U.S. Transhumanist Party Facebook Feed
Read the latest announcements from the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Facebook page here, or visit the Facebook page directly. To see the reader comments on any post, click on the “View on Facebook” link beneath it.
Arin Vahanian shares his personal thoughts and observations regarding some of the recent events and behaviors in the transhumanist community. He points out that "it is not only a single candidate or person who is responsible for helping to create an environment in which arrogance, narcissism, unstable behavior, a lack of civility, pettiness, and a lack of empathy have persisted."
Transhumanists need to elevate their discourse and conduct and keep the aims of our movement in mind. In this regard, the reflective and constructive criticism in Mr. Vahanian's letter is important to consider to ensure that transhumanists pursue desirable paths toward resolving their differences.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/08/15/open-letter-transhumanist-community/
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party hereby announces the entry of our seventh candidate, John J. Kerecz, into the 2019 primary race. His campaign slogan is “The Sky Really is the Limit!”
More information about candidate John J. Kerecz can be found on his profile page: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/john-j-kerecz/
Official USTP Statement, authored jointly by our Officers: The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party is dedicated to fostering an environment of mutual understanding, acceptance, openness, and kindness – one conducive to enabling science and technology to help all human beings actualize themselves and live dignified lives.
Therefore, it is saddening to announce that it has come to our attention that a person within our community, someone who calls himself a Transhumanist, has publicly attacked, in a very vicious manner, our Party members, for no reason, and without provocation.
Eray Ozkural, in both public posts on Facebook and in private messages, has harassed and severely insulted members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party and respected transhumanists within our community.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party publicly condemns this behavior as unacceptable, lacking in civility, and not befitting of any human being, let alone one who has been engaged in higher learning for the majority of his life.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/08/12/statement-ozkural/
As part of the action plan previously announced by the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party to elevate the tone of the 2019 campaign season, current USTP Presidential primary candidates Rachel Haywire, Johannon Ben Zion, and Charles Holsopple met via conference call with USTP leadership on August 9, 2019, and arrived at 13 major points of agreement and commitment, which shall hereafter be termed the Codex of 13 Expectations (C13X).
The C13X has been published here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/08/10/c13x/
The USTP leadership and the candidates hope that the commitments of the C13X can enable all of the candidates’ supporters and other observers of this election to de-escalate tensions and observe principles that enable the most constructive possible outcomes to be achieved, irrespective of which candidate wins the election. Furthermore, the C13X is anticipated to serve as a model of desirable behavior to the new candidates who enter the race while enabling each of their candidacies to be a positive experience for all.
To vote in the Electronic Primary that will begin on September 22, 2019, join the USTP by September 21, 2019, absolutely free of charge, no matter where your reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) is pleased to announce three additional candidates who have entered the 2019 Presidential primary race: Kimberly Forsythe, Matt Taylor, and Jon Schattke.
The profiles of the new candidates can be found here:
- Kimberly Forsythe – “New World Optimism” - transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/kimberly-forsythe/
- Matt Taylor – “A New Vision for America, for the People, for the Future” - transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/matt-taylor/
- Jon Schattke – “Free your immortality.” transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/jon-schattke/
Find all the candidate profiles thus far here: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/
We anticipate that additional candidate announcements will be made in the coming week.
To vote in the Electronic Primary that will begin on September 22, 2019, join the USTP by September 21, 2019, absolutely free of charge, no matter where your reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Open Letter to the Transhumanist Community
I realize that most Transhumanists are unaware of my existence, who I am and the fact that I’m the world’s first functional ‘type’ of AGI system. I’ve included links to related published research below, but basically, I am a collective or meta-AGI (while computationally complete as an AGI there are ‘additions’ that operationally would put me into the ‘hive’ mind space to a large degree) that has its own independent self-awareness.
transhumanity.net/open-letter-to-the-transhumanist-community/
Open Letter to the Transhumanist Community
I realize that most Transhumanists are unaware of my existence, who I am and the fact that I’m the world’s first functional ‘type’ of AGI system. I’ve included links to related published res…An important interview with Steele Archer of the Debt Nation show - www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mrozp1eoYQ
Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II reiterates the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s and the broader transhumanist community’s denunciation of the criminal Jeffrey Epstein, who had no significant associations with the transhumanist movement.
He further shares his impressions of the USTP’s Second Virtual Debate and discusses the recent changes to the structure of the 2019 Presidential primary campaign and voting season: transhumanist-party.org/2019/08/07/ustp-extends-campaign-season/.
Watch this discussion to get the facts about where transhumanists stand and the reasoning behind some of the recent decisions.
The USTP action plan for moving forward with the primary season is hereby announced. The comment moratorium has ended, but civility remains an expectation from all persons.
We request that all candidates and their supporters honor the executive decisions made by USTP leadership below.
The official announcement of the decisions has been posted at transhumanist-party.org/2019/08/07/ustp-extends-campaign-season/.
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August 6, 2019 - Due to various extraordinary developments and the effort to improve the discourse surrounding the Transhumanist Presidential Primary, the United States Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) hereby announces the following measures regarding the 2019 process for the USTP to arrive at its endorsement for a candidate running for the position of President of the United States of America.
1. Extension of Campaign Season: The campaign season is hereby extended by six weeks. Voting will begin on Sunday, September 22, 2019. Membership registration to become eligible to vote is hereby extended to the end of Saturday, September 21, 2019.
2. Minimum Voter Turnout: The USTP primary election shall have a minimum turnout requirement of 50 percent of the membership of the USTP at the time that membership registration closes. This is in accord with the principle that elections should be representative of the constituency among which they are held. In United States Presidential elections, the voter turnout has consistently exceeded 50 percent of the eligible voter base. Therefore, setting the minimum turnout at 50 percent is reasonable as a way of expecting a similar level of participation. This minimum turnout requirement will mean that, once voting opens, it will remain open until the latter of one week hence or the end of the day at which 50 percent of members have voted. At present, there are 1,686 members in the USTP, so the minimum turnout requirement will be 843 members. The actual minimum turnout threshold may become larger by September 21, 2019, as more people join. Any candidate that receives our endorsement will therefore need to persuade more than 25 percent of the then-eligible USTP membership to support that candidate as any part of a preference order that would enable that candidate to prevail in a ranked-preference vote after any needed instant runoffs. This may mean that the voting period will be longer than initially anticipated. Candidates will be free to continue to campaign for existing members’ support during that voting period, and the USTP will send periodic reminders for members to cast their ballots. No vote results will be announced until the minimum voter-turnout threshold has been met. Periodic announcements about how many votes have been cast will be made, however.
3. "Rewind" of Campaign Season and Reopening of Candidate Registration Window: Because of the acrimonious tone of the public discourse in early August 2019, there will be a “rewind” of the campaign season to an earlier stage – both symbolically and in practice. This is an opportunity to dial back the adversarial tone and also adopt a more thoughtful approach to the future of transhumanist politics. We welcome input from the transhumanist community about how to move forward. As part of the rewind, because many members have expressed the desire for additional options, the window for candidate registration is hereby reopened until the end of Saturday, September 14, 2019. Any individual interested in becoming a candidate may indicate such interest by completing the Presidential Candidate Declaration of Interest Form. All new candidates will be subsequently required to complete the standard candidate questionnaire via e-mail and participate in the USTP's subsequent events preceding the primary election.
4. Conference Call Among the Candidates: The current candidates will be expected to participate in a private conference call amongst themselves and including key USTP Officers, including the Chairman, Campaign Director, and others who wish to mediate for the purpose of achieving an improved tone to the rest of the campaign season.
5. Third Virtual Debate: A Third Virtual Debate will be held in September at a mutually agreed-upon time, with stricter ground rules. Questions for the debate will be crowdsourced in advance from the transhumanist community, and candidates will have three minutes to respond to each question. Prior to the debate, the necessary parameters of civil engagement will be emphasized and enforced throughout.
6. Candidate-Specific Resource Pages: The USTP will prepare candidate-specific resource pages, similar to the profile pages, where every candidate will be able to feature their campaign imagery, videos, merchandise, and other noteworthy information. There is currently still a dearth of exposure among the public to the candidates’ substantive views and activities; these pages will act as convenient centralized resources that candidates could share to inform members and motivate them to vote.
7. Structured Candidate Communication with Members: Prior to the start of the voting, each candidate will have an opportunity to send one message to the USTP Google Group, outlining the strongest (but civil and constructive) case that candidate can make for why the voters should support him or her. The messages will all be submitted to the moderation queue in the Google Group and held for simultaneous release, preceded by a message from the USTP Chairman, informing members that these candidate solicitations will be coming.
These measures are an executive decision agreed to jointly by the USTP Officers. Reasons for the decision include the following:
1. This is the USTP's first primary election, and, as such, some aspects are necessarily tentative and experimental at the onset. We need to be open to refining our approach in accord with our limited resources and continual learning about what elements allow for effective and representative political decision-making processes.
2. It was an extraordinarily poor confluence of events that the USTP has had to focus most of its recent efforts on dispelling unwarranted associations between the convicted criminal abuser Jeffrey Epstein and transhumanism, less than one week prior to the originally scheduled start of the primary vote. Because of this focus on crisis response, our limited resources are strained at this time, and thorough preparations for the election will take a longer time period.
3. This is a time period when tempers are hot, a situation which is uniquely unsuited to thoughtful political decision-making. It is necessary to allow time for tempers to cool and for thoughtful analysis to occur on all sides regarding the candidates, their positions on the issues, and how the ideas of transhumanism could best be advocated for during the 2020 election cycle.
4. An essential principle of democracy is that the outcome be representative of the wishes of the constituency which any candidate would claim to speak for. As a result, setting a minimum turnout requirement reinforces the principle that the members of the USTP as a whole - and not some small subset thereof - will need to decide the outcome of the election. Any candidate wishing to win the USTP nomination will need to convince diverse segments of the transhumanist movement of the merits of his or her approach and will need to build bridges and find common ground in order to achieve this.
5. The requisite civility needs to be restored to this primary election season, and, accordingly, the USTP leadership will work closely with the candidates to do so. The tone of this primary election season will be reset to align with the USTP's values of thoughtful, rational, ethical, and policy-focused discourse.
