by the California Transhumanist Party.

While this is not an official USTP Platform vote, it is an interesting experiment in the processing of the free-form input of multiple human respondents by a mediated artificial superintelligence (mASI) called Uplift.

Please read the post below describing the E-Governance Referendum, linking to the pages where you can submit responses, and also providing USTP Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II's answers to reflect one possible set of responses consistent with the USTP Platform and to provoke your own thinking and independent responses.

transhumanist-party.org/2020/09/10/ctp-egovernance-referendum/

Become a member of the USTP for free, no matter where you reside:
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U.S. Transhumanist Party

5 months ago

Watch the first joint interview of Charlie Kam and Liz Parrish after the announcement of the Kam-Parrish 2020 U.S. Presidential campaign ticket with the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Dr. Sharif Uddin Ahmed Rana of the World Talent Economy Forum focused the discussion on the influence of transhumanist politics in the United States and the broader implications for forging ties with the international community.

The Kam-Parrish 2020 ticket represents a new, longer-range approach toward politics – focused on life-extension advocacy, scientific reasoning, education, and uplifting the quality of life of as many people as possible by helping them to realize the tremendous meaning and potential that science, technology, and material progress have made available all around them. Watch and be empowered to live your best life and elevate others!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCAoO0yjqMo

Find out more about the Kam-Parrish 2020 ticket at transhumanist-party.org/

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U.S. Transhumanist Party

5 months ago

U.S. Transhumanist Party Condemns Unjustified Shootings and Crowd Violence in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C., Calls for Unity for a Brighter Future

Please read the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s recent statement on the tragic events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., and other American cities. The statement features calls for unity from five of the USTP’s leaders, including Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, Secretary Pavel Ilin, Vice-Presidential Candidate Liz Parrish, Director of Sentient Rights Advocacy Tom Ross, and Director of Visual Art – Art Ramon Garcia, Jr.

transhumanist-party.org/2020/08/29/ustp-calls-for-brighter-future/

Excerpt: “August 29, 2020 – The United States Transhumanist Party (USTP) expressed alarm at the troubling and saddening events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which began with the tragic and unjustified shooting on August 23 by police of Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man, multiple times in the back. Violence was escalated in subsequent days by looters who robbed and destroyed numerous peaceful businesses, and also by a lone individual who killed two protesters. During the night of August 27, 2020, while returning from the Republican National Convention in Washington, D.C., Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, a long-time advocate critic of police shootings and advocate of police reform, was violently assaulted along with his wife, by a crowd of about 100 protesters who threatened his life and attempted to push through the police who were escorting him and to violently lunge at him.

“Opposition to racism and other circumstantial discrimination, as well as the unequivocal condemnation of violence resulting from such attitudes, has been a cornerstone of the USTP Platform since its inception. […] The USTP has also long stood against police brutality and excessive use of force. […] At the same time, the USTP emphasized that more violence is never the answer to the problem of unjustified violence.” ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

5 months ago

August 21, 2020 – Charlie Kam, the candidate for President of the United States endorsed by the United States Transhumanist Party (USTP), has announced his selection of Elizabeth (Liz) Parrish as his Vice-Presidential running mate.

Remarking on his selection, Charlie Kam stated, “Elizabeth (Liz) is the embodiment of what it means to be a Transhumanist. She is the Founder and CEO of BioViva, a company committed to extending healthy lifespans using cell technologies. Liz is a humanitarian, entrepreneur, innovator, podcaster, and a leading voice for genetic cures. As a strong proponent of progress and education for the advancement of regenerative medicine modalities, she serves as a motivational speaker to the public at large for the life sciences. She is actively involved in international educational media outreach. Along with all of that, Liz is a good friend whom I’ve known for years, and I look forward to campaigning together to promote the ideas and values of the USTP!”

Commenting on her new role as the Vice-Presidential candidate endorsed by the USTP, Liz Parrish stated, “I believe now is the right time in human history to further the transhumanist mission. Our planet, our species, and the survival of all other species are in our hands now. People are tired of division and divisiveness. Humans must convene, start a new conversation, and work toward bettering our condition and that of our planet through the transhumanist mission.”

Read the official USTP announcement here: transhumanist-party.org/2020/08/22/liz-parrish-vp/.

