{"id":7279,"date":"2017-06-25T01:46:48","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T01:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=7279"},"modified":"2017-06-25T02:00:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T02:00:49","slug":"activating-transhumanism-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2017\/06\/activating-transhumanism-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Activating Transhumanism \u2013 James Strole Interviews G. Stolyarov II on RAAD Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><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 James Strole<br \/>\n<\/big><\/big><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><big><span style=\"color: #000080;\">June 24, 2017<\/span><br \/>\n<\/big><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">******************************<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II was interviewed by James Strole regarding the forthcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/raadfest.com\/\">RAAD Fest 2017<\/a> in San Diego, California, which will occur on August 9-13, 2017. This interview addressed Mr. Stolyarov\u2019s impressions of RAAD Fest 2016, his goals for the transhumanist movement in politics, and how various perspectives within the transhumanist and life-extensionist movement can benefit from interfacing with one another. Watch the video of the interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jbY3x43uyno\">on YouTube<\/a> or below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/se4QVF_-jaM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">At RAAD Fest 2017, Mr. Stolyarov will be <a href=\"http:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/2017\/06\/07\/stolyarov-raad-fest-moderate\/\">moderating a panel<\/a> consisting of transhumanist philosophers, researchers, and activists \u2013 including Zoltan Istvan, Dr. Ben Goertzel, Dr. Max More, and Dr. Natasha Vita-More. You can see the full RAAD Fest schedule <a href=\"http:\/\/raadfest.com\/schedule2017\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The panel moderated by Mr. Stolyarov will occur at 10 a.m. \u00a0on Friday, August 11, 2017. Machine augmentation of human bodies and minds will be one topic of discussion; transhumanist politics will be another. As <a href=\"http:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/2017\/04\/29\/transhumanist-party-at-raadfest\/\">previously announced<\/a>, Mr. Stolyarov will inaugurate the panel with a brief presentation entitled \u201cThe U.S. Transhumanist Party: Pursuing a Peaceful Political Revolution for Longevity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party:\u00a0<\/strong>When registering for RAAD Fest, you can use the special discount code\u00a0<strong>TRANSHUMAN<\/strong>, which will now reduce the cost of registration to $497.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Strole_Stolyarov_Interview.png 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>G. Stolyarov II and James Strole June 24, 2017 ****************************** U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II was interviewed by James Strole regarding the forthcoming RAAD Fest 2017 in San Diego, California, which will occur on August 9-13, 2017. This interview addressed Mr. Stolyarov\u2019s impressions of RAAD Fest 2016, his goals for the transhumanist movement in politics, and how various perspectives within the transhumanist and life-extensionist movement can benefit from interfacing with one another. 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