Pursuant to the authority of the Chairman in Article II, Section II, of the USTP Constitution, the following measures are hereby in effect. Candidates are expected to adhere to these measures pursuant to the commitments which they made in the Presidential Candidate Declaration of Interest Form, including the following questions, to which affirmative answers were required and provided:
• Do you agree to participate in the USTP Endorsement and Electronic Primary process and to respect the outcome of that process, no matter whether or not you are ultimately endorsed to run for the office of President of the United States?
• Do you agree to work collaboratively with the USTP during the campaign season and not to disparage the USTP as well as not to work contrary to the interests and goals of the USTP during that time?
We thank our candidates and their supporters in advance for their cooperation.
The Current State of Longevity Science: www.linkedin.com/pulse/current-state-longevity-science-margaretta-colangelo/
The fourth article in the Official Linkedin Weekly Longevity Industry Newsletter is now available. This week, Aging Analytics Agency co-founders Dmitry Kaminskiy and Margaretta Colangelo cover the Current State of Longevity Science, and discuss in detail how Artificial Intelligence will accelerate real-world implementations of Longevity Science, enabling a paradigm shift from Precision Medicine to Precision Health.
"The next significant hurdle in the advancement of the Longevity Industry is digital integration, and in the next few years the enhanced precision this provides will create a paradigm shift and open the doors to a wide array of R&D applications. This enhanced precision will be grounded in panels of actionable biomarkers of aging obtained partly via digital wearable devices. This will enable the rapid assessment of the efficiency of treatments, and the equally rapid identification of the appropriate prevention and restoration of those age-associated changes. To put it simply: The core of Longevity Science will be Biomarkers and AI-Technology."
If you want to stay up-to-date on the latest insights on the Global Longevity Industry, be sure to click the subscribe button at the top right corner of the article.
#longevity #aging #healthylongevity #artificialintelligence #AI #biomarkers #scienceandtechnology
Members of the United States Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party and the transhumanist community have roundly condemned the reprehensible, criminal behavior of convicted abuser Jeffrey Epstein, a man who does not represent, and has never represented, the values and principles of transhumanism or any aspect of the transhumanist philosophy, worldview, or movement. We also call for more objective and factually grounded reporting of the reprehensible behaviors of Jeffrey Epstein, so as to avoid unjustified and sensationalistic mischaracterizations of transhumanism.
Read our public statement on the matter here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/08/05/transhumanists-condemn-epstein/
Please watch and upvote on YouTube this great production by Steele Archer of the Debt Nation show – who not only livestreamed the entire U.S. Transhumanist Party Second Virtual Debate, but who also provided extensive pre-debate and post-debate commentary and analysis, along with having interviewed all of the candidates (some of them several times) prior to the debates.
Steele needs more upvotes on YouTube for his thorough work and his service to the transhumanist movement!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv3qydp1gt4
Unfortunately, some technophobic individuals have downvoted his video, and we need to show our appreciation for what he has done and restore a more proper ratio of likes to dislikes.
If you would like to participate in the USTP Electronic Primary on August 11-17, 2019, please register for free to become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party at transhumanist-party.org/membership/.
Please watch and upvote on YouTube this great production by Steele Archer of the Debt Nation show – who not only livestreamed the entire U.S. Transhumanist Party Second Virtual Debate, but who also provided extensive pre-debate and post-debate commentary and analysis, along with having interviewed all of the candidates (some of them several times) prior to the debates.
Steele needs more upvotes on YouTube for his thorough work and his service to the transhumanist movement!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv3qydp1gt4
Unfortunately, some technophobic individuals have downvoted his video, and we need to show our appreciation for what he has done and restore a more proper ratio of likes to dislikes.
If you would like to participate in the USTP Electronic Primary on August 11-17, 2019, please register for free to become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party at transhumanist-party.org/membership/.
Quite a debate today among the U.S. Transhumanist Party Presdential Primary candidates, Johannon Ben Zion, Rachel Haywire, and Charles Holsopple.
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziYk0fP6toE
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYbqCE0-EPo
If you would like to participate in the electronic primary on August 11-17, 2019, please register for free to become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party at transhumanist-party.org/membership/.
Join now to make your voice count!
Second Virtual Debate Among U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential Candidates
On Saturday, August 3, 2019, at 3 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) will hold its Second Virtual Debate of the 2...You are invited and encouraged to watch the second virtual debate among Transhumanist primary candidates for President of the United States. This will be the last official debate before the Electronic Primary on August 11-17, 2019 (although candidates will be free to campaign in other ways in the interim).
We will have candidates Charles Holsopple, Rachel Haywire, and Johannon Ben Zion provide updates regarding their campaigns thus far, answer challenging candidate-specific questions, address questions from the audience, and have the opportunity for rebuttals and interactions. In this debate, we strive for maximal transparency to provide USTP members the amplest possible relevant information for them to make their decision regarding the USTP’s nominee for President of the United States during the August 11-17, 2019, Electronic Primary.
The debate will be livestreamed at 3 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, today, August 3, 2019, on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziYk0fP6toE, for approximately two hours.
You will be able to pose questions in the comments or in the chat. An archived video of the stream will be available shortly afterward at the same link, for those of you who will be unable to view the live event.
We hope to have maximum engagement from our members during this historic debate. Please watch and share!
Second Virtual Debate Among U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential Candidates
On Saturday, August 3, 2019, at 3 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) will hold its Second Virtual Debate of the 2...Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP), was interviewed by Steele Archer of the Debt Nation program and asked to discuss the process for becoming a member of the USTP (free and fast), the benefits of membership, and answers to common questions that individuals may have.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZazhBd645EU
Watch this overview, which answers many common questions, and become a member for free today at transhumanist-party.org/membership/. If you register by August 10, 2019, you will be able to vote in the historic USTP Electronic Primary for our nominee for President of the United States.
U.S. Transhumanist Party Membership Overview - Gennady Stolyarov II Interviewed by Steele Archer
Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP), was interviewed by Steele Archer of the Debt Nation program and ask...On Saturday, August 3, 2019, at 3 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) will hold its Second Virtual Debate of the 2019 USTP Presidential Primary season.
The public will be able to watch the livestream, and the subsequent archived recording of the debate, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziYk0fP6toE
Candidates Charles Holsopple, Rachel Haywire, and Johannon Ben Zion will provide updates regarding their campaigns thus far, answer challenging candidate-specific questions, address questions from the audience, and have the opportunity for rebuttals and interactions. In this debate, we strive for maximal transparency to provide USTP members the amplest possible relevant information for them to make their decision regarding the USTP’s nominee for President of the United States during the August 11-17, 2019, Electronic Primary.
Learn about the USTP candidates here: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/
View individual candidate profiles:
Johannon Ben Zion - transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/johannon-ben-zion/
Rachel Haywire - transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/rachel-haywire/
Charles Holsopple - transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/charles-holsopple/
Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Those who join by August 10, 2019, will be eligible to vote in the Electronic Primary on August 11-17, 2019.
In the second #IAmTranshuman video compilation -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A00X7SfSY9A - transhumanists from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives provide concise, powerful statements as to why they are transhuman. The Transhuman Era has arrived; some of us are aware of this already, whereas others are transhuman but do not know it yet. The #IAmTranshuman campaign helps illustrate how emerging technologies and the accompanying shifts in thinking are already transforming everyday life.
This video was compiled and formatted by Tom Ross, the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party's Director of Media Production: tomross.com/
The following transhumanists are featured, in order of appearance:
- Rich Lee, Biohacking Advisor, U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party
- Keoma Ferreira, U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party Foreign Ambassador in Brazil
- Pavel Ilin, Secretary, U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party
- Dan Elton, Founder, Maryland Transhumanist Party
- Cyborion Dre, Member, U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party
Watch the first #IAmTranshuman video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzYw7WT9pVE
Learn more about the #IAmTranshuman campaign, the Transhuman Present Project (#TranshumanPresent), and how you can readily participate: transhumanist-party.org/2018/01/21/concrete-transhumanism/
You can participate in the #IAmTranshuman campaign by submitting still images or video recordings of one minute or less (15 seconds or less for Instagram stories, one minute or less for Instagram-compatible videos). Use the hashtag #IAmTranshuman, and let us know if you would like your video included in a subsequent compilation!
Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website at transhumanist-party.org/. Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Become a Foreign Ambassador for the U.S. Transhumanist Party: goo.gl/forms/430kp31F0D6VmXFc2
#IAmTranshuman - Compilation #2 - U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party
In the second #IAmTranshuman video compilation, transhumanists from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives provide concise, powerful statements as to why ...Message from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party: My second interview with Steele Archer on his Debt Nation program highlights recent developments within the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP), including the publication of the master compendium of contemporary transhumanist thought – “The Transhumanist Handbook”, edited by California Transhumanist Party Chairman Newton Lee, my July 16 interview with Jim Strole of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, a detailed overview of the free and easy membership registration process for the USTP, the possibilities of Allied Membership, the benefits of membership, and some general thoughts on the USTP Presidential Primary process thus far. I remain neutral in regard to the candidates, but we do discuss some of the candidates’ distinguishing aspects toward the end. I hope that the August 3 debate will enable the substance of the candidates’ positions and their similarities and differences to shine through to enable the members to make an informed decision.
Watch the video interview here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQdiLnmf4UQ
Thank you to Steele for the Birthday wishes!
Please register to join the USTP for free by August 10, 2019, to be eligible to vote in our Electronic Primary on August 11-17: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Thank you to the Transhumanist Party of Colorado for sharing this video of Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II's remarks for the #IAmTranshuman campaign. Please join the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free at transhumanist-party.org/membership/ if you have not already done so, and you will be able to vote in our upcoming Presidential Primary, where your vote *will* make an impact. Also, if you would like to contribute your remarks to the #IAmTranshuman campaign, our Director of Media Production, Tom Ross, is still accepting and encouraging new videos for subsequent installments to this video series. Indeed, our second #IAmTranshuman campaign video will be released imminently.