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U.S. Transhumanist Party

6 months ago

C. H. Antony, Vice-Secretary of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, writes:

“We Transhumanists are the gray area in between the madness that is the two- party system in America. We unfortunately inhabit the very system we were warned about in our earliest days as a country. We offer rational and compassionate alternatives to the systems Americans have been repeatedly manipulated into accepting. Where other parties seek to polarize the citizenry, we seek to unite it with scientific and technological solutions to the issues that have us at each other’s throats. With respect to urgency, I will only illustrate existing or easily obtainable technologies here. […]”

“We at the USTP believe that human suffering must end, but moreover, it can end if we begin actively applying the advancements we have right now. This isn’t some far-flung future fiction we’d all like to see someday; indeed, “someday” for much of this was ten years ago. So while we are out there advocating for rights and justice, let’s begin to embrace the tools that can ensure the equal application and universally competent execution of these goals.”

transhumanist-party.org/2020/07/03/transhumanism-gray-area/

Find out about some of these near-term-implementable technological solutions by reading Mr. Antony’s article.

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U.S. Transhumanist Party

6 months ago

What are some straightforward, near-term design improvements that can be implemented in urban areas to combat the spread of COVID-19 and future infectious diseases? U.S. Transhumanist Party Secretary Pavel Ilin explores various possibilities in his recent article.

transhumanist-party.org/2020/07/03/near-term-improvements-cities/

Secretary Ilin observes that “To implement all these preventive measures, we don’t have to invent anything and completely rebuild cities’ infrastructure. All technologies are there; we just need to use them rationally and be willing to invest some time and effort into implementation.”

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U.S. Transhumanist Party

7 months ago

Update from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party: I am pleased to have been featured in a British tabloid publication – yes, a tabloid publication where the article happens to be 100% factually accurate and to share important messages from the transhumanist political realm.

James Bickerton, writing for the Daily Express in the UK, covers Charlie Kam’s 2020 U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential campaign in this article: www.express.co.uk/news/world/1305932/US-Presidential-election-Donald-Trump-transhumanist-ageing-d....

Yes, the presentation style is sensational, but every statement in the article is entirely true. It correctly relays comments from both Charlie Kam and myself and exposes the public to the immensely important scientific and technological possibilities for radical life extension within our lifetimes.

Even better, there are two thoughtful interviews that James Bickerton posted on his YouTube channel with both Charlie and myself – great dialogues both.

Watch James Bickerton’s interview with Charlie Kam: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j_AfYAIGVg

Watch James Bickerton’s interview with me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2wASZQjguU

We live in interesting times when tabloids can bring genuine, well-researched journalism, while “mainstream” publications engage in propaganda more often than not. But there is hope for the future if articles like this one from the Daily Express become more frequent phenomena. ...

U.S. Transhumanist Party

7 months ago

Charlie Kam, the 2020 U.S. Presidential nominee endorsed by the U.S. Transhumanist Party, provided these remarks to the London Futurists on June 20, 2020, at a panel discussion entitled “Politics for Greater Liberty: Transhumanist Perspectives”, moderated by David Wood.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMcajcw9Fjo

The full recording of that panel is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=08rckXs8oBU. This is a compilation of highlights from Mr. Kam’s comments, including his discussion of his background and interest in transhumanism, as well as the areas of emphasis of his campaign, including a focus on education, life extension, and innovative policy solutions such as universal basic income.

Find out more about Charlie Kam at transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/

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U.S. Transhumanist Party

7 months ago

This Saturday at 7pm BST / 2pm EST our presidential candidate Charlie Kam will be speaking alongside 3 other distinguished panelists - Jose Cordeiro, Natasha Vita-More, and Prof. Jay Friedenberg - at an online event hosted by the London Futurists &. David Wood

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U.S. Transhumanist Party

7 months ago

June 11, 2020 – The United States Transhumanist Party (USTP) is pleased to announce a major internal reorganization undertaken in the interests of advancing the transhumanist movement, improving internal efficiencies, leveraging Officer skill sets, and bringing our internal conversations and outreach to the public in closer alignment with the USTP Values and Platform.

Find out the details of the reorganization in the USTP’s press release at
transhumanist-party.org/2020/06/12/ustp-reorganization/

Highlights:
• Charlie Kam has been endorsed as the USTP’s 2020 Presidential Candidate and promoted to USTP Director of Marketing.
• Arin Vahanian has been promoted to USTP Vice-Chairman.
• (Art Ramon) Garcia, Jr., has been newly appointed as USTP Director of Visual Art.
• Tom Ross has assumed the new position of Director of Sentient Rights Advocacy.
• John J. Kerecz has assumed the new position of Director of Energy Issues.
• B.J. Murphy has assumed the new position of Director of Foreign Relations.
• Recent Foreign Ambassador appointments: Christian Meniw in Argentina and Henry Hoyos in Bolivia.
• Daniel Yeluashvili has joined the USTP Officer team as the new Director of Longevity Outreach.
• A six-person USTP Social-Media Team was formed, consisting of USTP Officers Arin Vahanian, Brent Reitze, Tom Ross, Dan Elton, David Shumaker, and Daniel Yeluashvili. ...