U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Anastasia Egorova – September 10, 2023
Anastasia Egorova
Gennady Stolyarov II
Jason Geringer
Daniel E. Twedt
Art Ramon Garcia, Jr.
Aubrey de Grey
Jose Cordeiro
On Sunday, September 10, 2023, the U.S. Transhumanist Party streamed a conversation with Anastasia Egorova, co-founder and CEO of Open Longevity, who presented regarding the ambitious advocacy campaign “Say Forever!” and the lessons this campaign has to teach about elements of effective longevity activism.
This conversation was originally recorded on September 4, 2023, and was streamed during the September 10 Virtual Enlightenment Salon for the first time. The following U.S. Transhumanist Party Officers and Advisors took part in the panel:
– Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman
– Jason Geringer, Vice-Chairman (July-October 2023)
– Daniel Twedt, 2024 U.S. Vice-Presidential Candidate and Director of Citizen and Community Science
– Art Ramon Garcia, Jr., Director of Visual Art
– Aubrey de Grey, PhD, Anti-Aging Advisor
– Jose Cordeiro, MBA, PhD, Technology Advisor and Foreign Ambassador in Spain
Timestamps
3:06 – Anastasia Egorova’s opening remarks
27:10 – “Say Forever!” X (Twitter) competition
37:44 – Open letter to policymakers
45:25 – Longevity Month (October) and Longevity Day (October 1)
52:11 – The reason for the “Say Forever!” campaign
55:22 – Good online starting points for those interested in longevity
57:36 – Open Longevity’s mobilization strategy
1:03:40 – X (Twitter) as a platform for longevity activism
1:08:56 – Addressing Elon Musk’s concerns with the longevity movement
1:16:01 – Where the “Say Forever!” surveys might be done
1:20:05 – Fighting aging as a moral imperative
1:25:31 – How to recruit more longevity activists
1:27:48 – Why “longevity” is the preferred term
1:31:13 – Finding actions people can associate with the longevity movement
1:34:20 – Using the word “immortality”
1:37:41 – Other ways to encourage people to seek longevity
1:43:19 – How “Say Forever!” designs its surveys, and some findings
Visit the website of Open Longevity here.
Visit the website of the Say Forever! Campaign.
References:
– Open Letter to the U.S. Congress on Anti-Aging Research.
– Dashboard of Twitter / X Accounts in the Say Forever Network.
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