{"id":8108,"date":"2019-09-02T00:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T07:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=8108"},"modified":"2019-09-02T00:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T07:07:45","slug":"stolyarov-ben-zion-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2019\/09\/stolyarov-ben-zion-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Gennady Stolyarov II and Johannon Ben Zion Discuss a Transhumanist Vision for U.S. Policy"},"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<br \/>\nJohannon Ben Zion<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ccCdf18tcdo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Johannon Ben Zion of the Futurist New Deal Podcast interviews U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II regarding the U.S. Transhumanist Party\u2019s recent efforts, visions for the future of American politics, technological progress and technological Singularities, the importance of life-extension advocacy, open-source approaches to innovation, and overcoming challenges such as information overload and overly slow and cumbersome approval processes for innovative medical treatments. Mr. Stolyarov and Mr. Ben Zion also discussed in general terms the upcoming USTP Presidential Primary Election, for which voting will open on September 22, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This interview was filmed in Burbank, California, on August 24, 2019, following the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifers.org\/2019-wellness-longevity-seminar-book-signing.html\">Wellness and Longevity Seminar<\/a>\u00a0that was hosted there to mark the publication of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9783030169190\"><em>The Transhumanism Handbook<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_EA0yfTEXy0\">Progress in the Politics of Abundance<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Presentation by Gennady Stolyarov II<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ygTY5BQhuew\">U.S. Transhumanist Party Discussion Panel<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Burbank, California \u2013 August 24, 2019<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/book\/9783030169190\"><em>The Transhumanism Handbook<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n\u2013 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/2019\/07\/15\/ustp-politics-of-abundance\/\">The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance<\/a>\u201d \u2013 Mr. Stolyarov\u2019s chapter in \u201cThe Transhumanism Handbook\u201d \u2013 available for free download<br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/free-transhumanist-symbols\/\">Free Transhumanist Symbols<\/a><br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC4x7qcPc0T_XCtVnzav6YOQ\">Futurist New Deal Podcast videos<\/a><br \/>\n\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/candidate-profiles\/johannon-ben-zion\/\">Johannon Ben Zion \u2013 Candidate in the 2019 U.S. Transhumanist Party \/ Transhuman Party Presidential Primary<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/transhumanist-party.org\/membership\/\"><strong>Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free<\/strong><\/a>, no matter where you reside. Those who join by September 22, 2019, will be eligible to vote in the Presidential Primary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1408\" height=\"1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview.png 1408w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview-1024x731.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview-378x270.png 378w, https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GSII_Ben_Zion_Interview-100x71.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1408px) 100vw, 1408px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gennady Stolyarov II Johannon Ben Zion Johannon Ben Zion of the Futurist New Deal Podcast interviews U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II regarding the U.S. Transhumanist Party\u2019s recent efforts, visions for the future of American politics, technological progress and technological Singularities, the importance of life-extension advocacy, open-source approaches to innovation, and overcoming challenges such as information overload and overly slow and cumbersome approval processes for innovative medical treatments. 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