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On February 13, 2019, Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party, spoke to the Young Americans for Liberty Chapter at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) in a wide-ranging discussion on the intersection of technology and politics and the types of reforms that could pave the way to the new technological era of major progress and radical abundance.
Watch the video recording of the presentation and Q&A here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Aa2VHb1Dq0
Download Mr. Stolyarov’s presentation slides here: transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Transhumanist-Ideas-for-Reforming-Political-Pr...
Mr. Stolyarov discussed policy positions from the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform - transhumanist-party.org/platform/#PoliticalProcesses - such as support for ranked-preference voting, greatly lowered ballot-access thresholds, simultaneous nationwide primaries, shorter campaign seasons, AI-assisted redistricting, germaneness rules for legislation, minimum consideration timeframes for amendments, and the general desirable shift in the balance away from special-interest lobbies and toward intelligent laypersons.
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membershipGennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party, speaks to the Young Americans for Liberty Chapter at the University of Nev...
"Transhumanist Ideas for Reforming Political Processes and Improving Government Accountability" – U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II's presentation at the the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) Chapter at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) will occur at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 13, 2019.
Members of the public are welcome to attend. The presentation will be held in room 104 of the Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center.
Chairman Stolyarov will be discussing policy positions from the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform - transhumanist-party.org/platform/#PoliticalProcesses - such as support for ranked-preference voting, greatly lowered ballot-access thresholds, simultaneous nationwide primaries, shorter campaign seasons, AI-assisted redistricting, germaneness rules for legislation, minimum consideration timeframes for amendments, and the general desirable shift in the balance away from special-interest lobbies and toward intelligent laypersons.
If you happen to be in Reno next Wednesday evening, you are welcome to attend and consider / discuss these transpartisan, upwing ideas for bringing rationality and transparency to political processes.
It is most unfortunate that Hans Rosling died in 2017 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 68. The world needed and continues to need his level-headed “factfulness” to counter sensationalist doomsaying. Not everything is good about the world, but there has also been much progress. It is a tragedy that this progress has not come rapidly enough to save many profoundly insightful people like Hans Rosling, but may his wisdom help the rest of us solve ever more problems of disease, scarcity, and societal ills with every passing year.
Good News at Last: The World Isn’t as Horrific as You Think - The Guardian - Pocket
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Things are bad, and it feels like they are getting worse, right? War, violence, natural disasters, corruption. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer; and we will soon run out of resources unless something drastic is done.Resolved 🙂
The sign up page is a confusing combination of Spanish and English. Have everything in both or do seperate sign up pages for each relevant language. I abandoned the page out of frustration because I don't know what "Dirección de correo electrónico" is asking for and I will have to look it up later when I am on a desktop... Unless I forget. I'm sure others have been in my position. The situation also made me reconsider signing up because it doesnt seem like a legit party based on that exposure. Not very tech savvy for an H+ party. Sorry to be a little hitch and whine about it, just want what is best. Cheers.
John Murrieta of the channel Science-Based Species interviewed Dr. Bill Andrews, the U.S. Transhumanist Party's Biotechnology Advisor, in October 2018. Watch this interview on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9XNH27wsL4
In this video, Dr. Andrews discusses the research he does at Sierra Sciences with the aim to reverse aging and extend lifespans by extending telomeres, as well as the forthcoming gene-therapy clinical trial by Libella Gene Therapeutics.
This interview with recorded by U.S. Transhumanist Party Secretary Bobby Ridge at the Fifth Enlightenment Salon, hosted by U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II.
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/Dr. Bill Andrews Interview (October 2018) | Transhumanism. In this video, Dr. Andrews discusses the research he does at Sierra Sciences. They will begin thei...
The United States Transhumanist Party issues this statement to bring attention to a series of rapid developments during January 2019, at the end of which our political party (including its State-level affiliates) remains the sole transhumanist political organization in the United States.
The Transhuman National Committee of the United States (TNC) has disbanded, and the Transhuman Party is being integrated into the U.S. Transhumanist Party. We (including our State-level affiliates) are now the sole transhumanist political organization in the United States and the last, best hope for transhumanist political aspirations to be realized.
Read more here: transhumanist-party.org/2019/01/26/ustp-last-best-hope/
The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party – the new full name of our organization – continues to grow in membership and expand its reach. An easy and highly effective contribution that anyone can make is to sign up for free membership, which takes less than a minute and brings additional benefits to the member: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party: The Last, Best Hope for Transhumanist Politics The U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party: The Last, Best Hope for Transhumanist Politics January 26, 2019 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment Gennady Stolyarov II The Transhuman National Commit...U.S. Transhumanist Party Director of Social Media B.J. Murphy has published this article covering Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II’s recent interview with Ray Kurzweil at RAAD Fest 2018.
Mr. Murphy makes some apt observations, including this one: “What I found most interesting from Kurzweil’s response wasn’t so much his consistency in the belief that AI will indeed outpace human intelligence as a whole; rather our fears of a dystopian future where AI has gone astray are becoming increasingly unlikely. He makes this argument with the understanding that there is no singular AI being controlled by singular powerful companies or people. In today’s reality, there are millions of different AIs being controlled by anyone who owns a smartphone.”
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Ray Kurzweil: 'AI is Still on Course to Outpace Human Intelligence'
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Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil speaks at last year’s RAADfest, discussing Sophia the robot, future risks, and how the Technological Singularity still remains near!We are grateful for and honored by the support of individuals like Renaldo. Thank you to our allies at MILE - the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension - for sharing this picture.
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The U.S. Transhumanist Party will again have a presence at RAAD Fest in 2019 at the fourth RAAD Fest in Las Vegas during October 3-6, 2019. RAAD Fest has been an excellent venue for building alliances and collaborations among supporters of longevity, health, and technological advancement and interfacing with a multiplicity of perspectives on these areas and their relation to politics and policy.
To find out more and register, visit the RAAD Fest website at www.raadfest.com/. A 10% discount on the cost of registration applies until January 31, 2019.
Watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s prior appearances at RAAD Fests in 2017 and 2018 on the page linked below. You will want to be present for what we have planned in 2019!
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The Stolyarov-Kurzweil Interview has been released at last!
U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II poses a wide array of questions for inventor, futurist, and Singularitarian Dr. Ray Kurzweil on September 21, 2018, at RAAD Fest 2018 in San Diego, California. Topics discussed include advances in robotics and the potential for household robots, artificial intelligence and overcoming the pitfalls of AI bias, the importance of philosophy, culture, and politics in ensuring that humankind realizes the best possible future, how emerging technologies can protect privacy and verify the truthfulness of information being analyzed by algorithms, as well as insights that can assist in the attainment of longevity and the preservation of good health – including a brief foray into how Ray Kurzweil overcame his Type 2 Diabetes.
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=10dFgrjdfqY
Learn more about RAAD Fest here: www.raadfest.com/. RAAD Fest 2019 will occur in Las Vegas during October 3-6, 2019.
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Watch the presentation by Gennady Stolyarov II at RAAD Fest 2018, entitled, “The U.S. Transhumanist Party: Four Years of Advocating for the Future” - www.youtube.com/watch?v=kykROyu_xNcU.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II poses a wide array of questions for inventor, futurist, and Singularitarian Dr. Ray Kurzweil on Septem...
Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the United States Transhumanist Party, moderated this panel discussion, entitled “Advocating for the Future”, at RAAD Fest 2017 on August 11, 2017, in San Diego, California.
Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HorvR0nxUxY
From left to right, the panelists are Zoltan Istvan, Gennady Stolyarov II, Max More, Ben Goertzel, and Natasha Vita-More. With these leading transhumanist luminaries, Mr. Stolyarov discussed subjects such as what the transhumanist movement will look like in 2030, artificial intelligence and sources of existential risk, gamification and the use of games to motivate young people to create a better future, and how to persuade large numbers of people to support life-extension research with at least the same degree of enthusiasm that they display toward the fight against specific diseases.
Learn more about RAAD Fest here: www.raadfest.com/
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Watch the presentations of Gennady Stolyarov II - transhumanist-party.org/2017/09/02/ustp-raad-fest-2017/ - and Zoltan Istvan - transhumanist-party.org/2017/09/12/zoltan-istvan-advocates-for-the-future-at-raadfest-2017/ - from the “Advocating for the Future” panel.Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the United States Transhumanist Party, moderated this panel discussion, entitled “Advocating for the Future”, at RAAD Fest ...