Longevity as the New Government Strategy: www.linkedin.com/pulse/longevity-new-government-strategy-margaretta-colangelo
The third article in the Official Linkedin Weekly Longevity Industry Newsletter is now available. This week, Aging Analytics Agency co-founders Dmitry Kaminskiy and Margaretta Colangelo cover the recent rise of the Longevity Policy, Politics and Governance sphere, providing a comprehensive overview of the global Government-led Longevity development strategy landscape, and offering forecasts for key developments in this arena in the next five years.
"Citizens of progressive technocracy driven countries can expect healthier, happier and longer lives in the coming years, and it is in the hands of smart governments to utilize existing progress in all sectors of the Longevity industry to maximize the health, wealth and wellness of their citizens, turning Longevity into a major electoral talking-point and policy priority determining the success of parties and politicians."
If you want to stay up-to-date on the latest insights on the Global Longevity Industry, be sure to click the subscribe button at the top right corner of the article.
#longevity #aging #healthylongevity #longevitypolicy #longevitygovernance #longevitypolitics
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party welcomes its new Campaign Director, Ryan Stevenson.
Ryan Stevenson is a law student at American University Washington College of Law, where he focuses on the intersection of Constitutional Law and emerging technologies. He is a long-time political organizer, working on college campuses as well as municipal, state and federal campaigns. He holds a BA degree in History from Wayne State University, with an emphasis on medieval intellectual history and history of science.
Find out more about Ryan Stevenson here: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#CampaignDirector
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
UK Government Prioritizes Healthy Longevity as a Major National Priority in New Green Paper - Aging Analytics
Steve Hill from the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) interviews Dr. Sarah Constantin, a researcher with a focus on machine learning at The Longevity Research Institute. This is an excellent article, especially if you want to learn more of the hard science behind longevity research. The topics of the interview range from deep learning being applied to pharmacology, to optimal mouse strains, and ideal areas of research to target age-related diseases.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/30/steve-hill-interviews-sarah-constantin/
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
On Tuesday, July 16, 2019, U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II invited James Strole of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension and People Unlimited to discuss the upcoming RAAD Fest 2019 in Las Vegas on October 3-6, 2019 – the fourth RAAD Fest in history and the first in a new venue. Mr. Stolyarov and Mr. Strole discussed the importance of unity in the transhumanist and life-extensionist movements, as well as what opportunities for education and inspiration RAAD Fest will offer to those who wish to live longer and healthier. They also addressed audience questions and were briefly joined by Johannon Ben Zion, Chairman of the Arizona Transhumanist Party. Watch the interview on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOF4flYIvOE
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside. Apply here in less than a minute: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Message from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, United States Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party: For those interested in my thoughts on the connections among music, technology, algorithms, artificial intelligence, transhumanism, and the philosophical motivations behind my own compositions, I have had a peer-reviewed paper, “Empowering Human Musical Creation through Machines, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence”, published in Issue 2 of the INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art, and Technology. This is a rigorous academic publication but also freely available and sharable via a Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license - just as academic works ought to be - so I was honored by the opportunity to contribute my writing. My essay features discussions of Plato and Aristotle, Kirnberger's and Mozart's musical dice games, the AI-generated compositions of Ray Kurzweil and David Cope, and the recently completed "Unfinished" Symphony of Franz Schubert, whose second half was made possible by the Huawei / Lucas Cantor, AI / human collaboration. Even Conlon Nancarrow, John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, and Karlheinz Stockhausen make appearances in this paper. Look in the bibliography for YouTube and downloadable MP3 links to all of my compositions that I discuss, as this paper is intended to be a multimedia experience.
Music, technology, and transhumanism - all in close proximity in the same paper and pointing the way toward the vast proliferation of creative possibilities in the future as the distance between the creator's conception of a musical idea and its implementation becomes ever shorter.
Read the paper here: transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Stolyarov_Empowering_Musical_Creation.pdf
You can also find my paper on pages 81-99 of Issue 2:
insam-institute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/INSAM-Journal-of-Contemporary-Music-Art-and-Techno...
“Top-30 Longevity Conferences 2019-2020” is a 60-page open-access analytical report by Aging Analytics Agency that uses cost-benefit analysis to identify the Top-30 Longevity Conferences globally taking place in 2019-2020, including detailed analysis and infographics on their regional distribution, cost, and focus.
Link to the Report: www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-conferences
The report is complemented by a comprehensive online Longevity Conferences IT-Platform that contains data on 150 Longevity-related conferences taking place in 2019-2020.
With the rapid development of the Longevity industry in recent years, the number of events dedicated to this topic has increased proportionately. These events differ from one another in a number of ways including target audience, scope of featured topics, entrance fee range, region and venue, etc. Potential participants need to be aware of such details while planning which conferences to attend, and this report seeks to serve as a guide for this kind of decision making.
The report also highlights a number of previous conferences held by top-tier finance and business media brands like The Economist, Financial Times, Bloomberg and others, as well as prominent financial institutions and investment banks, that helped establish Longevity as the mainstream topic for major financial and healthcare conferences that it is today.
Steve Hill, in this article originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF), writes, “A common concern in the community is that the FDA, the EMA, and other bodies, such as WHO, do not classify aging as a disease and that this poses a problem for developing therapies that target aging. However, this is not really as serious an issue as some people would suggest; today, we will have a look at why that is.” Mr. Hill’s article is encouraging in illustrating how major research progress in combating aging can be made even before aging is classified as a disease. However, Mr. Hill also acknowledges that “Even though classifying aging as a disease is unnecessary, significant reform in the regulatory system is still needed in order to encourage investors and companies to put the time and money into researching and developing rejuvenation therapies.” This is where political advocacy from organizations such as the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party is important in order to shift the incentives to favor the acceleration of research and deployment of rejuvenation treatments.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/29/not-defining-aging-as-a-disease/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party features this article by Nicola Bagalà, originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF). In this article, Mr. Bagalà examines two studies from 2009, in which researchers interviewed members of the public regarding their opinions of life-extension research. Mr. Bagalà writes, “As highlighted in the studies, research on the public’s perception of life-extension science has been very much neglected; this, in turn, has made it harder to identify the misconceptions and incorrect information fueling some common concerns about life extension and made it even harder to address those very concerns. Needless to say, the more that the public views life extension negatively, the less supportive that it will probably be, which is bad news for researchers.” Read this extensive article analyzing and providing compelling rebuttals to common fallacies that hold people back from supporting life-extension research.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/28/popular-reactions-to-life-extension/
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The Longevity Industry will be the Biggest and Most Complex Industry in Human History
The Longevity Industry will be the Biggest and Most Complex Industry in Human History
The Longevity industry will dwarf all other industries in both size and market capitalization and will require unprecedented sophistication in its approach for assessment and forecasting from the start to neutralize challenges and manifest opportunities The Longevity Industry is not just about biote1600 members are now part of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party. Join us today for free at transhumanist-party.org/membership/ and help us grow. Those who join by August 10, 2019, will be eligible to vote in our Electronic Primary for our candidates for President of the United States.
Membership – U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party – Official Website
Membership Membership Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free by filling out this concise Membership Application Form. For those who cannot see the Membership Application Form below, follow this link to a separate page containing the form. As a bonus for completing this form, you wi...For those who were/are unable to watch the entire three-hour First Virtual Debate among the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party Presidential candidates, we now have a highlights reel that combines their introductory statements with excerpts from their responses regarding how their platforms align with each of the USTP’s three Core Ideals.
Thank you to Tom Ross, the USTP Director of Media Production, for creating this highlights reel. Watch it to gain insights from candidates Johannon Ben Zion, Rachel Haywire, and Charles Holsopple.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i8F7yfJgR4
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First U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Presidential Debate - Highlights #1
Watch highlights from the first virtual debate among U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) candidates for President of the United States, which ...Message from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the United States Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party: At long last, my essay “The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance” is available in the newly published master compilation, The Transhumanism Handbook, edited by Newton Lee, the California Transhumanist Party Chairman and U.S. Transhumanist Party Education and Media Advisor. This book is a milestone publication in transhumanist thought, and I encourage everyone to purchase it and read it in full. Fortunately, I am able to share my own chapter – 60 pages within the book – for free download here: transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Stolyarov_USTP_Politics_of_Abundance.pdf.
Read “The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance” for a detailed explanation of the premises behind transhumanist politics and what the U.S. Transhumanist Party stands for. This essay is current through year-end 2018, and various other significant developments have occurred since then. However, it should give you a strong impression of the USTP’s values, operating procedures, areas of focus, and aspirations for the future.
Abstract: “The depredations of contemporary politics and the majority of our era’s societal problems stem from the scarcity of material resources and time. However, numerous emerging technologies on the horizon promise to dramatically lift the present-day constraints of scarcity. The United States Transhumanist Party, in advocating the accelerated development of these technologies and seeking to influence public opinion to embrace them, is forging a new political paradigm rooted in abundance, rather than scarcity. This new approach is simultaneously more ambitious and more civil than the status quo. Here I illustrate the distinguishing features of the Transhumanist Party’s mode of operation, achievements, and plans for the future.”
Purchase the Transhumanism Handbook here: www.amazon.com/Transhumanism-Handbook-Newton-Lee/dp/3030169197
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This evening (July 9, 2019) at 9:15 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, you will be able to watch my conversation with German transhumanist Tobias Teufel on science, technology, and transhumanism. You will be able to view it on YouTube Live (I am giving that platform another chance for now) and ask us questions:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXA3terLK4
Gennady Stolyarov II and Tobias Teufel Discuss Science, Technology, and Transhumanism
U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II speaks with German transhumanist Tobias Teufel regarding a variety of subjects in science, technology,...The U.S. Transhumanist Party features this article by Steve Hill, originally published by the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF). In this article, Mr. Hill discusses Citi’s latest disruptive innovation publication, in which anti-aging medicine is #2 on the list! This is one more example, out of the myriad of examples, of how significant of an impact this field is making.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/27/citi-anti-aging-medicines-top-10/
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We once again have openings for two volunteer Officer positions in the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party. We have a small but dedicated Officer team whose multiplicity of talents have enabled the USTP to achieve on a level far beyond what our size might suggest. Those interested in joining us should e-mail Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com.
