{"id":7963,"date":"2019-02-24T06:33:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T06:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=7963"},"modified":"2019-02-24T06:33:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T06:33:56","slug":"ustp-meeting-2-23-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2019\/02\/ustp-meeting-2-23-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Meeting and Q&#038;A \u2013 February 23, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Transhumanist-Party-logo_bg-304x322.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-7332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Transhumanist-Party-logo_bg-304x322-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><strong>Gennady Stolyarov II<\/strong><br \/>\n<b>Denisa Rensen<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Palak Madan<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Pam Keefe<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Dinorah Delfin<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Arin Vahanian<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Tom Ross<\/b><br \/>\n<strong>B.J. Murphy<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/53NsdxLXUHo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On February 23, 2019, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invited many of its Officers and Ambassadors to discuss recent activities and plans for 2019, including the upcoming Presidential nomination process. The meeting included a public chat and portions where inquiries from members and the general public were addressed. Find the video recording of the meeting and the accompanying YouTube Live chat\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=53NsdxLXUHo\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agenda<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Gennady Stolyarov II:<\/strong>\u00a0Overview of 2019 Transhumanist Presidential Nomination\/Debate\/Primary Process<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Ambassadors \u2013 Denisa Rensen, Palak Madan, Pam Keefe:<\/strong>\u00a0Discussions on Transhumanist Sentiment \/ Attitudinal Environment in Japan, India, and Hong Kong<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Denisa Rensen:<\/strong>\u00a0Report on TransVision 2018 in Madrid<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Gennady Stolyarov II:<\/strong>\u00a0Integration with the Transhuman Party \/ Dissolution of the TNC<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Dinorah Delfin:<\/strong>\u00a0Discussion of Forthcoming Article in The Transhumanism Handbook: \u201cAn Artist\u2019s Creative Process: A Model of Conscious Evolution\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Arin Vahanian:<\/strong>\u00a0Report on Premiere of \u201cImmortality or Bust\u201d Documentary<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 Group Discussion: How to Reach 10,000 Members?<\/strong>\u00a0(What demographics have yet to be exposed to transhumanist ideas and the existence of the USTP? How can we be more effective in getting people \u201cin the door\u201d to even be aware of our existence and content?)<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<em>Potential Ideas<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<em>Social-Media Digital Poster Contest<\/em>\u00a0(Suggestion by Tom Ross)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<em>Incentives for Members to Recruit Other Members<\/em>\u00a0(Suggestion by Tom Ross)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<em>Appeal to Subcultures \u2013 e.g., Steampunk, Cyborg Communities<\/em>\u00a0(Suggestion by Tom Ross)<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<strong>Question for Discussion:<\/strong>\u00a0Should we engage with conspiracy theorists (e.g., attempt to rebut them) or distance ourselves from them as much as possible?<br \/>\n\u2013 Any questions from the audience<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Note:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>The meeting livestream terminated slightly prematurely due to an Internet disconnection. However, the meeting did proceed over the course of the planned two-hour timeframe, and the vast majority of the intended subjects were covered.<\/p>\n<p>Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside. Fill out our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/membership\/\"><strong>Membership Application Form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Become a Foreign Ambassador for the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Fill out the application form\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/430kp31F0D6VmXFc2\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7964\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting-1024x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting-461x270.png 461w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting-100x59.png 100w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Transhumanist_Party_Transhuman_Party_February-23-2019-Meeting.png 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gennady Stolyarov II Denisa Rensen Palak Madan Pam Keefe Dinorah Delfin Arin Vahanian Tom Ross B.J. Murphy On February 23, 2019, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invited many of its Officers and Ambassadors to discuss recent activities and plans for 2019, including the upcoming Presidential nomination process. The meeting included a public chat and portions where inquiries from members and the general public were addressed. Find the video recording of the meeting and the accompanying YouTube Live chat\u00a0here. Agenda \u2013 Gennady&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2019\/02\/ustp-meeting-2-23-2019\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,104],"tags":[5559,1167,2685,1142,94,811,5617,5618,49,1768,1374,321,3377,787,5619,5620,5621,95,5273,5571,5622,5573,5383,5623],"class_list":["post-7963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-transhumanism","tag-arin-vahanian","tag-art","tag-b-j-murphy","tag-china","tag-creativity","tag-culture-2","tag-denisa-rensen","tag-dinorah-delfin","tag-foreign-policy","tag-gennady-stolyarov-ii","tag-growth","tag-hong-kong","tag-india","tag-japan","tag-madrid","tag-membership","tag-palak-madan","tag-progress","tag-qa","tag-tnc","tag-tom-ross","tag-transhuman-party","tag-transvision","tag-virtual-meeting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7966,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7963\/revisions\/7966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}