Arin Vahanian writes, “It is time for a new approach and a new way of thinking when it comes to treating and curing depression. Transhumanism may offer that light at the end of the tunnel. Indeed, Transhumanism may very well be humanity’s best hope for a cure for depression, because it leaves no stone unturned in the quest to live a life of fewer limits, as well as improved health, and greater happiness and fulfillment. Imagine what could be done to solve depression if we approached treatment and a cure not in the standard ways, but by harnessing the full power of science and technology to do whatever it takes to assist the hundreds of millions of people who are suffering.”
This is the kind of creative application of transhumanist ideas that is necessary to facilitate wider public recognition of how a transhumanist worldview can positively transform many areas of life and solve long-standing problems. The unconventional, innovative, technologically based treatments will be the ones that ultimately solve depression and other problems of human psychology.
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Transhumanism and a Cure for Depression – Article by Arin Vahanian Transhumanism and a Cure for Depression – Article by Arin Vahanian January 11, 2019 Arin Vahanian Comments 0 Comment Arin Vahanian In the quest to transcend humankind’s limits and take humanity to its next level of development ...The U.S. Transhumanist Party has published this article by our member Kaiter Enless to illustrate the importance of clarity in the use of philosophical terms. Mr. Enless articulates a distinction between materialism and consumerism that is often missing from contemporary discourse; this is particularly needed, as popular thinking regarding materialism indeed tends to be quite muddled and too often associates materialist philosophical frameworks with the kind of consumerism that is alleged to be problematic. Many transhumanists are ontological materialists and seek to more effectively harness the material world and its workings for human benefit. If the false equivalency between this approach and stereotypical consumerism can be dispelled, this would assist with the public acceptance of the transhumanist worldview and aspirations.
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Consumerism Qua Materialism: A Modern Confusion – Article by Kaiter Enless Consumerism Qua Materialism: A Modern Confusion – Article by Kaiter Enless January 9, 2019 Kaiter Enless Comments 0 Comment Kaiter Enless Editor’s Note: The U.S. Transhumanist Party has published this article by our mem...This fractal was created by U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II as a present from one mathematician to another, based on 85-fold rotational symmetry for the 85th Birthday of his grandfather and namesake, Gennady Stolyarov I, on October 24, 2018. Notice how the rings can continue to stack along their orbit.
Gennady Stolyarov I, upon seeing the fractal, remarked that it illustrated to him that an entire lifetime is indeed long. However, in the view of Gennady Stolyarov II, it should be made even longer!
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Arin Vahanian writes, "the first step toward curing disease and reversing the process of aging does not start with the chemists who come up with new medicines or the gerontologists who study aging or the governments that fund projects; it starts with the individual."
What is that first step? Read Mr. Vahanian's article to find out: transhumanist-party.org/2019/01/07/first-step-reversing-aging/
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The First Step Toward Reversing Aging and Curing Disease – Article by Arin Vahanian The First Step Toward Reversing Aging and Curing Disease – Article by Arin Vahanian January 7, 2019 Arin Vahanian Comments 0 Comment Arin Vahanian The dawn of every new year brings renewed hope and numerous promi...This article by Nicole Sallak Anderson posits a creative approach toward fulfilling one of the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s objectives – the achievement of a Universal Basic Income (which is advocated for in our Platform and in the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0). We advocate a wide variety of emerging technologies, including cryptocurrencies, as well, and we endeavor to contemplate ways in which such technologies can solve deep-rooted societal problems by altering people’s incentives, hopefully in positive directions. This article was written in February 2018, just past the peak of the cryptocurrency bubble, but it looks beyond that bubble and envisions more sustainable functions for cryptocurrencies beyond speculation – for instance, achieving the goal of providing a basic income and integrating activities that create external value in the community with rewards for the individuals who engage in such activities. We continue to encourage our members to contemplate possibilities for implementing a Universal Basic Income in realistic ways that would harness new technologies for incremental progress toward the goal and would not require revolutionizing the entire world at once.
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Blockchains Instead of Beggars: Could Cryptocurrencies Unleash Universal Basic Income? – Article by Nicole Sallak Anderson Blockchains Instead of Beggars: Could Cryptocurrencies Unleash Universal Basic Income? – Article by Nicole Sallak Anderson January 6, 2019 Nicole Sallak Anderson Comments 0 ...This article by Gareth John raises various perspectives about the idea of technological Singularity and asks readers to offer their perspectives regarding how plausible the Singularity narrative, especially as articulated by Ray Kurzweil, is. The U.S. Transhumanist Party welcomes such deliberations and assessments of where technological progress may be taking our species and how rapid such progress might be – as well as how subject to human influence and socio-cultural factors technological progress is, and whether a technological Singularity would be characterized predominantly by benefits or by risks to humankind. The article by Mr. John is a valuable contribution to the consideration of such important questions.
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The Singularity: Fact or Fiction or Somewhere In-Between? – Article by Gareth John The Singularity: Fact or Fiction or Somewhere In-Between? – Article by Gareth John January 3, 2019 Gareth John Comments 0 Comment Gareth John Editor’s Note: The U.S. Transhumanist Party features this article by ...Comments by Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II:
New year, new logo for the U.S. Transhumanist Party - slightly new, incrementally new - resembling most changes I implement. Can you spot the single difference?
Hint: I am inspired by Arin Vahanian's observation that our party has the term "human" as part of its name. We are focused on human well-being and the improvement of both individuals and the species. We share the essential objectives of the humanists, but we think science and technology can accomplish them more fully.
Hopefully this logo will bring out the emphasis on the "human" aspect of transhumanism a bit more. This will be relevant in the year to come as we announce further noteworthy developments.
In his annual New Year’s message, longevity researcher and activist Victor Bjoerk speaks of the importance of medical progress and preservation of what is good about the world – including preservation of human lives from the ravages of aging.
Mr. Bjoerk writes, “I’m not someone who constantly calls for change and ‘progress’; I mean, if something is nice, then why not keep it? As far as I’m concerned, for example, the beautiful architecture from the past can continue to stand for thousands more years. These buildings fulfill their purpose and look nice; I’m quite conservative on those points – but please accelerate the medical research, and it is crucial to spot the techniques that actually do work and to not waste resources on hype!”
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2019 New Year’s Message – A Call for Medical Progress and Preservation of the Good – Article by Victor Bjoerk 2019 New Year’s Message – A Call for Medical Progress and Preservation of the Good – Article by Victor Bjoerk January 1, 2019 Victor Bjoerk Comments 0 Comment Victor Bjoerk I cel...The U.S. Transhumanist Party wishes you Happy New Years – indefinitely many of them! As we celebrate the arrival of 2019, we can find great inspiration in this painting by Ekaterinya Vladinakova. May we someday stand on worlds such as this distant cratered planet and observe nebulas like this one in glorious color.
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Message from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party: Today my article on the Marquis de Condorcet has been published by LongeCity. In it I explain that the contemporary life-extensionist movement is essentially an implementation of the project that Condorcet outlined. Read it here: www.longecity.org/forum/page/index2.html/_/feature/condorcet
Excerpt: "The 18th-century Age of Enlightenment brought forth a paradigm shift in perceptions of the human condition and potential. The thinkers of the Enlightenment systematically articulated the case for rationality, science, and technology dramatically improving human well-being and overcoming what were previously considered to be immutable limitations. Those of us today who support the pursuit of indefinite life extension, rejuvenation biotechnology, and emerging research and its applications in a wide array of transformative fields are essentially continuing the project that the Enlightenment philosophers began. Although they had a much more rudimentary toolkit at their disposal, the most visionary minds among them were remarkably able to anticipate many aspects of our contemporary world and even to see beyond it.
One such individual was Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794), among the most talented polymaths, philosophers, economists, political scientists, mathematicians, administrators, and authors of the 19th century – a man who unfortunately lived far ahead of his time and whose life was claimed by the tumult of the French Revolution in 1794. Condorcet died in prison under mysterious circumstances, after running afoul of the murderous Jacobin faction that seized power in 1793-1794 and perpetrated a Reign of Terror that subverted the ideals of the Enlightenment. Shortly beforehand Condorcet completed a work that set forth the blueprint for human progress to come – the "Esquisse d'un tableau historique des progrès de l'esprit humain" ("Outlines of a historical view of the progress of the human mind"), published posthumously in 1795. At the end of this work, Condorcet briefly but insightfully articulated much of the terminology and conceptual framework that characterize many thoughts in the life-extension movement today."
