{"id":3960,"date":"2015-03-07T05:27:44","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T05:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2015-03-07T17:50:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T17:50:03","slug":"stolyarov-cortese-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2015\/03\/stolyarov-cortese-future\/","title":{"rendered":"G. Stolyarov II and Franco Cortese Discuss Humankind&#8217;s Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rationalbusinessjournal.rationalargumentator.com\/tophatwhitesm.jpg\" alt=\"The New Renaissance Hat\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><big><big>G. Stolyarov II and Franco Cortese<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><span style=\"color: #000080;\">March 6, 2015<\/span><br \/>\n<\/big><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">******************************<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xC7plcT6GXk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>Mr. Stolyarov invites life-extension advocate and wide-ranging future-oriented thinker Franco Cortese to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xC7plcT6GXk\">discuss<\/a> a broad array of ideas and possibilities regarding the future of humankind.<\/p>\n<p>Apologies for the technical difficulties at the end. The conclusion of our discussion can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JXiooJj4tJ0\">here<\/a>. The last several minutes of the conversation focus on how emerging technologies could help overcome current existential risks and help lead to the elimination of brutality and barbarism.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JXiooJj4tJ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Questions addressed in the discussion include the following:<\/p>\n<p>(1) What do you consider to be humankind\u2019s best opportunities for achieving a bright future within the next several decades?<br \/>\n(2) What do you consider to be the greatest obstacles to the realization of such a bright future?<br \/>\n(3) How could such obstacles be overcome?<br \/>\n(4) What actions can most people take to assist in the acceleration of technological progress so as to solve, within the lifetimes of those alive today, many of the major problems currently associated with the human condition?<br \/>\n(5) How can virtual worlds help to improve the physical world?<\/p>\n<p>Franco Cortese is Affiliate Scholar of the Institute for Ethics &amp; Emerging Technologies, Research Scientist at ELPIs Foundation for Indefinite Lifespans, Assistant Editor of Ria University Press, Fellow of the Brighter Brains Institute, Ambassador for The Seasteading Institute, and Chief Operating Officer of the Center for Interdisciplinary Philosophic Studies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stolyarov_Cortese_Discussion.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stolyarov_Cortese_Discussion-1024x438.png\" alt=\"Stolyarov_Cortese_Discussion\" width=\"750\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stolyarov_Cortese_Discussion-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stolyarov_Cortese_Discussion-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stolyarov_Cortese_Discussion-100x43.png 100w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Stolyarov_Cortese_Discussion.png 1651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G. Stolyarov II and Franco Cortese March 6, 2015 ****************************** Mr. Stolyarov invites life-extension advocate and wide-ranging future-oriented thinker Franco Cortese to discuss a broad array of ideas and possibilities regarding the future of humankind. Apologies for the technical difficulties at the end. The conclusion of our discussion can be found here. 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