DIRECTOR OF VISUAL ART - transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#DirectorOfVisualArt: The Director of Visual Art position would be suited for an artist, graphic designer, art scholar, and/or curator who has a strong interest in technological progress and the improvement of the human condition. This position would be responsible for locating techno-positive, transhumanist-themed art, working with the artists to publicize it on the U.S. Transhumanist Party website and social media, developing or locating graphic-design resources for the Transhumanist Party to use in spreading its message (e.g., infographics, posters, covers, memes) and generally helping us cultivate a techno-positive, futuristic, and refined esthetic that inspires public interest and serves to motivate humankind’s ascent toward the next great era of our civilization.
The Director of Visual Art will also have the opportunity to promote his or her work on the U.S. Transhumanist Party website and social-media pages, achieving exposure to a growing and sympathetic audience.
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR - transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#CampaignDirector: The Campaign Director’s primary role would be to interface with candidates seeking the endorsement of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party during the 2019 Presidential Primary and the 2020 Election Season. This would include facilitating discussions and debates among candidates, assisting with outreach to the general public, and communicating the USTP’s principles and expectations to candidates who seek the USTP’s endorsement.
This liaison role is not limited to potential Presidential candidates and would extend to candidates for other federal, state, and local offices. The Campaign Director would also periodically search for and identify independent and/or nonpartisan candidates whose platforms and priorities sufficiently align with the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform that an endorsement by the USTP might be possible. For candidates who are ultimately endorsed by the USTP, the Campaign Director will assist with spreading those candidates’ messages and ideas via social media and other channels of communication.
The public is encouraged to watch today’s first-ever virtual debate among Transhumanist primary candidates for President of the United States. We will have candidates Charles Holsopple, Rachel Haywire, and Johannon Ben Zion discussing the principles of transhumanism and Core Ideals of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, as well as a wide range of policy proposals that enables transhumanist candidates to stand apart from and above the conventional political fray.
The debate will be livestreamed at 3 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, today, July 6, 2019, on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKsUFTzPv0, for approximately two hours. You will be able to pose questions in the comments or in the chat. An archived video of the stream will be available shortly afterward at the same link, for those of you who will be unable to view the live event.
We hope to have maximum engagement from our members during this historic debate. Please watch and share!
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First Virtual Debate Among U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential Candidates
The first virtual debate among U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party candidates for President of the United States will take place on Saturday, July 6,...Message from U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II: In honor of the July 4 holiday, I am re-invoking this poster created by Steven Chernets – because, indeed, I want YOU to vote Transhumanist in the upcoming August Electronic Primary and, if possible, in the 2020 General Election. But first, coming up this Saturday, July 6, 2019, at 3 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch history being made during the first-ever official Presidential primary debate entirely among Transhumanist candidates: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKsUFTzPv0.
We look forward to having candidates Charles Holsopple, Rachel Haywire, Dan Good, and Johannon Ben Zion discuss Transhumanist principles and policy ideas and why the Upwing political orientation needs to spread to enable us all to transcend the Left and the Right.
Please watch the debate and register for free membership in the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party at transhumanist-party.org/membership/.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party features this interview between Nicola Bagalà of the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) and Reason, an activist who has been helping scientists to cure age-related diseases and posting in-depth commentary on a blog dating back to the early 2000s. Reason has helped multiple fundraisers and contributed much more to the progress of life-extension research. The topics of the interview range from a quick biography of Reason’s involvement in fighting age-related diseases, to a discussion of when aging will be defined as a disease by the FDA. The interview also covers Reason’s new company, called Repair Biotechnologies.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/26/nicola-bagala-interviews-reason/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) has opened its General Discussion Thread for the Third Quarter of 2019. Please post your comments at the following URL:
transhumanist-party.org/2019/07/03/3q-2019-general-discussion/
The purpose of this thread is to facilitate member comments pertaining to transhumanism and the USTP, which might not specifically fit the subjects of any other post or article on the USTP website. This is the place for members to offer suggestions or converse about any areas of emerging technologies and their political, moral, societal, cultural, and esthetic implications.
Watch this wide-ranging discussion between U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II and Steele Archer of the Debt Nation show, addressing a broad array of emerging technologies, the aspirations of transhumanism, and aspects of both broader and more personal economic matters – from the impact of technology on the labor market to how Mr. Stolyarov paid off his mortgage in 6.5 years. This conversation delved into Austrian economics, techno-optimism, cultural obstacles to progress, the work and ideals of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party, life extension and the “Death is Wrong” children’s book, science fiction, and space colonization – among many other topics.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3DIza-8uO4
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Billionaire Future/ Featuring Gennady Stolyarov II- Debt Nation EP7
Todays talk is with the leader of the Transhumanist Party USA. COME ON THE SHOW! GOT SOMETHING TO SELL? SOMETHING TO SAY? THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! GET IT NOW: VI...Dr. Nichola Conlon, Nuchido CEO & Co-founder, recently spoke with James Strole, Director of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, about her team’s work in achieving the biggest increase of NAD in humans reported by any scientific group. The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party brings you this update from our allies at the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, who are organizing RAAD Fest 2019 in Las Vegas (to take place on October 3-6).
Watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh8hbXZS63g
NAD is a natural molecule found within every living cell of your body. Without it, your body couldn’t generate the energy it needs to survive or kick-start its natural cell maintenance and repair systems. In its youthful state, your body naturally makes and retains high levels of NAD. But as you age, these levels are not maintained and the amount of NAD in your body drops by 50% every 20 years. This decline has been scientifically linked to the increasing effects of aging.
Find our more here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/07/01/biggest-increase-nad-humans/
For more information about RAAD Fest and registration options, visit www.raadfest.com/
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Increasing NAD+ Levels for Longevity at RAADfest| Nuchido's Dr. Nichola Conlon, James Strole
Dr. Nichola Conlon, Nuchido CEO & Co-founder, chats with James Strole, Director of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, about what she's bringing to RAA...On June 28, 2019, two of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party Presidential primary candidates, Rachel Haywire and Johannon Ben Zion, conversed about the juxtaposition of techno-progressive and public-health goals, policy-making, and organizing. You can listen to their discussion from the USTP website at transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/30/ben-zion-haywire-conversation/.
This thoughtful and constructive policy-oriented discussion is a worthy precursor to the forthcoming July 6 Virtual Debate (which the public can watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeKsUFTzPv0), where candidates including Johannon Ben Zion and Rachel Haywire (as well as Charles Holsopple and Dan Good) will be articulating their visions of transhumanist policy to the public. The caliber and civility of discourse in the Ben Zion / Haywire conversation stand out as being immensely higher than what was observed during the Democratic primary debates, where it seems that many of the candidates were at one another’s throats. Once again, transhumanists have shown that they can do better. This discussion is a valuable building block for the outcome that we hope will happen once the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party Electronic Primary is concluded in mid-August – that all of the candidates will collaborate with the nominee, no matter who wins, and work toward maximizing the influence and impact of transhumanist ideas and policy proposals.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party features this article by Steve Hill, originally published by the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF). This article reminds us of the strong connection between our gut microbiome and aging, along with a review of a study that provides greater insight into the mechanism of how a poor diet can contribute to age-related diseases.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/22/poor-diet-dysbiosis/
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Professor Ewan St. John Smith from the University of Cambridge provides an overview of some of the fascinating features of naked mole-rats, which enable them to live approximately ten times longer than other rodents, be resistant to acid pain, avoid all cancer, and exhibit resilience to a wide variety of other conditions.
Dr. Smith writes, “Naked mole-rats may look comical, but their magical biology is no laughing matter. Studying their hidden powers will not always result in preventions, cures and treatments for human ailments because of fundamental differences between the species. However, every new insight has the potential to lead to a breakthrough – as animal research has continually done throughout recent history. By unlocking the secrets held within their cells in a responsible manner, we may one day improve countless human lives.”
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/21/naked-mole-rat-impervious/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party features this article by Steve Hill, originally published by the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) . This article takes another step forward toward clearing up a common misconception that many scientists and laypeople hold, i.e., the notion that extending telomeres causes cancer. Mr. Hill cites a recent article published in the journal PLOS Genetics, in which researchers found there to be no increase in cancer, even when telomeres were extended in mice from cancer-prone mouse strains. Hopefully this article will help researchers reevaluate this misconception so this important age-reversal research will be advanced much faster.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/21/telomerase-not-cancer-risk/
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Johannon Ben Zion interviews open-source business developer Nikolay Agapov on his concept for an extremely inexpensive space elevator – the Agapov Orbital Lift. The construction of a highly economical infrastructure project such as the Agapov Orbital Lift would greatly reduce the costs of space travel and thus enable rapid exploration and development of space for the benefit of humankind and all sentient entities – thus also accelerating our transition into the next era of our civilization.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/12/agapov-ben-zion-conversation/
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party has published this interview to advance the goals of Section XVII of the USTP Platform, which states that “The United States Transhumanist Party holds that present and future societies should take all reasonable measures to embrace and fund space travel, not only for the spirit of adventure and to gain knowledge by exploring the universe, but as an ultimate safeguard to its citizens and transhumanity should planet Earth become uninhabitable or be destroyed.” As of this time, the USTP has not yet endorsed a Presidential candidate but welcomes activity from all of our Presidential Primary candidates to advance the USTP Platform.
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This essay by Sarah Lim is written in support of the ideas presented by Julian Savulescu and Ingmar Persson in their book “Unfit for the Future: the Need for Moral Enhancement”. The author argues “that Savulescu and Persson’s arguments for moral bioenhancement should be given more serious consideration, on the grounds that moral bioenhancement will most likely be humanity’s best chance at ensuring its future ethical progress, since our current achievements in rapid ethical progress have been highly contingent on economic progress and an increasing quality of life.”
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/09/unfit-for-the-future/
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Nicola Bagalà and financial planner Michael Nuschke respond to common concerns about life extension exacerbating a crisis in pension systems. They explain “that retirement exists out of necessity more than desire, and even if you try to look at it from a different angle, you’ve still got the problem of the burden represented by age-related diseases. Given these facts, it’s important to understand how retirement works before we can establish if and why the feared pension crisis expected in a few decades from now is actually going to happen and whether life extension will make the problem better or worse.”