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The 18th-century Age of Enlightenment brought forth a paradigm shift in perceptions of the human condition and potential. The thinkers of the Enlightenment systematically articulated the case for rationality, science, and technology dramatical...The U.S. Transhumanist Party features this guest article by Lev Polyakov to advance the objectives of Section XII of our Platform, which reads, in part, “The United States Transhumanist Party holds that present and future societies should provide education systems accessible and available to all in pursuit of factual knowledge to increase intellectual acuity; promote critical thinking and logic; foster creativity; form an enlightened collective; attain health; secure the bounty of liberty for all sentient entities for our posterity; and forge new ideas, meanings, and values.” It is clear that contemporary systems of mass education are broken in that they fail to encourage creativity, critical thinking, and even the acquisition and retention of knowledge. However, the ideas provided by Mr. Polyakov – which combine an Internet meritocracy with individualized attention to students and the ability of students to take charge of their learning – offer some promising options for elevating the quality of education and reaching more young minds at crucial formative stages. The U.S. Transhumanist Party encourages its members to consider these ideas and to offer their own perspectives.
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Lev Polyakov and Jules Hamilton produce a YouTube channel called “Lev and Jules Break the Rules”. Visit it here: bit.ly/levandjules/.
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Improving Schooling – Ideas to Move Away from the Assembly-Line Method – Article by Lev Polyakov Improving Schooling – Ideas to Move Away from the Assembly-Line Method – Article by Lev Polyakov December 24, 2018 Lev Polyakov Comments 0 Comment Lev Polyakov Editor’s Note: The U.S. Transhuma...The U.S. Transhumanist Party is home to many innovative thinkers who offer more forward-looking and far superior policy solutions than those pursued by either of the major political parties in the United States. This brief article by Alex Lightman, Campaign Director for the California Transhumanist Party, is an example of how even a few constructive, inspiring, big-picture ideas by transhumanists could revolutionize politics for the better and help us construct the next era of our civilization. What could Donald Trump be focusing on instead of his brinksmanship over an unnecessary border wall? Mr. Lightman explores the alternatives here.
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What President Trump Should Focus on Instead of the Border Wall – Article by Alex Lightman What President Trump Should Focus on Instead of the Border Wall – Article by Alex Lightman December 24, 2018 Alex Lightman Comments 0 Comment Alex Lightman Editor’s Note: The U.S. Transhumanist Party is ...The U.S. Transhumanist Party publishes this article by one of our members, Zena O’Brien, as an example of the creative deliberations we encourage in regard to the design of future technologies and their implementation to improve the human condition. Here Ms. O’Brien writes about a possibility for providing a physical brain map that is both structural and functional through the use of sufficiently advanced cryopreservation techniques. We welcome input from our members regarding this concept.
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Creating A Physical Map of the Brain – Article by Zena O’Brien Creating A Physical Map of the Brain – Article by Zena O’Brien December 22, 2018 Zena O'Brien Comments 0 Comment Zena O’Brien Editor’s Note: The U.S. Transhumanist Party publishes this article by one of our members, Zena O’...Happy Holidays! If Santa Claus were real, life extension would be the greatest gift that he could possibly give. Elena Milova convincingly illustrates why in this letter, originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF).
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A Biohacker’s Letter to Santa – Article by Elena Milova A Biohacker’s Letter to Santa – Article by Elena Milova December 22, 2018 Elena Milova Comments 0 Comment Elena Milova Editor’s Note: Happy Holidays! If Santa Claus were real, life extension would be the greatest gift that he could po...The terraformed surface of an exomoon – another illustration by Ekaterinya Vladinakova of the lush worlds that can be created as a result of our species’ colonization of the cosmos. Let humanity venture forth to both discover and create such splendid new environments!
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In this interview originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF), Laura Sanz Olacia discusses with Dr. Aubrey de Grey his anticipation that treatments aimed at reversing biological aging may enter clinical trials within five years. The U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to feature these insights from Dr. de Grey.
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Aubrey de Grey – Clinical Trials in Five Years – Interview by Laura Sanz Olacia Aubrey de Grey – Clinical Trials in Five Years – Interview by Laura Sanz Olacia December 19, 2018 Laura Sanz Olacia Comments 0 Comment Laura Sanz OlaciaAubrey de Grey Editor’s Note: In this interview originally...www.leafscience.org/an-interview-with-reason-near-term-life-extension-therapies/?fbclid=IwAR3kbsC...
An Interview with Reason – Near-Term Life Extension Therapies |
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Today, we present an interview with Reason, the editor of Fight Aging! and co-founder of Repair Biotechnologies. We asked him about the state of rejuvenati...What is not on the list? Where this group can show some leadership in making reasonable proposals? How can we demonstrate their reasonableness and effectiveness at impacting the bottom line?
Examples may include:
* Reduce government health care spending by reducing cancer rates through rapid improvement in imaging technologies to identify potential cancers earlier.
* Increase government revenues and reduce expenses by utilizing technologies to enable all Americans to obtain a High School diploma and many Bachelors degrees for free or at very low cost, mostly online, and at any age.
* Increase government revenues by enhancing the capacity of older Americans to work and pay taxes through average healthspan expansion of 2 years within a 10-year time frame.
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CBO periodically issues a volume of options—this year’s installment presents 121—that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues. CBO’s website allows users to filter options by topic, date, and other categories.One of the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s valued and active members, C. H. Antony, recently lost his wife to cancer. We mourn his loss with him and also convey our profound admiration that, while he grieves through this tragedy, he is animated by a sense of resolve and purpose to right the injustices of death and disease.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party publishes this article by Mr. Antony as a reminder that the aspirations of the transhumanist movement and the imperative to develop technologies to instantiate it are personal to many of us. Delays in achieving our vision come at the cost of innocent lives. In Section XXII of its Platform, “The United States Transhumanist Party supports efforts at political, economic, and cultural experimentation in the form of seasteads and micronations.” We ask our members: To what extent can such experimentation be explicitly transhumanist in nature? To what extent can the U.S. Transhumanist Party collaborate and its members contribute their efforts to advance emerging efforts to create seasteads and micronations – such as Blue Frontiers? Do members agree with Mr. Antony’s critique of the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s predominant approach, which is aimed at incrementally reforming existing political systems? Comments from various perspectives are welcome.
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The Imperative to Build a Transhumanist Society – Article by C. H. Antony The Imperative to Build a Transhumanist Society – Article by C. H. Antony December 17, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment C. H. Antony Editor’s Note: The U.S. Transhumanist Party publishes this article by membe...www.bbc.com/future/story/20181211-how-science-and-medicine-could-cure-ageing?ocid=ww.social.link....
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All around the world, scientists are trying to beat the most debilitating condition known to humans: ageing. Here is how worms and 3D printers can help.The U.S. Transhumanist Party asks its members and others within and outside the transhumanist community to read and sign the Petition to Support Unity and Tolerance in the Transhumanist Movement:
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You can also find the full text of the petition on the U.S. Transhumanist Party website: transhumanist-party.org/2018/12/17/petition-unity-tolerance/
The U.S. Transhumanist Party endorses this petition due to our strong opposition to online bullying, social-media mobs, harassment campaigns, and attempts by certain non-representative factions to purge the transhumanist movement of ideas with which they disagree and the individuals who espouse those ideas. We need to remain a “big tent” coalition that welcomes all who wish to peacefully assist our movement and the spread of our ideas. We support this effort to help fellow Transhumanist artist, writer, and event producer Rachel Haywire as she seeks to rebuild her life and repair the damage from unjustified attacks.
Please sign the petition. Also, become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Petition Petition to Support Unity and Tolerance in the Transhumanist Movement
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Petition to Support Unity and Tolerance in the Transhumanist Movement United States Transhumanist Party 1 Comments 1 SignatureGoal: 1,000 In our highly polarized and divided political climate, online mobs often create harassment campaigns in order to go after the livelihoods of individuals who do no...www.leafscience.org/aubrey-de-grey-valencia/?fbclid=IwAR1f9C-Z2HJ8uUAccGzwEo4zwWxM-hiLr-316y9xDKN...
Aubrey de Grey – Clinical Trials in Five Years |
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In November, Dr. Aubrey de Grey, a graduate of the University of Cambridge, was in Spain to attend the Longevity World Forum in the city of Valencia, and h...Version 3.0 of the Transhumanist Bill of Rights has been compiled and is now permanently hosted at transhumanist-party.org/tbr-3/.
