h Magazine | Transhumanism Gets Political [updated (2)] - h Magazine: For better or worse, transhumanism is rapidly becoming a political as well as philosophical movement.
Gabriel Rothblatt, son of well known transhumanist billionaire and author Martine Rothblatt, is running for congress as a candidate for the Democratic Party in the�United States.�Another openly political transhumanist and techno-libertarian, Mike Lorrey, is running for the New Hampshire House under the Republican Party in New Hampshire.
And, entering the fray just last night,�transhumanist author and adventurer�Zoltan Istvan is taking a page from his own book The Transhumanist Wager and announcing what he calls “The Transhumanist Party ” a political party for transhumanists seemingly with Zoltan himself as the lead candidate for the presidency in 2016.
This isn’t the first time a transhumanist has been political. Humanity board chair Natasha Vita-More was elected as a Councilperson for the 28th Senatorial District of Los Angeles in 1992 on an openly futurist and transhumanist platform. Another�transhumanist politician that garnered widespread mainstream media attention recently is�Italian member of parliament Giuseppe Vatinno who was previously covered here in h Magazine.
Gabriel Rothblatt, son of well known transhumanist billionaire and author Martine Rothblatt, is running for congress as a candidate for the Democratic Party in the�United States.�Another openly political transhumanist and techno-libertarian, Mike Lorrey, is running for the New Hampshire House under the Republican Party in New Hampshire.
And, entering the fray just last night,�transhumanist author and adventurer�Zoltan Istvan is taking a page from his own book The Transhumanist Wager and announcing what he calls “The Transhumanist Party ” a political party for transhumanists seemingly with Zoltan himself as the lead candidate for the presidency in 2016.
This isn’t the first time a transhumanist has been political. Humanity board chair Natasha Vita-More was elected as a Councilperson for the 28th Senatorial District of Los Angeles in 1992 on an openly futurist and transhumanist platform. Another�transhumanist politician that garnered widespread mainstream media attention recently is�Italian member of parliament Giuseppe Vatinno who was previously covered here in h Magazine.