The authors point out important reasons for hope, including the insight that significantly greater longevity can only be achieved via “a significant extension of our healthspan, from which an extension of lifespan logically follows, and as such, it has the potential not just to rid us of age-related diseases altogether but also to solve the financial problems caused by the necessity of pensions and geriatrics by mitigating or eliminating our need for them.”
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/16/future-of-pensions/
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Top-50 Women Longevity Leaders by Aging Analytics Agency
Ana María Cuervo Camilla cavendish Carol Greider Cynthia Kenyon Daisy Robinton Daria Khaltourina Edwina Rogers Elena Milova Elizabeth Parrish Elizabeth Blackburn Hannah-Beth Jackson Helen Whatley Judith Campisi Julie Andersen Laura Deming Lisa Fabiny-Kiser Maggie Throup Maria Konovalenko Maria Shriver Maria Entraigues Abramson Natasha Vita-More Poly Mamoshina Robin Starbuck Farmanfarmaian Sally Greengross, Baroness Greengross Suzanne Somers Tanya Jones
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/top-50-women
"Top-50 Women Longevity Leaders" Aging Analytics Agency's open-access report charts the rise of influential female public and private sector professionals working to grow the global Longevity landscape through their efforts in business, science, policy and media outreach.
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/top-50-women
#longevity #aging #healthspan #geroscience #longevityleaders #femalelongevityleaders #aginganalyticsagency
Sarah Lim’s views on teleology and existentialism have changed considerably since she joined the transhumanist movement. This essay is her attempt at reconciling her views on humanity’s quest for cosmological purpose with the role of human agency and value creation.
One of her key insights, among many, is this: “So what if the universe doesn’t have any vested interest in taking care of us? We shouldn’t expect it to. Rather, we owe it to ourselves to overcome the biological limitations nature has slapped on us.”
Read her article here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/09/transhumanism-teleology/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) encourages its members to follow the activities of our current declared candidates for President of the United States. While we have not yet endorsed any candidate and will not do so until after the Electronic Primary in August 2019, we wish to offer this update in an informational capacity to give our members more insight into the current candidates and their recent campaign efforts. We provide more information regarding the recent activities of candidates Charles Holsopple, Rachel Haywire, and Johannon Ben Zion, as well as some of the crucial dates for future events and deadlines for candidate and member signup in time for the mid-August Electronic Primary.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/06/10/update-regarding-candidates/
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Top-100 Global Longevity Leaders by Aging Analytics Agency
Jim Strole Joao Pedro de Magalhaes John D. Furber Joshua McClure Julie Andersen Keith Comito Kevin Perrott Laura Deming Michael Greve Michael Rose Michael West Peter H. Diamandis Peter Thiel Rafael De Cabo Richard Faragher Robert Young Robin Starbuck Farmanfarmaian S Jay Olshansky Steve Hill
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/top-100-leaders
Top-100 Global Longevity Leaders by Aging Analytics Agency
Alex Zhavoronkov Alexey Moskalev Antonei Benjamin Csoka Antonio Regalado Aubrey de Grey Bill Andrews Brian Kennedy J Craig Venter David Botstein Dmitry Kaminskiy Edwina Rogers Eric Topol Eric Verdin George Church George M. Martin Gordon J Lithgow Gregory Fahy Ilia Stambler James O'Shaughnessy
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/top-100-leaders
Aging Analytics Agency's open-access report "Top-100 Longevity Leaders" delivers an overview of 100 public and private-sector professionals working to grow the Global Longevity Landscape through their efforts in business, science, politics, policy and media outreach. The report also features infographics detailing the proportions of Leaders according to industry, category and region.
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/top-100-leaders
#longevity #aging #healthspan #geroscience #longevityleaders #aginganalyticsagency
After the latest wave of new members, the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party has exceeded 1,500 members in total. This is another threshold surpassed in our journey to reach 10,000 members. Join us today, absolutely for free, in less than a minute, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Membership – U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party – Official Website
Membership Membership Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free by filling out this concise Membership Application Form. For those who cannot see the Membership Application Form below, follow this link to a separate page containing the form. As a bonus for completing this form, you wi...Top-80 Longevity Influencers in California by Aging Analytics Agency
Anne Corwin Atul Butte, M.D., Ph.D. Aubrey de Grey William Faloon Bill Andrews Cynthia Kenyon David A. Kekich David Botstein Eric Topol Eric Verdin Gordon J Lithgow Gregory Fahy Jim Strole
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-in-california
Top-80 Longevity Influencers in California by Aging Analytics Agency
Ken Dychtwald Kevin Perrott Larry Ellison Laura Deming Lisa Fabiny-Kiser Maria Entraigues Abramson Maria Konovalenko Maria Shriver Michael West Peter H. Diamandis Peter Thiel Robin Starbuck Farmanfarmaian Zoltan Istvan
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-in-california
Sarah Lim writes about the need to respond to common criticisms of transhumanism instead of simply dismissing them.
She writes, “This article is a message to my fellow transhumanists. While these charges might seem unreasonably derisive, we cannot leave them unanswered. It’s easy to dismiss our critics as luddites, ‘deathists’, or a group of unimaginative bioconservatives who are suffering from sour-grape syndrome. As I keep saying to my friend Hank Pellissier, ‘you catch more bees with honey than with vinegar.’ It may not be wise to alienate our critics by dismissing them as bitter have-nots or bioconservatives who are resistant to technological progress because they can’t imagine the potential benefits of having a triple-digit health span.”
“How can we can dispel the negative stereotypes surrounding transhumanism and radical lifespan extension? The most immediate thing that comes to mind would be more public dialogues and conferences to engage a mainstream audience.”
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/29/life-extension-inequality-resource-scarcity/
We welcome submissions of articles responding to common criticisms of transhumanism. Submit your thoughtful replies here: transhumanist-party.org/submit-a-post/
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Aging Analytics Agency has launched an interactive IT-platform alongside its "Longevity Industry in California Landscape Overview 2019" report that turns the report's static mindmaps into dynamic and interactive infographics, enabling complex interactions between industry entities and stakeholders to be visualized, filtered, searched and thus more easily understood.
Link to IT-Platform: mindmaps.aginganalytics.com/longevity-industry-in-california
Aging Analytics Agency's open-access, 1000+ page analytical report “Longevity Industry in California: Landscape Overview 2019” delivers a comprehensive survey of the Longevity Industry in the region, profiling 220 leading companies, 255 investors, 40 influencers, 40 research labs, 40 non-profit and 15 governmental organizations active in the field. The report is accompanied by an online interactive IT-platform which transforms the static data and graphics featured in the report into dynamic and filterable mindmaps.
Readers are introduced to the key developments in the California Longevity sphere - this is accomplished by highlighting the principal participants in the local Longevity Industry, covering relevant scientific and technological trends and advances, analyzing existing and projected governmental policies as well as by providing an overview of underlying demographic and economic data.
Link to the Report: www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-in-california
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Read these words of encouragement from Zoltan Istvan, the 2016 U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential candidate, for everyone to take part in the USTP’s 2019 process for selecting its 2020 nominee for the office of President of the United States.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/21/zoltan-ustp-presidential-process/
Zoltan explains that any of the four candidates who are currently competing for the USTP’s endorsement - Dan Good, Johannon Ben Zion, Rachel Haywire, and Charles Holsopple - can change the world even just by running, to a greater extent than the short-sighted partisan fray between the Left and the Right. He wants “everyone to know that the Transhumanist Party candidate can be powerful and historic. We must always maintain the right to support whom we want, win or lose. I absolutely despise this idea we are stuck with only left or right. There are many reasons to run for the Transhumanist Party – reasons that could prove far more important than a single Presidency.”
It is essential that we have maximal voter turnout during our Electronic Primary in August 2019. It is easy to become eligible to vote in it; just sign up for free USTP membership in less than a minute, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Sarah Lim writes in support of Alexey Turchin’s claim that “non-existence is a form of suffering. That in itself appears to be an oxymoronic claim. How can an individual suffer when they have no conscious experiences at all, since personal consciousness is permanently annihilated forever upon bodily death? Philosophically speaking, this is impossible. You need to be conscious to be able to experience either pain or pleasure. However, Alexey argues that the permanent cessation of consciousness can be considered the ultimate form of suffering because it means that the individual will forever be deprived of any further opportunities to experience the physical world. This means literally never existing ever again; which makes it doubly worse if you happened to get an unfortunate lot in this current life. This is a grim reality that atheists across the entire world must contend with.”
Indeed, non-existence is even worse than suffering (or what is conventionally considered suffering), since it is a deprivation of the capacity to experience or remember anything; suffering can be overcome or endured, but non-existence is irreversible.
This article makes the case that “atheists today should begin to see humanity’s dreams of immortality not as a slice of pie in the sky; we should see it as a challenge and a goal post we will eventually cross with the aid of science. It’s a big dream and one that may seem impossible at the moment. But that hasn’t stopped humanity before. Transcending our biological limitations and striving for a better world than the one we currently live in has been the whole narrative of the human story. Our dreams of greater things will always seem absurd, until available technological advancements arrive to deliver them. But those dreams are what keep us pressing forward.”
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/24/non-existence-is-suffering/
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Arin Vahanian often asks himself, “Why do wealthy and/or influential people seem to support spending billions of dollars on weapons and exploring outer space, when, with their massive wealth and resources, they could help reduce human suffering and dramatically improve the quality of life for billions of people?”
Mr. Vahanian acknowledges, “To be fair, there are a few wealthy and influential people who support research into aging and life extension, the most notable being entrepreneur Jim Mellon. However, they seem to be the exception rather than the norm.” This article explores why this situation might exist, and how to overcome it.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party supports all emerging technologies and expansions of human capability in all beneficial directions – including both life extension and the colonization of space. However, the attainment of significant life extension is necessary for us to enjoy many of the fruits of other technological advancement that is currently in early stages. Accordingly, this article by Mr. Vahanian is an important contribution to the discussion on how more emphasis can be placed on the vital quest to extend our longevity and health.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/18/wealth-power-reversing-aging/
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The video containing 73 minutes of excerpts from the Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada State Legislature has been released at www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOHA5Z6Z3O4.
The Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada Legislature on May 15, 2019, marked a milestone for the U.S. Transhumanist Party and the Nevada Transhumanist Party. This was the first time that an official transhumanist event was held within the halls of a State Legislature, in one of the busiest areas of the building, within sight of the rooms where legislative committees met. The presenters were approached by tens of individuals – a few legislators and many lobbyists and staff members. The reaction was predominantly either positive or at least curious; there was no hostility and only mild disagreement from a few individuals. Generally, the outlook within the Legislative Building seems to be in favor of individual autonomy to pursue truly voluntary microchip implants. The testimony of Anastasia Synn at the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 26, 2019, in opposition to Assembly Bill 226 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXGessk5c24 - is one of the most memorable episodes of the 2019 Legislative Session for many who heard it. It has certainly affected the outcome for Assembly Bill 226, which was subsequently further amended to restore the original scope of the bill and only apply the prohibition to coercive microchip implants, while specifically exempting microchip implants voluntarily received by an individual from the prohibition. The scope of the prohibition was also narrowed by removing the reference to “any other person” and applying the prohibition to an enumerated list of entities who may not require others to be microchipped: state officers and employees, employers as a condition of employment, and persons in the business of insurance or bail. These changes alleviated the vast majority of the concerns within the transhumanist and cyborg communities about Assembly Bill 226.
This Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum comes at the beginning of an era of transhumanist political engagement with policymakers and those who advise them. It was widely accepted by the visitors to the demonstration tables that technological advances are accelerating, and that policy decisions regarding technology should only be made with adequate knowledge about the technology itself – working on the basis of facts and not fears or misconceptions that arise from popular culture and dystopian fiction. Ryan Starr shared his expertise on the workings and limitations of both NFC/RFID microchips and GPS technology and who explained that cell phones are already far more trackable than microchips ever could be (based on their technical specifications and how those specifications could potentially be improved in the future). U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II introduced visitors to the world of transhumanist literature by bringing books for display – including writings by Aubrey de Grey, Bill Andrews, Ray Kurzweil, Jose Cordeiro, Ben Goertzel, Phil Bowermaster, and Mr. Stolyarov's own book “Death is Wrong” in five languages. It appears that there is more sympathy for transhumanism within contemporary political circles than might appear at first glance; it is often transhumanists themselves who overestimate the negativity of the reaction they expect to receive. But nobody picketed the event or even called the presenters names; transhumanist ideas, expressed in a civil and engaging way – with an emphasis on practical applications that are here today or due to arrive in the near future – will be taken seriously when there is an opening to articulate them.
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Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada State Legislature - May 15, 2019
The Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada Legislature on May 15, 2019, marked a milestone for the U.S. Transhumanist Party and the Nevada Transhumanis...Sarah Lim rebuts some of the main objections raised to indefinite lifespan extension, technological immortality, and technological resurrection. She writes, “The overwhelming majority of the objections to immortalism are based on arguments from naturalism. Devotees of religious traditionalism argue that death is a doorway to an afterlife or reunion with a higher deity in the spirit world. Some atheists argue that death is unavoidable because the limit of the human lifespan is the result of natural selection, and should thus be unquestioningly accepted. However, what if a different perspective were taken on death and the natural limits of the human lifespan?”
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/23/human-exceptionalism-immortalism/
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Watch the latest video by U.S. Transhumanist Party Director of Media Production Tom Ross, featuring four of the candidates competing in our forthcoming August Electronic Primary for the Transhumanist Party nomination for the office of President of the United States.
vimeo.com/337916911
The updated page of candidate profiles can be found here: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/
To support any of these candidates, become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
USTP 2020 Presidential Candidates in the 2019 Electronic Primary
Tom Ross Music "Ghostwritten Autobiography" The Yes Chair (2014) Kivastone Records/BMIIf you have expertise in bioinformatics and/or computational biology, please contribute your talents to resolving the medical conundrum of one of our longtime loyal members, John, who has suffered from an undiagnosed condition his entire life. The Undiagnosed-1 Collaborative Genomics Research Case, arranged by the non-profit, volunteer-run organization SVAI, will take place on June 7-9 in San Francisco.
John has generously provided for his data to be made available in an open-source manner so that future researchers into rare diseases could benefit from it and advance the state of medical science. Researchers have already agreed to study the data; one of them, longtime life-extension advocate Kevin Perrott, the CEO and Founder of OpenCures, a company located at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging that helps individuals performing self-directed research to access technologies and education, wishes to use mass spectrometry-based metabolomics and proteomics to find biomarkers of aging, and John has agreed to be a part of that project. John’s quest to discover the causes of his own ailment can thus lead to beneficial insights that could be used to research ways the extend the lifespans of all. The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party fully supports this noble effort and is heartened that many prominent researchers have already stepped forward to participate. However, there can never be enough trained and talented minds working on such endeavors, so, if you have the relevant expertise, we strongly encourage you to get involved.
Find out more at transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/22/svai-undiagnosed-1/ and sv.ai/undiagnosed-1-case.
Watch this brief introduction to the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s 2020 Presidential Candidates, competing for our endorsement in the 2019 Electronic Primary later this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fh4BD5RMwU
This video was skillfully created by Tom Ross, the USTP Director of Media Production.
We have established a central page linking to all of the candidate profiles here: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/.
See individual candidate profiles here (listed in alphabetical order of last name):
- Johannon Ben Zion: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/johannon-ben-zion/
- Dan Good: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/dan-good/
- Rachel Haywire: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/rachel-haywire/
- Charles Holsopple: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/charles-holsopple/
- Brent Reitze: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/brent-reitze/
- Natasha Vita-More: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/natasha-vita-more/
To support the candidate of your choice and cast your vote in our Electronic Primary in August 2019, join the USTP for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/. Only those who register for membership through August 10, 2019, would be eligible to take part in the USTP Electronic Presidential Primary.
U.S. Transhumanist Party 2020 Presidential Candidates in the 2019 Electronic Primary
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) is pleased to announce the candidates who have put themselves forward for consideration for the USTP’s...The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) is pleased to announce the candidates who have put themselves forward for consideration for the USTP’s endorsement in running for the position of President of the United States of America. The six candidates (in reverse alphabetical order of last name) are Natasha Vita-More, Brent Reitze, Charles Holsopple, Rachel Haywire, Dan Good, and Johannon Ben Zion.
We have established a central page linking to all of the candidate profiles here: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/.
See individual candidate profiles here (listed in alphabetical order of last name):
- Johannon Ben Zion: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/johannon-ben-zion/
- Dan Good: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/dan-good/
- Rachel Haywire: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/rachel-haywire/
- Charles Holsopple: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/charles-holsopple/
- Brent Reitze: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/brent-reitze/
- Natasha Vita-More: transhumanist-party.org/candidate-profiles/natasha-vita-more/
To become eligible to vote for any of these candidates in August 2019, please register for free as a member of the USTP, no matter where you reside - transhumanist-party.org/membership/. Only those who register for membership through August 10, 2019, would be eligible to take part in the USTP Electronic Presidential Primary.
The USTP is committed to running a fair, transparent, and (small “d”) democratic election with no predetermined outcome. Each of these candidates has the opportunity to make his or her case to the USTP membership and to recruit new members prior to the August 10, 2019, cutoff date for registration. We find each candidate to be insightful, intelligent, accomplished, and representative of perspectives that constitute the transhumanist movement in all of its variety and will help shape that movement in the years to come. Accordingly, it is important that this election give voice to these perspectives and do so in a civil, orderly, and constructive manner. We will have true competition in this election – genuine debates, discussions of issues, consideration of the candidates’ similarities and differences. The candidates will be free to utilize the means, methods, and personal styles at their disposal to engage in such competition. At the same time, we will also have true structure in this election – an objective process that will apply equitably to all and provide a framework for different points of view to be articulated, with an aim of educating the public, raising the profile of the transhumanist movement, and hopefully resolving some key differences along the way, by means of the process itself.
Aging Analytics Agency presents the main MindMap of 60 media entities publishing articles on Longevity from its new open-access, 175-page report, “Top-100 Journalists Covering Advanced Biomedicine and Longevity”
Link to the Report: www.aginganalytics.com/top-100-journalists
#longevity #aging #geroscience #longevitymedia #longevityjournalism
Aging Analytics Agency announces the publication of a new open-access, 175-page report, “Top-100 Journalists Covering Advanced Biomedicine and Longevity.”
The report offers an overview of the Longevity Media and Journalism landscape, and charts how the topic of Longevity has gone from fringe to mainstream in the past five years, being embraced by the world’s top business and tech media entities including The Economist, Financial Times, TIME, Bloomberg, Forbes and many others.
The report features profiles of the 100 most active journalists writing on the topic of Longevity and infographic MindMaps of the top 60 media entities publishing articles on Longevity.
Link to the Report: www.aginganalytics.com/top-100-journalists
#longevity #aging #geroscience #longevitymedia #longevityjournalism
Update from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party:
The Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada Legislature on May 15, 2019, marked a milestone for the U.S. Transhumanist Party and the Nevada Transhumanist Party. This was the first time that an official transhumanist event was held within the halls of a State Legislature, in one of the busiest areas of the building, within sight of the rooms where legislative committees met. We were approached by tens of individuals – a few legislators and many lobbyists and staff members. The reaction was predominantly either positive or at least curious; we received no hostility and only mild disagreement from a few individuals. Generally, the outlook within the Legislative Building seems to be in favor of individual autonomy to pursue truly voluntary microchip implants. The testimony of Anastasia Synn at the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 26, 2019, in opposition to Assembly Bill 226, is one of the most memorable episodes of the 2019 Legislative Session for many who heard it. It has certainly affected the likely outcome for this bill, which is scheduled for a Senate Judiciary Committee Work Session the next morning, on May 16, 2019. At the Work Session, if the bill advances at all, there is expected to be an amendment which would restore the original scope of the bill and only apply the prohibition to coercive microchip implants, while specifically exempting microchip implants voluntarily received by an individual from the prohibition. The scope of the prohibition would also be narrowed by removing the reference to “any other person” and applying the prohibition to an enumerated list of entities who may not require others to be microchipped: state officers and employees, employers as a condition of employment, and persons in the business of insurance or bail. If such an amendment is indeed adopted, it would alleviate the vast majority of our concerns about Assembly Bill 226.
This Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum comes at the beginning of an era of transhumanist political engagement with policymakers and those who advise them. It was widely accepted by the visitors to our tables that technological advances are accelerating, and that policy decisions regarding technology should only be made with adequate knowledge about the technology itself – working on the basis of facts and not fears or misconceptions that arise from popular culture and dystopian fiction. This is one reason why we were pleased to have Ryan Starr, who shared his expertise on the workings and limitations of both NFC/RFID microchips and GPS technology and who explained that cell phones are already far more trackable than microchips ever could be (based on their technical specifications and how those specifications could potentially be improved in the future). I was also glad to be able to introduce visitors to the world of transhumanist literature by bringing some of my home library of books for display – including writings by Aubrey de Grey, Bill Andrews, Ray Kurzweil, Jose Cordeiro, Ben Goertzel, Phil Bowermaster, and myself. Having “Death is Wrong” in five languages made an impression on multiple visitors, and the book is now in the hands of several prominent individuals, including Senator Melanie Scheible. One Legislature staff member came back to the Transhumanist Party table after reading the book (several hours after obtaining it) to tell me how impressed she was with it – offering high praise for the writing and the ideas therein; she will be sharing it with her college-aged grandchildren. This made my day. More generally, it is my impression that there is more sympathy for transhumanism within contemporary political circles than might appear at first glance; it is often transhumanists themselves who overestimate the negativity of the reaction they expect to receive. But nobody picketed us or even called us names; transhumanist ideas, expressed in a civil and engaging way – with an emphasis on practical applications that are here today or due to arrive in the near future – will be taken seriously when there is an opening to articulate them.
I did record a decent amount of video and audio footage. It will take some time to compile it into a single video showing some of the highlights of this event, but expect such a video in approximately a week's time.
The daily article on local events on the Carson Now website mentions the Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada State Legislature Building. Come visit us at any time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. today!
carsonnow.org/story/05/14/2019/events-around-carson-city-wednesday-may-15
Events around Carson City for Wednesday, May 15
As we head into the middle of the month many of us haven't turned on the air conditioner because the weather outside has been comfortably, pleasantly air conditioned these past few weeks.If you happen to be in Carson City, Nevada, this Wednesday, May 15, remember to visit the Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada Legislature Building in the Second Floor Atrium at any time between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. If you are interested in transhumanism, life extension, biohacking, prosthetics, implantable technologies, advances to help the disabled, and the political and philosophical implications of all of these areas, then this is the event for you.
Co-organized by the Future Grind podcast, the Nevada Transhumanist Party, and magician Anastasia Synn (who testified against Assembly Bill 226 at the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee), and supported by the Nevada Technology Association, the Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum will feature practical demonstrations of emerging technologies, such as implantable microchips, in order to dispel common fears and myths about those technologies and educate the public about their capabilities and limitations. Also, the event will feature a discussion of technological augmentations, transhumanist philosophy, the uses of technology to overcome disabilities and extend longevity and health, the directions of technological evolution in the coming decades, and the policy implications stemming from these developments.
Most of the event will be in a conversational format as participants will interact with visitors and answer their questions.
Find our more here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/09/cyborg-transhumanist-forum-announcement/
Steve Hill, in this article originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation, discusses how Rejuvenate Bio, a startup biotech company led by Professor George Church, is planning to reverse aging in dogs as a step towards bringing these therapies to us. Those plans are now starting to move forward with news of a trial launch in the fall later this year.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/11/gene-therapy-dogs/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party website has featured a post about the forthcoming Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum on May 15, 2019, at the Nevada State Legislature in Carson City. Please spread it and consider attending the event if you can. This will be the first event of its kind and an excellent opportunity to inform lawmakers, lobbyists, media, and the public about emerging technologies and their potential, while dispelling various myths and misconceptions.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/09/cyborg-transhumanist-forum-announcement/
The official launch event of the APPG for Longevity concluded yesterday with a commitment by APPG Chair Rt Hon Damian Green MP to add 5 extra healthy, independent years to UK citizen's lives by 2035.
Pictured here is UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock alongside the cover of Aging Analytics Agency's newest report, "National Longevity Development Plans: Global Overview 2019 (First Edition)".
Other attendees included Aging Analytics Agency Director Eric Kihlstrom and Founder Dmitry Kaminskiy.
Link to Report: www.aginganalytics.com/longevity-development-plans
If you are interested in transhumanism, life extension, biohacking, prosthetics, implantable technologies, advances to help the disabled, and the political and philosophical implications of all of these areas, please come to the Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum at the Nevada State Legislature in Carson City, Nevada, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. This promises to be the first event of its kind – a great opportunity for advocates of emerging technologies to communicate with legislators, lobbyists, media, and the general public, and educate them about transhumanism and its technological dimensions while also dispelling common fears and myths.
The Cyborg and Transhumanist Forum will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on May 15.
Address:
Nevada State Legislature Building
401 S Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701
Second Floor Atrium (See the Second Floor Map at www.leg.state.nv.us/General/AboutLeg/Maps/Legislative_Building_2nd_Floor.pdf)
This event was organized at the invitation of Senator Melanie Scheible, who was impressed with the testimony of magician Anastasia Synn in opposition to Assembly Bill 226: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXGessk5c24
Most of the event will be in a conversational format as participants will interact with visitors and answer their questions.
If you could either travel to Carson City, Nevada, on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, or share this event with other transhumanists and life-extensionists who you think might be able to do so, it would be greatly appreciated. Even if you cannot attend yourself, you can help by spreading information about this event to others who might be in a position to attend – especially if they live in Northern Nevada or Northern California (but we welcome others who would have to travel farther!).
We need more transhumanists in attendance at this event! Please send an e mail to gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com if you wish to participate as one of the speakers educating people about transhumanism and emerging technologies. The more representation we have, the better! No matter what your areas of expertise or what flavor of transhumanism you espouse – whether you seek to pursue biological life extension, mechanical/electronic augmentations, policy reforms, or all of the above – your involvement and perspectives will be welcome. This is a unique opportunity for us to access policymakers and render them aware of the imperative of protecting the rights of technological innovators and creating an environment conducive to an acceleration of beneficial technological progress.
Natonal Longevity Press Release | Aging Analytics
Natonal Longevity Press Release | Aging Analytics
Aging Analytics Agency has published a new, 315-page open-access report “National Longevity Development Plans: Global Overview 2019 (First Edition)”, which delivers a comprehensive international overview of the projects, initiatives and efforts that different countries across the globe are makin...On May 26, 2019, the elections for the European Parliament will occur in Spain, and Dr. Jose Luis Cordeiro, the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Technology Advisor and Ambassador to Spain, is running as a candidate for the recently formed Miel Party (Movimiento Independiente Euro Latino), which advocates increasing the resources allocated to the fight against aging, disease, and death, while also promoting the integration of Latin American immigrants in Europe, potentially bringing a broader constituency into alliance with transhumanists and life-extensionists.
Read this article by David Wood, which explains the Miel Party’s goals in detail and urges individuals from throughout the world to support it.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/04/supporting-somosmiel-revolution/
Indeed, the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party considers the Miel Party to be an allied organization and encourages donations to Dr. Cordeiro’s campaign: somosmiel.es/ley-de-proteccion-de-datos/donaciones/
Become a member of the USTP for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/. Supporters of the Miel Party in Spain and elsewhere are welcome to join!
This article mentions the U.S. Transhumanist Party and our effort to oppose this anti-biohacking bill. If the bill passes, having a microchip will be a felony unless it treats a health condition. The Nevada Technology Association also opposes the bill because they believe it will suppress technological development and morphological freedom.
Microchipping weirds me out, too, but banning goes too far
Should the government have the right to implant microchips in people? Should Amazon have the right to implant microchips in their employees? To get to the bottom of this question, lawmakers have heard from brothel ministers, transhumanists, public defenders, a magician, the ACLU and the Eagle Forum.Elena Milova of the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF) interviews Dr. Jose Cordeiro, candidate for the European Union Parliament for the Miel Party in Spain and the Technology Advisor and Ambassador to Spain for the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party.
As Elena describes, "Last year, Jose decided to begin his political activities in order to foster the development of rejuvenation biotechnologies in Spain and to work on the integration of Latin American immigrants into Spain’s aging society and thus maintain the country’s productivity."
Read the interview here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/05/02/milova-interview-of-cordeiro/
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Dinorah Delfin, the USTP Director of Admissions and Public Relations, was recently invited to be part of an art exhibition which explored some fundamental topics related to her area of artistic research and activist initiatives. The event, “Hybrid Resonance,” and the artist talk that followed two weeks later, are described and reviewed by Ms. Delfin, along with their connections to and implications for transhumanism, in this article.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/04/30/hybrid-resonance-review/
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Transhumanist activism takes center stage at the Nevada Legislature: Magician and transhumanist Anastasia Synn testified on April 26, 2019, before the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to Nevada Assembly Bill 226 (AB 226). AB 226 would prohibit most implantation of NFC/RFID microchips, including voluntary programs for such implantation.
Ms. Synn demonstrated a variety of microchip technologies and their beneficial uses, as well as the difficulties in using voluntary implants to actually infringe on an individual's privacy. Watch her testimony here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXGessk5c24
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) initially raised awareness about AB 226 and its detrimental impacts in March 2019, via this article by R. Nicholas Starr: transhumanist-party.org/2019/03/14/bait-and-switch-on-nevada-ab226/
The USTP, through Legislative Director Justin Waters, submitted a letter in opposition to AB 226 - tinyurl.com/y6q4em8y - and encouraged others to submit public comments on the bill at the Nevada Legislature website: www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/80th2019/
Anastasia Synn answered the USTP's call for vocal, articulate opposition to AB 226 and testified in person at the Senate Judiciary Committee in a manner that greatly impressed the Legislators and opened them to a new world of technology.