The recent vote results have been announced at transhumanist-party.org/2018/12/13/tbr-results-v3/, with a detailed tabulation of the votes for every ballot question available at transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TBR_Version_3.0_Vote_Results.pdf.
Version 3.0 augments and supersedes Version 2.0, while retaining the original intent of Version 2.0. It offers necessary clarifications regarding the meaning of the right of ending involuntary suffering, the meaning of universal health care, the justification of the universal basic income, and the concept of the noosphere. Furthermore, Version 3.0 directly integrates relevant portions of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights into the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, eliminating any need to jointly interpret those two documents.
The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks all of its members who participated in the latest online vote. Version 3.0 of the Transhumanist Bill of Rights is the latest and best-yet aspirational statement regarding how a future society will desirably treat sentient entities without limiting the rights of any sentient entity as a result of circumstantial attributes, choices to pursue technological enhancement, or biological or non-biological origin.
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Transhumanist Bill of Rights – Version 3.0 – U.S. Transhumanist Party – Official Website
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Transhumanist Bill of Rights – Version 3.0 Transhumanist Bill of Rights – Version 3.0 Transhumanist Bill of Rights – Version 3.0 Version 1.0 written by Zoltan Istvan – Delivered to the U.S. Capitol on December 14, 2015 Version 2.0 developed by members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party – Adop...www.biospace.com/article/in-what-could-be-an-alzheimer-s-breakthrough-ucla-scientists-link-specif...
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Researchers with the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences have identified two major groups of genes that, when mutated, results in overproduction of the tau protein, at least in mice. They published their research in the journal Nature Medicine.m.youtube.com/watch?v=RKeTJUyin_wAubrey De Grey - Aging in Africa: More, and less, like HIV Than You Think What if most of the fundamental knowledge needed to develop effective anti-aging me...
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Human Stem Cell Trial Successful Against Age-Related Frailty |
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Today, we want to highlight results from human trials in which stem cell transplants have been shown to reduce age-related frailty.Age-related frailty and ...m.youtube.com/watch?v=gN_U6uRLH0k&fbclid=IwAR0QOjFnW14XEWzq6UQVmdO4NNiG9tjJ04hgmNElK-7giSv1YgiW-q...
P4A 2018: Lifespan.io - Curing the Diseases of Aging | Project for Awesome 2018
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Press conference with Aubrey de Grey & José Luis Cordeiro (bilingual Spanish/English, subtitled) Hotel InterContinental, Madrid 7 de noviembre, 2018 Vídeo: Alianza Futurista Producción, edición:On World AIDS Day, we should learn from the efforts of AIDS three decades ago how we can create a path around slow the Food and Drug Administration that literally leaves patients suffering and dying waiting for safe medicines to be approved. To be politically relevant, transhumanists should target FDA for reform since it even now is discouraging the kind of breakthrus that can lead to life extension.
On World AIDS Day, we should think about reforming the FDA
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This World AIDS Day Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s and many other ailments ought to follow the same path and demand access to the medications that they need.Early voting on the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0, is now underway.
A total of 32 proposed amendments are currently under consideration to clarify various provisions and integrate the text of the Transhumanist Bill of Rights with applicable portions of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The official 7-day electronic voting period will occur from 12:01 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time on December 2, 2018, to 12:01 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time on December 9, 2018. However, votes are being accepted starting now in order to accommodate all members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Members have been e-mailed their ballots.
Official ballot options can be found at transhumanist-party.org/2018/12/01/tbr-3-ballot-options/.
If you are a member and have not yet received your ballot via e-mail for any reason, please let us know.
If you are not yet a member and would like to join before the official voting period starts, use our free Membership Application Form: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
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Official Ballot Options for Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0 – Voting Period of December 2-8, 2018 Official Ballot Options for Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0 – Voting Period of December 2-8, 2018 December 1, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment The 7-day electronic vo...Data storage was 'Transhuman' before us humans 😮 #inspiration #goals
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Woman Born In 1900 Celebrates Her 118th Birthday By Playing The Lute And Eating Cake
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118? WOW!We've just reached 2,000 PAGE LIKES! Thank you all for sticking with us over these last two years as the U.S. Transhumanist Party has grown. And we hope that you continue sticking with us into eternity!
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Leading the Anti-Aging Revolution
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Aubrey de Grey – Longevity Expert Our guest today needs no introduction. It is the one and only Aubrey de Grey, a leading biomedical gerontologist, computer scientist, author, and entrepreneur whose work in longevity research is widely known and regularly referenced by many in the industry. He ism.youtube.com/watch?v=EG3ygZYmPzgAubrey de Grey, Chief Science Officer SENS Research Foundation #ResetYourMind #ConectandoMentes #SENSResearchFoundation
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Successful anti-aging would be over ten times better than curing all cancerwww.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3448598/The-living-drug-wipe-cancer-Stunning-new-therapy-hunts...
Stunning new therapy hunts down and destroys cancer cells
T-cell immunotherapy uses the body's own cells (L) to destroy cancer cells (R). In one study, 94 per cent of terminally ill patients saw the disease vanish completely, Seattle researchers found.
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Scientists engineer a virus to take out cancer cells and their accomplices
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Scientists have developed a pioneering two-pronged virus that targets cancerous cells and the healthy neighboring cells that can aid and abet them, a new tool they describe as the first of its kind.www.leafscience.org/senescent-cell-clearance-ameliorates-neurodegeneration-in-mice/
Senescent Cell Clearance Ameliorates Neurodegeneration In Mice |
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Scientists at the Mayo Clinic have implicated senescent cells in yet another age-related pathology—namely, Alzheimer's disease. Led by Dr. Darren Baker, ...www.castanet.net/news/Tech-Talk/242696/Want-to-live-forever#comments
Want to live forever? - Tech Talk
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The worldwide average life expectancy rates have almost doubled over the years, from a dismal 34 to 66.medium.com/s/greatescape/extreme-athleticism-is-the-new-midlife-crisis-d87199a18bed?fbclid=IwAR0z...
Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis – Great Escape – Medium
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The last thing I remember before passing out was the pain. It had overtaken everything, hunching my back, and curling my fingers into claws pecking out incoherent thoughts on my laptop before finally…www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/11/landmark-study-shows-brain-cells-revamp-their-dna-make-new-protei...
‘Landmark study’ shows brain cells revamp their DNA, perhaps sparking Alzheimer’s disease
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Brain cells are some of the only body cells that can perform these alterationswww.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/health/human-life-span.html?fbclid=IwAR2lUz75zvq-6cNCq1zESFIh11EzUIjET...
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The trick is not to increase life span, scientists say, but to lengthen “health span.”www.noozhawk.com/article/tam_hunt_conversation_about_aging_with_forever_man_bill_faloon_20181108
Tam Hunt: A Conversation with ‘Forever Man’ Bill Faloon About Fending Off Aging
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Noozhawk.com delivers local breaking news, local sports, schools, nonprofits, obituaries, business, arts and entertainment, calendar, local opinions and more.www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6079357/Watch-scan-takes-3D-images-human-body-world-first.html...
A new machine can take 3D images of the whole human body at once
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have unveiled their new EXPLORER scanner, which is faster and produces higher-quality scans than any other machine used in hospitals.
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‘Reprogrammed’ stem cells implanted into patient with Parkinson’s disease
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A man in his 50s is the first of seven patients to receive the experimental therapy.www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/11/safer-and-more-effective-senescent-cell-antiaging-treatment.html
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Safer and more effective senescent cell antiaging treatmentUpdate from U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II regarding improvements to ranked-preference voting tabulation:
A good day: I have discovered an automated calculator for ranked-preference ballots which is compatible with the ballot formats of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. As usual, a straightforward interface and a simple input format are best. I am grateful to Peter Grassberger, who developed this web application and released it under the open-source MIT License.
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Yes, I used to tabulate all the ranked-preference ballots in Excel manually. This process would take hours. However, for the example that I ran through the automated calculator (back from the November 2017 results of Platform Vote #6 - transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/USTP_Platform_Vote_6_Results.pdf), you can see from the comparisons of my narratives with those of the web calculator that the quantitative results and outcomes were exactly the same (with a slight difference in the process for addressing ties, but that does not affect the ultimate result). Humans (I in particular) still can produce more ornate narratives – but if you desire a more concise summary, go with the machine.
Subsequent ranked-preference votes will be far speedier to tabulate!
Dr. Aubrey de Grey's recent lecture in Dublin.
