Épisodes

  • Stefan Lorenz Sorgner
    Sep 21 2025
    On Sunday, September 21, 2025, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner to discuss Euro-Transhumanism, a term he coined in 2022 for a vision that emphasizes a culturally nuanced, ethical, and inclusive approach to technological enhancement. The Virtual Enlightenment Salon will include a discussion of what Euro-Transhumanism is, what differentiates it from “classical transhumanism” in Sorgner’s view, what are some of its policy implications, and what American politics can learn from Euro-Transhumanism, especially in light of the quite turbulent recent political events in the United States.
    Stefan Lorenz Sorgner is a world-leading philosopher recognized for his work in posthumanism, transhumanism, Nietzsche, and the philosophy of music. He is especially known for his interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche and his critical engagement with human enhancement and emerging technologies. He is a philosophy professor at John Cabot University in Rome, Director and Co-Founder of the Beyond Humanism Network, and a Fellow and Advisor of numerous organizations, as well as Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of the Journal of Posthuman Studies, and a prolific public speaker.
    Stefan Lorenz Sorgner has authored numerous books on philosophy, including “Metaphysics Without Truth” (2007), “On Transhumanism” (2020), “We Have Always Been Cyborgs” (2022), and “Philosophy of Posthuman Art” (2022).
    Learn more about Stefan Lorenz Sorgner on his website: www.sorgner.de
    Read the THPedia entry about Stefan Lorenz Sorgner: https://th-pedia.org//wiki/Stefan_Lorenz_Sorgner
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    1 h et 57 min
  • Tobias Teufel
    Sep 14 2025
    On Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Tobias Teufel to discuss recent advances in additive manufacturing and 3D-printing, as well as the potential of these technologies to be deployed as part of policies for achieving greater abundance for as many people as possible.
    Tobias Teufel is an entrepreneur, biohacker, drone pilot, and philosopher on emerging technology across all topics. He is also the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Foreign Ambassador in Germany. You can learn more about him here - https://transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#TobiasTeufel
    Learn about Tobias Teufel’s startup 3DDruckByTeufel (3DPrintingByTeufel) at https://www.3ddruckbyteufel.de/3ddruckbyteufel/
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    1 h et 54 min
  • Rafi Qumsieh
    Sep 7 2025
    On Sunday, September 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Rafi Qumsieh, founder of Breakthrough Labs, which is focused on building AI agents to aid in scientific discovery, including pursuing advances in longevity, disease cures, nuclear fusion, mathematics, consciousness research, and philosophy.
    Rafi Qumsieh provides an overview of the current state of functionality of various agentic AI systems, as well as their limitations and opportunities for improvement in the coming years. He also demonstrates the functionality of Aristotle, the system developed by Breakthrough Labs to leverage the power of Large Language Models to generate high-quality solutions and hypotheses in a variety of scientific fields. This Salon includes in-depth exchanges between Rafi Qumsieh and the U.S. Transhumanist Party panelists – Gennady Stolyarov II (Chairman), Dan Elton (Director of Scholarship), and Art Ramon Garcia, Jr. (Director of Visual Art) – regarding emerging developments in the capabilities and applications of AI models.
    Visit the website of Breakthrough Labs: https://breakthroughlabs.ai/
    Try the Aristotle agentic AI here: https://heuristic-mauve.vercel.app/
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    1 h et 55 min
  • VSIM-2023/2024 Presentations by Gennady Stolyarov II: Saving Civilization & Overcoming Polarization
    Aug 31 2025
    On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the compilation stream of two presentations delivered by U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at the Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management (VSIM) conferences in 2023 and 2024. Mr. Stolyarov presented virtually at those conferences, which were held in Ravda, Bulgaria, and were hosted by Professors Angel Marchev, Sr. and Angel Marchev, Jr. These presentations will be prefaced by brief introductory remarks from Mr. Stolyarov based on the updated situation as of August 2025. Mr. Stolyarov will also be presenting at the VSIM-2025 Conference on September 9, 2025, where his presentation will be titled "The Progress of Artificial Intelligence and Why Humans Will Not Be Made Obsolete Anytime Soon".