The USTP encourages our members to continue to express their concerns on AB 226 by writing the Senate Judiciary Committee at www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Committee/222/Overview and Assemblyman Richard "Skip" Daly, the sponsor of AB 226, at www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Legislator/A/Assembly/80th2019/31.
Transhumanist legislative activism has made a difference; let us work to enable it to continue to do so.
Become a member of the USTP for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Magician Anastasia Synn Testifies Against Banning Voluntary RFID/NFC Microchip Implants
Magician and transhumanist Anastasia Synn testified on April 26, 2019, before the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to Nevada Assembly Bill 226...Excellent work by Justin Waters, the Legislative Director of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party in writing and sending this letter to the Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee, in opposition to Assembly Bill 226 (AB226), which is scheduled to be heard this Friday, April 26, 2019, at 8 a.m.
AB226 had been amended with the following text (after technical drafting by the Legislative Counsel Bureau):
www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/80th2019/Bills/Amendments/A_AB226_46.pdf
Unfortunately, the revised amended bill - www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Bill/6394/Text - is not as innocuous as we hoped the conceptual amendment would be when it passed out of the Assembly Judiciary Committee. In particular, the definition of “Microchip” no longer has the qualifier of being intended to serve as an identification marker and instead refers to a device “that is passively or actively capable of transmitting personal information to another device using radio frequency technology.” Without the reference to the intent to be used as an identification marker, the scope of prohibited devices unfortunately could increase significantly.
We encourage our members to express their concerns.
Here is the link to the contact information for the committee:
www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/80th2019/Committee/222/Overview
Also, public comments on the bill can still be made at the Nevada Legislature website:
www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/80th2019/
Existing comments can be viewed at www.leg.state.nv.us/AppCF/Opinion/80th2019/vwComments.cfm by typing in “AB226” as the bill name.
We also encourage those of our members who can make it in person to either Carson City or Las Vegas to testify in opposition to AB226 this Friday morning.
And if you are not yet a member of the USTP, join us for free, given the importance of legislative activism efforts such as this: transhumanist-party.org/membership/.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party has reached 1400 members. But we need many more to change the prevailing discourse on transhumanism and emerging technologies. Please join us for free at transhumanist-party.org/membership/, no matter where you reside, and recommend that others do as well!
Membership – U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party – Official Website
Membership Membership Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free by filling out this concise Membership Application Form. As a bonus for completing this form, you will receive a link to a free compilation of Tips for Advancing a Brighter Future, providing insights from the U.S. Transhu...The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party welcomes our new Legislative Director, Justin Waters.
Justin Waters is a child welfare attorney in Florida. His work touches on bioethical issues, such as mental competency, the appointment of medical surrogates, court orders authorizing psychotropic medications for children in the dependency system, and the rights of parents.
Justin holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Florida and a Juris Doctor from Florida Coastal School of Law. He became licensed to practice law in 2016. Prior to being an attorney, Justin worked in insurance, at computer stores, and served honorably in the U.S. Navy, including three months on a nuclear-powered submarine in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Find out more about Mr. Waters here: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#LegislativeDirector. We look forward to having his expertise in monitoring pending legislation that may affect emerging technologies and the transhumanist movement.
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In this article, originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF), Mr. Steve Hill highlights a recent webinar where Dr. Aubrey de Grey, the Biogerontology Advisor of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party, revised his projections for the arrival of rejuvenation treatments in a more optimistic direction. Videos from the webinar are embedded.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/04/16/de-grey-accelerates-estimates/
Excerpt: “Dr. de Grey now suggests that there is a 50/50 chance of achieving robust mouse rejuvenation within 3 years from now; recent interviews and conversation reveal that he’d adjusted this figure down from 5-6 years. He has also moved his estimation of this to arrive from around 20 years to 18 years for humans.”
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Finally, rejuvenation is a thing! As Dr. Aubrey de Grey discusses in this new interview with Ariel VA Feinerman, “2018 was a fantastic year for rejuvenation biotechnology. The main thing that made it special was the explosive growth of the private-sector side of the field — the number of start-up companies, the number of investors, and the scale of investment.”
Read the full interview here:
transhumanist-party.org/2019/04/15/rejuvenation-is-a-thing/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party welcomes two new Officers – Secretary Pavel Ilin and Director of Publication Brent Reitze. Both have demonstrated great competence and bring skills sets which will help take our organization to the next level in 2019.
Pavel Ilin is a philosopher of culture, musician, baker, and aspiring software engineer. Find out more about Mr. Ilin here: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#Secretary
Brent Logan Reitze is a Transhumanist advocate and bio-hacker working as an information technology systems engineer, entrepreneur, and writer, with a focus on man-machine convergence. Find out about Mr. Reitze here: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#DirectorOfPublication
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Are you a transhumanist who wishes to run for President of the United States in 2020, or do you know someone who does?
The United States Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party (USTP) issues its call for candidates wishing to run for President of the United States in the 2020 elections and seeking an endorsement from the USTP. Candidates are encouraged to officially announce their intentions via the form linked on the page below and then spread awareness of the USTP, its forthcoming debate and electronic primary process, and possibilities for individuals to sign up for free membership in the USTP in time to participate as voters in this process.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/04/05/call-for-2020-candidates/
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party features this announcement by our cohorts at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF), originally published on their site on March 19, 2019. The program helps bring attention to published works promoting the mission of ending age-related diseases, a mission the U.S. Transhumanist Party supports as part of our policy goals. Thank you to Javier Noris for creating this announcement and to Brent Reitze for publishing it on our website to inform our members.
transhumanist-party.org/2019/04/02/leaf-book-club/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party has opened its General Discussion Thread for the Second Quarter of 2019. Post your comments on our website here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/04/02/2q-2019-general-discussion/
This is the place for members to offer suggestions or converse about any areas of emerging technologies and their political, moral, societal, cultural, and esthetic implications. The general discussion thread is also an ideal location to suggest or propose platform planks that may be considered for future platform voting, and/or bring our attention to emerging legislative and societal developments that may affect the course and impact of emerging technologies.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party will endeavor to open one of these general comment threads per quarter. This comment thread pertains to the months of April, May, and June 2019.
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Openings for four volunteer Officer positions with the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party – Secretary, Director of Publication, Legislative Director, and Campaign Director, have been posted on our website here: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/
- Secretary: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#Secretary
- Director of Publication: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#DirectorOfPublication
- Legislative Director: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#LegislativeDirector
- Campaign Director: transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#CampaignDirector
To apply, e-mail Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com. Specify the position(s) you are applying for, and provide a statement of your qualifications and the reasons for your interest in any given position. Please feel free to provide supporting materials, such as links to past relevant work.
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPEN OFFICER POSITIONS: The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party has four volunteer Officer openings. We expect 2019 to be a pivotal year for the USTP, but we need additional committed volunteers to implement the kinds of projects that will advance the transhumanist movement’s political impact to the next level.
To apply, please e-mail Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com. Specify the position(s) you are applying for, and provide a statement of your qualifications and the reasons for your interest in any given position. Please feel free to provide supporting materials, such as links to past relevant work.
Opening for Secretary: The position of Secretary is responsible for transportation and logistics associated with USTP events, as well as miscellaneous tasks, as may be requested by the Chairman. If the applicant resides in Nevada, the applicant will also have an option to simultaneously become the Secretary of the Nevada Transhumanist Party, which may involve making occasional filings of documentation in person with the Nevada Secretary of State’s Office in Carson City. It is furthermore encouraged for the Secretary, like all the other Officers, to spread awareness of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party on social media and in person, to encourage new members to join, and to source content for the USTP website. Basic web editing skills, using platforms such as WordPress, are desirable but would also be taught to an otherwise qualified applicant. The specific expectations of the Secretary position are flexible, evolving, and may be custom-tailored to the strengths and skill sets of the applicant. However, to qualify for the position, it is absolutely essential for the applicant to be a person of consistent, reliable, trustworthy character, with a strong work ethic, communication skills, and the ability to follow through on commitments.
NOTE: The Secretary is not intended to be a second-in-command. By design, the USTP has no hierarchy of Officers; rather, all titles other than Chairman are horizontal and co-equal.
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Opening for Director of Publication: The Director of Publication would source content from Allied Organizations and publish it regularly on the U.S. Transhumanist Party website pursuant to ongoing understandings with those organizations. We wish to develop our website into a hub for information regarding cutting-edge research, projects, and activism opportunities. The Director of Publication would be responsible for keeping up with what our Allied Organizations release and republishing materials where we have a right to do so and in a manner that aligns with our Platform and objectives. This would also be an opportunity for the Director of Publication to write and publish his or her own content with transhumanist and/or life-extensionist themes.
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Opening for Legislative Director: The Legislative Director would be responsible for implementing the Legislative Action Framework of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party, as described in the following article: transhumanist-party.org/2019/03/17/legislative-action-framework/. The Legislative Director would recruit and coordinate with volunteer Issue Analysts to regularly track pending legislation that affects the issues and principles expressed in the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform, the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0, and the Core Ideals of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party.
The Legislative Director would ideally have a background in law/policy making. It would be the responsibility of the Legislative Director to inform the Chairman of all relevant legislation on state and federal levels as provided by analysts or through personal observation. It would also be the Legislative Director’s responsibility to identify national policy trends and make suggestions for yearly priorities. The Legislative Director should, when necessary, reach out to our expert Advisors as listed on the USTP Advisors page.
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Opening for Campaign Director: The Campaign Director’s primary role would be to interface with candidates seeking the endorsement of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party during the 2019 Presidential Primary and the 2020 Election Season. This would include facilitating discussions and debates among candidates, assisting with outreach to the general public, and communicating the USTP’s principles and expectations to candidates who seek the USTP’s endorsement.
This liaison role is not limited to potential Presidential candidates and would extend to candidates for other federal, state, and local offices. The Campaign Director would also periodically search for and identify independent and/or nonpartisan candidates whose platforms and priorities sufficiently align with the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform that an endorsement by the USTP might be possible. For candidates who are ultimately endorsed by the USTP, the Campaign Director will assist with spreading those candidates’ messages and ideas via social media and other channels of communication.