Description: "We have a 'respectable chance' in the foreseeable future of using the 'rejuvenation alternative' to reach a point where someone’s age will not determined their health, according to longevity expert Dr Aubrey De Grey."
Content from the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Facebook page has now been integrated into our website here: transhumanist-party.org/facebook-feed/. Posts made to the Facebook Page - www.facebook.com/USTranshumanistParty/ - will also appear on the website at the above-linked feed page. We hope that this will encourage the spread of additional content about life extension and other emerging technologies. If you have an article, video, or announcement relevant to the work of the U.S. Transhumanist Party that you would like to share, you will be able to post it on the Facebook page, and it will automatically be added to the feed on our website within an hour.
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U.S. Transhumanist Party Facebook Feed 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. Genn...Watch Dr. Aubrey de Grey’s speech at RAAD Fest 2018 in San Diego, CA, on September 21, 2018 – made available courtesy of Andrés Grases. I was in the audience and so was able to observe this speech live.
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Because of member feedback during our ongoing exposure period regarding clarifying revisions to the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, we now have 28 additional proposed amendments for consideration (along with the initial 4 proposals), in order to integrate the text of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights directly into the Transhumanist Bill of Rights (instead of incorporating it by reference in Article XXV, as is currently the case), with appropriate reconciliations with existing Articles and slight modifications to accommodate the broader concept of sentient entities, and to omit some of the wording from the UN Declaration that described not rights but compulsions or duties, or was biocentric in a way that would not be compatible with the more universalist approach that recognizes the rights of all sentient entities, however originated.
If a large portion of these revisions are passed by the members, then we will have a Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0.
Members are encouraged to take a look at the current versions of the proposals here:
transhumanist-party.org/2018/11/17/tbr-2018-exposure-period/
Members still have the ability to provide their input, and others are also able to sign up for free membership, no matter where they reside, if they wish to participate in the December 2-9 electronic vote: transhumanist-party.org/membership/.
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15-Day Exposure Period for Clarifying Amendments to the Transhumanist Bill of Rights 15-Day Exposure Period for Clarifying Amendments to the Transhumanist Bill of Rights November 17, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 12 comments The U.S. Transhumanist Party will hold an electronic vote of the membe...Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, has released this message on the occasion of the second anniversary of his Chairmanship.
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Excerpt: “It astonishes me that two years have elapsed since I became Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party on November 17, 2016. Nonetheless, in retrospect, it seems that we are living in a different epoch from the one in which I stepped into this leadership role. In this epoch, transhumanism is no longer a fringe extreme; while we are a small political party, we occupy the sensible moderate ground – the civilized center of political discourse – precisely because we reject the downward spiral of toxicity, tribalism, political violence, and zero-sum partisanship which characterizes both the Democratic and Republican Parties today. Many people beyond the historic core transhumanist constituencies ought to find our message appealing, if they only knew about the Transhumanist Party and what it actually stands for.
“While 2017 was a year of focusing on developing our now-extensive Platform, 2018 was characterized by increased outreach, more frequent events and interviews, steady membership growth (doubling our membership to 1,187 as of this writing), and the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s first foray into electoral politics under my Chairmanship.”
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U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman’s Second Anniversary Message U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman’s Second Anniversary Message November 18, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment Gennady Stolyarov II It astonishes me that two years have elapsed since I became Chairman of the U.S. Transhuman...Due in part to some recent misrepresentations by certain media outlets regarding the factual content of the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 2.0, several clarifying amendments have been put forward for member consideration during a 15-day exposure period, which will precede a 7-day electronic voting period of the members from December 2-9, 2018.
Read the proposals thus far and post your comments and suggestions here: transhumanist-party.org/2018/11/17/tbr-2018-exposure-period/
Subjects of Proposed Amendments Thus Far:
- Amendment TBR-IV. Clarification Regarding the Right to End Involuntary Suffering (Abolitionism, Not Euthanasia)
- Amendment TBR-VII. Clarification Regarding Universal Healthcare (Open-Ended and Outcomes-Oriented, Not Advocacy of “Single-Payer” Systems)
- Amendment TBR-XIX. Expansion of the Context for Universal Basic Income (Desirable Regardless of Effects of Automation on Employment)
- Amendment TBR-XXI. Additional Information Regarding the Noosphere (Definition and Clarification of Ability to Participate Using Any Level of Technology)
In order to vote, one must be a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Sign up for free here, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/. It takes less than a minute.
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15-Day Exposure Period for Clarifying Amendments to the Transhumanist Bill of Rights 15-Day Exposure Period for Clarifying Amendments to the Transhumanist Bill of Rights November 17, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment The U.S. Transhumanist Party will hold an electronic vote of the members...U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II was recently honored to be the first guest ever interviewed on the video channel Lev and Jules Break the Rules with Lev Polyakov and Jules Hamilton. Lev and Jules have produced this skillfully edited video of the conversation, with content references from our conversation inserted directly into the footage. For those who wish to explore broad questions related to technology, transhumanism, culture, economics, politics, philosophy, art, and even connections to popular films and computer games, this is the discussion to watch.
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Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/Lev and Jules are proud to present the first installment of Sowing Discourse. Our first guest is Gennady Stolyarov, an American libertarian, transhumanist wr...
The U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to feature this presentation from Peter Xing, co-founder of Transhumanism Australia, an organization allied with the U.S. Transhumanist Party, from the Real Big Things Conference earlier in 2018. This video was originally published on June 13, 2018.
Peter challenges our way of thinking about death by presenting the very real prospect that living forever isn’t just a plot in Hollywood scripts. Walking us through the research developments, Peter shows living into our hundreds (or even thousands) is science non-fiction.
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Health & Wellness: Living Forever – Presentation by Peter Xing at Real Big Things #22 Health & Wellness: Living Forever – Presentation by Peter Xing at Real Big Things #22 November 5, 2018 Peter Xing Comments 0 Comment Peter Xing The U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to feature this presentati...One day remains to donate to what may soon become the largest crowdfunding effort yet through our allied organization Lifespan.io: Dr. David Sinclair’s NAD+ Mouse Project to administer nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) to mice over longer-term time periods to determine the effects on aging and health: www.lifespan.io/campaigns/can-nmn-increase-longevity/
This fundraiser is already quite successful, but one day remains to donate. Why is it still important for life-extension supporters to donate? The more funds this project has, the more likely it is that the Sinclair lab will be able to conduct a true study of long-term longevity with these mice, keeping them around and studying them up to the maximum lifespans they are able to reach. Many life-extension supporters, including U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, hold that scientific studies of longevity should not have any arbitrary cutoff point, and lab animals should be kept alive and supported for as long as they can possibly survive. It is expensive to do this, but this is the only approach in animal studies that actually offers the kinds of insights regarding animal longevity (maximum lifespan extension) that we are interested in. The U.S. Transhumanist Party therefore encourages supporters of life extension to help this campaign reach its final $75,000 stretch goal.
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The first long-term lifespan study in mice involving supplementation with NMN, a precursor of NAD+ metabolism, which has been shown to reduce aging markers and increase sirtuin activity. We propose to conduct a longevity study using NMN in the drinking water of wild-type mice. We also propose to tes...This is the video that American voters need to see prior to the 2018 elections.
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On October 7, 2018, the U.S. Transhumanist Party marked its four-year anniversary. On September 21, 2018, at RAAD Fest 2018 in San Diego, CA, Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II spoke in advance of this occasion by highlighting the U.S. Transhumanist Party's recent achievements - including a doubling in membership over the past year, the revived Enlightenment Salons, a Platform that rivals those of the two major political parties, and Mr. Stolyarov's own candidacy in 2018.
Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party Values page: transhumanist-party.org/values/
See the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform: transhumanist-party.org/platform/
See the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 2.0: transhumanist-party.org/tbr-2/
Watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party's subsequent meeting at RAAD Fest 2018 on September 22, 2018: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWYoSzj3WZk
View Mr. Stolyarov's official page for his candidacy for the Indian Hills General Improvement District (IHGID) Board of Trustees: rationalargumentator.com/stolyarov-for-ihgid.htmlThis is the video that American voters need to see prior to the 2018 elections. On October 7, 2018, the U.S. Transhumanist Party marked its four-year anniver...
U.S. Transhumanist Party Director of Visual Art Emanuel Iral has designed new animated GIF images of the U.S. Transhumanist Party banner and logo. Here is the banner GIF.
You can view both of the GIFs here - transhumanist-party.org/2018/10/24/ustp-banner-logo/ - and download them for your own use in promoting the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s endeavors and increasing public awareness of our vision and endeavors!
This is a prime example of how members are able to contribute to the resources available to spread our message. The U.S. Transhumanist Party is a non-monetary organization, so all that we able to achieve, we do through the direct action and creative talent of our membership.
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside. Fill out our free Membership Application Form here - transhumanist-party.org/membership/. It takes less than a minute!
U.S. Transhumanist Party Director of Visual Art Emanuel Iral has designed new animated GIF images of the U.S. Transhumanist Party banner and logo. Here is the logo GIF.
You can view both of the GIFs here - transhumanist-party.org/2018/10/24/ustp-banner-logo/ - and download them for your own use in promoting the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s endeavors and increasing public awareness of our vision and endeavors!
This is a prime example of how members are able to contribute to the resources available to spread our message. The U.S. Transhumanist Party is a non-monetary organization, so all that we able to achieve, we do through the direct action and creative talent of our membership.
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside. Fill out our free Membership Application Form here - transhumanist-party.org/membership/. It takes less than a minute!
Hey guys, today Dr. Sinclair, the researcher from Harvard Medical School, is making an Ask Me Anything at Reddit/Futurology - you are welcome to join us and ask your questions! It is already started! I asked mine about his own longevity strategy. 🙂
The Dr. David Sinclair AMA • r/Futurology
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In support of the NAD+ Mouse Project over at Lifespan.io, Dr. David Sinclair will be doing an AMA on Reddit Futurology Tuesday, October 23, 2018...I need help from the group. Can anyone explain why Zoltan Istvan's name did not appear on the ballots during the 2016 presidential campaign? I assume it has something to do with the US election system... Thank you.
The Nevada Transhumanist Party offers the following brief statements of position on the ballot questions currently before Nevada voters in the 2018 General Election.
Summary
Question 1: Marsy’s Law Crime Victims’ Rights Amendment – Support
Question 2: Sales-Tax Exemption for Feminine Hygiene Products – Support
Question 3: Energy Choice Initiative – Support
Question 4: Medical Equipment Sales-Tax Exemption Amendment – Support
Question 5: Automatic Voter Registration via DMV – Oppose
Question 6: Renewable Energy Standards Initiative – Oppose
Read our reasoning for each of these positions here:
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Nevada Transhumanist Party Positions on 2018 Nevada Ballot Questions Nevada Transhumanist Party Positions on 2018 Nevada Ballot Questions October 22, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment Gennady Stolyarov II The Nevada Transhumanist Party offers the following brief statements of position on....The video recording of Gennady Stolyarov II’s presentation at the “Meet the Candidates” Night (October 17, 2018) at the Indian Hills General Improvement District has been posted: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkoQydPVFPs. Mr. Stolyarov’s candidacy has previously been unanimously endorsed by a vote of the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s members.
There is some technical flaw with the audio around 8:52 – the time that Mr. Stolyarov discusses protecting homeowners’ property rights and opposing the establishment of a homeowners’ association. You will hear several parts of these remarks simultaneously – but you will likely still be able to discern Mr. Stolyarov’s position. About a minute afterward, the proper linear audio stream resumes.
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/Indian Hills General Improvement District Trustee Candidate, Gennady Stolyarov II. The intent of these videos is to inform voting residents of Indian Hills G...
Read this update from Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, on his campaign as a nonpartisan candidate for the Indian Hills General District Board of Trustees in Nevada.
I was able to use the allotted time to present my intended messages regarding my qualifications and my priorities of maintaining essential infrastructure, promoting growth, supporting technological and factually, rationally grounded solutions, and being attentive to all residents and representing the District as a whole in a nonpartisan manner. The statements and questions were thoughtful and generated a civil, meaningful discussion about events in the District. This is what political activity should be about – not factionalism, tribalism, or blind partisanship.
Many residents and the other candidates appeared to be sympathetic to my approach and positions – and my hope is that this will enable them to recognize me as a good consensus candidate who can draw support from all constituencies in the District. I stated at the event that I would be honored to work with any of the other candidates if they are elected to the Board alongside me.
Whether my objective of not being last in the vote count can be met remains to be seen; this election will probably surprise everyone. However, this event most definitely helped – and I hope the videos will help as well when they are released.
Early voting in Douglas County begins this Saturday, October 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Courthouse in Minden. I have been conducting research on the ballot questions and candidates in the contested races for several hours per day; now I am close to finalizing my own preferences.
Please inform any of your acquaintances who reside in the Indian Hills GID about me and my candidacy!
On October 13, 2018, in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment and its furtherance today, Gennady Stolyarov II, Bill Andrews, James Kohagen, Bobby Ridge, and John Murrieta met for the fifth interdisciplinary discussion - hosted by Mr. Stolyarov - on science, culture, education, advocacy, and policy. Subjects discussed included the following:
- The recent RAAD Fest 2018 in San Diego
- Developments in the field of gene therapy
- Advances in epidural stimulation for treating and overcoming spinal-cord injuries
- Long-lived organisms and their similarities and dissimilarities to humans
- How animal experiments can become more humane
- How contemporary science still has far to go to accumulate even fairly basic information about certain organisms
- How the study of lifespans can be included in educational curricula starting at early childhood
- Whether privacy will remain in a more technologically interconnected future.
Watch the video recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejHXvBvTEck
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Find out about "Death is Wrong" - the illustrated children's book on indefinite life extension - www.rationalargumentator.com/index/death-is-wrong/On October 13, 2018, in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment and its furtherance today, Gennady Stolyarov II, Bill Andrews, James Kohagen, Bobby Ridge, and...
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Listen to Ryan O’Shea’s interview with U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II on the Future Grind podcast, where they discuss the state of Transhumanist politics. Mr. Stolyarov responds to some of the most detailed and well-researched questions that he has been presented with regarding contemporary political issues in the U.S. Transhumanist Party and transhumanist movement. The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks Mr. O’Shea for enabling a thoughtful discussion that will be of interest to our listeners.
- YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLdC3my1QiQ
- Future Grind website: futuregrind.org/podcast-episodes/2018/10/7/ep-28-the-state-of-transhumanist-politics-with-gennady...
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New episode! Ryan O'Shea sits down with Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Gennady took the reins of the Transhumanist Party when the organization’s founder, Zoltan Istvan, stepped down after his campaign for President in 2016. In addition to his work with the Party, Gennady is a published author and composer, and he has contributed articles to the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, the Brighter Brains Humanist Action Coalition, the Mises Institute, and many more. They discuss the current state of transhumanist politics, why Gennady believes that they are important in the first place, and how he feels that transhumanism can transcend socialism, libertarianism, and all other conventional ideologies.
Show notes and more at futuregrind.org!
On September 22, 2018, representatives of the U.S. Transhumanist Party met in San Diego, California, during RAAD Fest 2018, in order to provide an overview of recent efforts and future prospects, discuss approaches to advocacy with several leading transhumanist public figures, and field audience questions regarding the transhumanist movement and its goals.
Watch the video of the meeting on YouTube here: youtu.be/EWYoSzj3WZk
Participants at the meeting included the following individuals:
- Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, U.S. Transhumanist Party
- Arin Vahanian, Director of Marketing, U.S. Transhumanist Party
- Newton Lee, Chairman, California Transhumanist Party, U.S. Transhumanist Party Education and Media Advisor
- José Luis Cordeiro, U.S. Transhumanist Party Technology Advisor and Foreign Ambassador to Spain
- Natasha Vita-More, Member of Los Angeles City Council (1992-1993), Elected on a Transhumanist Platform, Executive Director of Humanity Plus
- Bill Andrews, U.S. Transhumanist Party Biotechnology Advisor
- Charlie Kam, Director of Networking, California Transhumanist Party
- Elizabeth (Liz) Parrish, U.S. Transhumanist Party Advocacy Advisor
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Become a Foreign Ambassador for the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Apply here: goo.gl/forms/430kp31F0D6VmXFc2On September 22, 2018, representatives of the U.S. Transhumanist Party met in San Diego, California, during RAAD Fest 2018, in order to provide an overview o...
Thank you to The Wave Chronicle for republishing Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II's presentation, "How Transhumanism Can Transcend Libertarianism, Socialism, and All Other Conventional Ideologies".
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How To Transcend Socialism, Libertarianism, and All Other Conventional Ideologies
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Editors Note: This is a fantastic discussion by Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, concerning political ideology. Watch and use to teach some truth. Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, discusses the key strengths and weaknesses ofAndrés Grases, the publisher of the Transhuman Plus website, interviews U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at RAAD Fest 2018 in San Diego, CA, on September 23, 2018. During the course of this conversation, both the contemporary state of transhumanist politics and future directions are covered – along with the challenges to reforming the educational system, the need to create open access to academic works, the manner in which the transition toward the next era of technologies will occur, the meaning of transhumanism and its applications in the proximate future – including promising advances that we can expect to see during the next several years.
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Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: transhumanist-party.org/membership/Conversation with Gennady Stolyarov, current Chairman of the US Transhumanist Party. It took place during RAADfest 2018 (Revolution Against Aging and Death F...
Troynovant, an excellent website curated by Robert W. Franson and containing a vast repository of literary essays and reviews, has republished my 2014 essay, "The Role of Business and the Virtuous Cycle of Progress in Robert Heinlein's 'Methuselah's Children'".
Excerpt: "'Methuselah's Children' is a pioneering science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, remarkable for its favorable treatment of greatly extended lifespans several decades before the era of biotechnology and the advent of the transhumanist and life-extension movements. Moreover, 'Methuselah's Children' presents important insights regarding the virtuous cycle of improvement that occurs when a business structure is deliberately oriented toward catalyzing both technological progress and increased length and quality of human life."
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Excerpt: "'Methuselah's Children' is a pioneering science-fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, remarkable for its favorable treatment of greatly extended lifespans several decades before the era of biotechnology and the advent of the transhumanist and life-extension movements. Moreover, 'Methuselah's Children' presents important insights regarding the virtuous cycle of improvement that occurs when a business structure is deliberately oriented toward catalyzing both technological progress and increased length and quality of human life."
The U.S. Transhumanist Party website is back online – after an outage of about 80 hours. We hope that similar errors by our website hosting service will not occur in the future, and we will be taking further steps to create redundancies in our website infrastructure.
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How Transhumanism Can Transcend Socialism, Libertarianism, and All Other Conventional Ideologies – Gennady Stolyarov II Presents at the VSIM:18 Conference How Transhumanism Can Transcend Socialism, Libertarianism, and All Other Conventional Ideologies – Gennady Stolyarov II Presents at the VSIM:...To everyone interested in joining the U.S. Transhumanist Party, here is an alternative link to the membership application form: goo.gl/forms/IpUjooEZjnfOFUMi2
We are currently suffering an ongoing website outage due to a major error by the hosting service provider. However, the membership application form linked above ought to work.
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Membership in the Transhumanist Party is free of monetary cost. To become a member, please complete the following questions.Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, discusses the key strengths and weaknesses of libertarianism, socialism, conservatism, and left-liberalism, the common failings of these and all other conventional ideologies, and why transhumanism offers a principled, integrated, dynamic approach for a new era of history, which can overcome all of these failings.
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This presentation was delivered virtually by Mr. Stolyarov on September 13, 2018, to the Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2018 (VSIM:18) conference in Ravda, Bulgaria. Afterward, a discussion ensured, in which Professor Angel Marchev, Sr., the conference organizer and the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, offered his views on the dangers of socialism and the promise of transhumanism, followed by a brief question-and-answer period.
Download and view the slides of Mr. Stolyarov’s presentation (with hyperlinks) here: transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Transhumanism_Transcend_Conventional_Ideologie...
Visit the website of the U.S. Transhumanist Party here: transhumanist-party.org/
Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside. Fill out our Membership Application Form here: transhumanist-party.org/membership/
Become a Foreign Ambassador for the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Apply here: goo.gl/forms/430kp31F0D6VmXFc2Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, discusses the key strengths and weaknesses of libertarianism, socialism, conservatism, and le...
The U.S. Transhumanist Party has concluded its seven-day electronic vote on the question of endorsing Gennady Stolyarov II for the Board of Trustees of the Indian Hills General Improvement District (IHGID) in Nevada in the 2018 general election.
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Of the 43 members who voted, 100% cast their ballots in favor of endorsing Mr. Stolyarov’s candidacy. During the vote, two members requested to be independent observers and received access to the vote results. Furthermore, all of the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Officers received independent access to the vote results as well.
Accordingly, the U.S. Transhumanist Party has an endorsed candidate who will be on the ballot in the 2018 general election.
In response to this endorsement, Mr. Stolyarov issued the following statement:
“I am deeply honored by the confidence that the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s members have placed in me as a candidate for local political office. It is my view that, while U.S. federal politics is broken almost beyond proximate recourse, substantial progress can be made at the local level by persons of good will, seeking constructive solutions to everyday concerns. As my campaign statement declares, through reason, technology, and respect for property rights, we can live well and improve. If I am elected to the IHGID Board of Trustees, I will demonstrate in action that transhumanism can be an effective, everyday, mainstream system of principles and practices that, if given a chance, will produce concrete good for all persons. The transhumanists of today can become the political center of tomorrow. Negative, adversarial, and petty politics have torn our country apart, and it is time for the thinking of a new era to be forged to bring us back together in addressing universal questions and aspirations. Creating the future will take concerted, persistent efforts to ameliorate human societies and institutions at their most basic levels. But it is upon this firm foundation that a sound civil society can be built, and that civil society will then have the proper immune system to deflect those cynical manipulators of public opinion who would divide us for their transitory gain. I hope that my campaign – with good will toward my fellow residents, other candidates, the IHGID staff, and people throughout the world who have voiced their support – will become one building block in that foundation.”
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In this article originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation (LEAF), Mr. Nicola Bagalà provides a poignant discussion of the suffering associated with the diseases of old age, for which contemporary geriatric medicine can only offer palliative treatments but no lasting solutions. It is imperative to correct this situation by advocating for the advancement of effective rejuvenation treatments which can not only successfully cure the diseases of old age but also reverse biological aging itself.
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From Within Your Own Failing Shell – Article by Nicola Bagalà From Within Your Own Failing Shell – Article by Nicola Bagalà September 10, 2018 Nicola Bagalà Comments 0 Comment Nicola Bagalà Editor’s Note: In this article originally published by our allies at the Life Extension Advocacy Fou...The U.S. Transhumanist Party is holding an electronic vote of the membership for a seven-day period ending on 12:01 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time on Monday, September 10, 2018, on the question of whether to endorse Gennady Stolyarov II who is running and on the ballot as a candidate for the Board of Trustees of the Indian Hills General Improvement District (IHGID) in Nevada in the 2018 general election.
See the U.S. Transhumanist Party announcement of this vote and discussion of parallels between Mr. Stolyarov’s campaign statements and the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Values and Platform here: transhumanist-party.org/2018/09/02/ustp-stolyarov-vote/
See Mr. Stolyarov’s campaign page here: rationalargumentator.com/stolyarov-for-ihgid.html
Registered U.S. Transhumanist Party members as of 12:01 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time on Monday, September 3, 2018, would be able to cast their ballots on this question and will be sent their ballots via e-mail.
Because Mr. Stolyarov is the Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, we shall strive to make every effort that the voting proceeds in as transparent and independently verifiable a manner as possible. Members are free to vote for or against the endorsement, or to abstain from voting, without any adverse repercussions for any decision made or in consequence of any outcome resulting from this vote. Every member is encouraged to make an independent, informed decision on this question. Any member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party who wishes to be an independent observer of the vote results may contact Mr. Stolyarov at gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com. All independent observers must promise not to disclose the names of those who voted to the broader public, although the independent observers may be privy to those names for purposes of verification of results only (and not for purposes of using this information to influence the outcome), and with the understanding that such non-disclosure must be adhered to.
Mr. Stolyarov is officially running as a nonpartisan candidate for this nonpartisan office, and accordingly his name on the ballot cannot be accompanied by a political party designation. There are currently four candidates, including Mr. Stolyarov, running for three open positions.
Accordingly, the significance of any endorsement by the U.S. Transhumanist Party would be symbolic in nature and would serve to bring greater attention to transhumanist ideas and how they could be instantiated in everyday, nonpartisan governance and an approach that can also appeal to the broader public, as Mr. Stolyarov attempts to do in his campaign. Furthermore, now that our previously endorsed candidate James D. Schultz has ended his campaign, the prominence of the U.S. Transhumanist Party would be aided by having an endorsed candidate in the 2018 general election, especially a candidate with a realistic possibility of winning the office for which he is running.
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U.S. Transhumanist Party Vote on the Question of Endorsing Gennady Stolyarov II for the Indian Hills General Improvement District Board of Trustees U.S. Transhumanist Party Vote on the Question of Endorsing Gennady Stolyarov II for the Indian Hills General Improvement District Board of Trustees Sept...Through our inclusive approach, as articulated by Martin van der Kroon a year ago, the U.S. Transhumanist Party welcomes new members from all places and backgrounds and with a wide variety of perspectives. We have, in the meantime, grown to over 1,070 members through this approach and have avoided the “echo-chamber” trap that often befalls more homogeneous organizations.
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Arin Vahanian writes, "Although Transhumanism is heavily inspired by (and also inspires) advancements in science and technology, I believe the movement could also benefit from implementing cultural aspects; in particular, those from China."
Mr. Vahanian elaborates that "Although the Transhumanist movement is rather decentralized, and I believe in keeping it this way, we most definitely need unity, especially in regard to our values and objectives."
Read more of Mr. Vahanian's analysis here: transhumanist-party.org/2018/08/24/need-for-unity/
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The Need for Unity and Stability in Transhumanism – Article by Arin Vahanian The Need for Unity and Stability in Transhumanism – Article by Arin Vahanian August 24, 2018 Arin Vahanian Comments 0 Comment Arin Vahanian Although Transhumanism is heavily inspired by (and also inspires) advancemen...The U.S. Transhumanist Party regrets to announce that our previously endorsed candidate for New York State Assembly District 2, James D. Schultz, has ended his campaign because of his effort falling short of gaining the necessary 1,500 signatures for ballot access.
On August 21, 2018, Mr. Schultz offered the following statement: “It personally pains me to come to this. My friends and I have been working hard on securing ballot access for my state assembly run on an Independent ballot. Despite our efforts we have fallen short of the minimum signatures needed to gain ballot access. Because of this and the very slim chance of a write-in effort making a difference, I am, effective immediately, dropping out of the race. We needed a minimum of 1,500 signatures to get on the ballot; we fell short with 1,239. Everyone who has helped the campaign and wished us luck, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. On our first day we only got 18 signatures. We kept on pushing hard despite the many hostile attitudes of both Democrats and Republicans.”
Despite the best intentions, Mr. Schultz’s campaign fell slightly short of the onerous ballot-access threshold established by the two major political parties in New York State. This is yet another illustration of the travesty of ballot-access laws in the United States, which act to preserve the two-party duopoly while denying Americans the genuine choice of considering innovative, creative voices that can offer true progress. This example underscores why the U.S. Transhumanist Party strongly supports reducing or eliminating these ballot-access thresholds wherever and to whatever extent possible.
Nonetheless, we express our appreciation to Mr. Schultz for his efforts and for the fact that, because of his campaign, the U.S. Transhumanist Party had an endorsed candidate in the 2018 midterm elections for over four months, between April 12 and August 21, 2018.
How shall we proceed to make a difference in the 2018 elections? Will the U.S. Transhumanist Party still be able to have a presence and an influence? Fear not – for the U.S. Transhumanist Party leadership has been discussing just this and has a proposition that will be put forth before the membership in early September 2018.
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U.S. Transhumanist Party Endorsed Candidate James D. Schultz Ends His Campaign for New York State Assembly District 2 U.S. Transhumanist Party Endorsed Candidate James D. Schultz Ends His Campaign for New York State Assembly District 2 August 22, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment The U.S....Wired Magazine has republished the Transhumanist Bill of Rights - Version 2.0 - here: www.wired.com/beyond-the-beyond/2018/08/transhumanist-bill-rights-version-2-0/
The U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to see this recognition of our members' deliberations and collaborative efforts in crafting this document, which was developed on the basis of member-generated wording and a ranked-preference electronic vote in December 2016.
Leo Igwe announces, “A transhumanist organization, Enlightenment Transhumanist Forum of Nigeria (ETFN) also known as H+ Nigeria, has been licensed to operate in the country. Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission, the agency that is in charge of registering societies issued the license on August 7, 2018. H+ Nigeria was registered after it fulfilled all the conditions required for operation as a legal entity in the country. The objectives of the organization include the promotion of transhumanist thought and culture. The forum plans to create awareness of the radical changes and feasibility of redesigning the human condition which humanity stands to undergo through science and technology in the future.”
The U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Foreign Ambassador to Nigeria, Ojochogwu Abdul (Chogwu Abdul) is one of the founding members of the ETFN. We wish them great success in spreading transhumanist principles and discourse in Nigeria and beyond!
Read more here: transhumanist-party.org/2018/08/20/etfn-registered/
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Enlightenment Transhumanist Association Registered in Nigeria – Press Release by Leo Igwe Enlightenment Transhumanist Association Registered in Nigeria – Press Release by Leo Igwe August 20, 2018 Leo Igwe Comments 0 Comment Leo Igwe A transhumanist organization, Enlightenment Transhumanist Forum...“Shattered” is a print by Dr. Laura Katrin Weston, a.k.a. Katrin Brunier, which depicts how the forces of ruin can lead once-ornate and beautiful things to become eroded and deteriorated. This process, unfortunately, afflicts human organisms and minds as well, causing much of value to be lost or at least faded with time. Even with age, there remain in everything and everyone traces of the former splendor that can yet potentially be reclaimed – if humanity reconsiders its priorities and decisively commits to the war on ruin, including the quest to overcome aging and death.
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“Shattered” – Art by Laura Katrin Weston, a.k.a. Katrin Brunier “Shattered” – Art by Laura Katrin Weston, a.k.a. Katrin Brunier August 18, 2018 Laura Katrin Weston Comments 0 Comment Laura Katrin Weston Commentary by Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, United States Transhumanist Party: “S...The United States Transhumanist Party continues to invite independent or nonpartisan candidates for elected office who seek our endorsement.
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If you share our values and are not running on behalf of another political party, e-mail Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at gennadystolyarovii@gmail.com to apply.
In your e-mail, please include (i) your name; (ii) the office you are running for; (iii) a description of your platform and/or the goals of your candidacy; and (iv) why you seek the endorsement of the U.S. Transhumanist Party.
If you do not wish to run yourself but would wish to recommend other candidates to our attention, please, likewise, send an e-mail.
Again, the candidates we will consider endorsing must not be running on behalf of any other non-transhumanist political party.
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U.S. Transhumanist Party Invites Candidates to Apply for Endorsement U.S. Transhumanist Party Invites Candidates to Apply for Endorsement August 14, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment Gennady Stolyarov II The United States Transhumanist Party continues to invite independent or nonpartisan...." There is no shame in wanting to remain beautiful, graceful, and vibrant for as long as we can. " - Katrin Brunier
"This vibrant watercolor image of a hawthorn tree in bloom illustrates that beauty and longevity are indeed compatible."
“Graceful” – Art by Laura Katrin Weston, a.k.a. Katrin Brunier – The Rational Argumentator
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“Graceful” – Art by Laura Katrin Weston, a.k.a. Katrin Brunier “Graceful” – Art by Laura Katrin Weston, a.k.a. Katrin Brunier July 22, 2018 Laura Katrin Weston Comments 0 Comment TweetLaura Katrin Weston Commentary by Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman, United States Transhumanist Party: “..."How to Create a Mind" (2012) by inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil sets forth a case for engineering minds that are able to emulate the complexity of human thought (and exceed it) without the need to reverse-engineer every detail of the human brain or of the plethora of content with which the brain operates. Kurzweil persuasively describes the human conscious mind as based on hierarchies of pattern-recognition algorithms which, even when based on relatively simple rules and heuristics, combine to give rise to the extremely sophisticated emergent properties of conscious awareness and reasoning about the world. How to Create a Mind takes readers through an integrated tour of key historical advances in computer science, physics, mathematics, and neuroscience – among other disciplines – and describes the incremental evolution of computers and artificial-intelligence algorithms toward increasing capabilities – leading toward the not-too-distant future (the late 2020s, according to Kurzweil) during which computers would be able to emulate human minds.
Read Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II’s review of “How to Create a Mind” here: transhumanist-party.org/2018/08/13/review-create-mind/
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Review of Ray Kurzweil’s “How to Create a Mind” – Article by Gennady Stolyarov II Review of Ray Kurzweil’s “How to Create a Mind” – Article by Gennady Stolyarov II August 13, 2018 Gennady Stolyarov II Comments 0 Comment Gennady Stolyarov II How to Create a Mind (2012) by inventor and...