    VSIM-2023 Presentation: What Needs to Happen to Save Civilization by 2025 - Presented on September 9, 2023
    This presentation discusses how human civilization has continued to move through the uniquely existentially risky period in human history, the Great Filter, and what would events need to happen in order to dramatically lower the level of existential risk faced by humanity as well as stave off a long-term decline of contemporary global civilization, similar to the decline faced by the Roman Empire in the aftermath of the Antonine Plague of 165-180 CE.
    VSIM-2024 Presentation: Overcoming Polarization Through Transhumanism - Presented on September 11, 2024
    This presentation addresses the destructive consequences of the totalizing polarization that has increasingly afflicted Western, and especially American, societies. The toxic ideologies of Left and Right have seeped into almost every area of life and have turned everyday life into a perpetual conflict zone. However, the ideas of transhumanism and its up-wing, inclusive vision for the progress of all of humankind, offer an antidote to the polarization and an invitation to build the next era of civilization together.
    The stream will be concluded by a Musical Q&A where the following compositions by Gennady Stolyarov II will be played:
    - Tenacity, Op. 5 (Remastered by Jason Geringer)
    - Composition for Harpsichord and Piano, Op. 50 (Remastered by Jason Geringer)
    - Escalation, Op. 53 (Remastered by Jason Geringer)
    - Progress Amidst a Crisis, Op. 66 (Remastered by Jason Geringer)
    - Rondo #5, Op. 72 (Remastered by Jason Geringer)
    - Waltz #8, Op. 71
    References
    Website of the VSIM-2025 Conference: https://vsim-conf.info
    LEV: The Game on Longevity Escape Velocity - https://transhumanist-party.org/lev-the-game/
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    1 h et 54 min
  • Josh Universe on Privacy & Security of Tech Enhancement
    Aug 24 2025
    On Sunday, August 24, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Josh Universe to discuss the privacy and security considerations of technological enhancement. His presentation and subsequent conversation will address the following areas:
    1. Real-World Breaches
    2. Defining Privacy and Security in Context
    3. What is Technological Enhancement?
    4. Privacy and Security Risks of Enhancement
    5. Approaching Enhancement with a Privacy and Security Mindset
    6. Actionable Privacy and Security Steps
    7. Questions and Answers
    Josh Universe is an American analog astronaut, science communicator, and biohacker. He is the Founder of the International Biohacking Community. He is also the Founder of the Transhumanist Council.
    Watch the previous U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Josh Universe of March 30, 2025, where he discussed Applications of Human Biostasis in Crewed Space Exploration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf40zZyNqkc
    Visit the website of Josh Universe at https://joshuniverse.com/.
    Read the THPedia entry about Josh Universe at https://th-pedia.org//wiki/Josh_Universe.
    Visit the website of the Transhumanist Council at https://transhumanism.app/
    Join Josh Universe’s social network, Science.Social: https://science.social/
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    1 h et 55 min
  • Bill Andrews on Best Choice Medicine
    Aug 17 2025
    On Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Dr. Bill Andrews to discuss the concept of Best Choice Medicine, which he co-developed with Liz Parrish. Best Choice Medicine is a new proposed pathway to provide possible life-saving experimental treatments to patients suffering from Aging-Associated Non-Communicable Diseases who would otherwise not survive without treatment.
    Read the peer-reviewed paper by Bill Andrews and Liz Parrish, entitled “A ‘Best Choice Medicine’ (BCM) Route to Drug Development to Solve the Aging-Associated Non-Communicable Disease Burden” - https://maplespub.com/article/a-best-choice-medicine-bcm-route-to-drug-development-to-solve-the-aging-associated-non-communicable-disease-burden
    Bill Andrews (William H. Andrews) is the Biotechnology Advisor of the U.S. Transhumanist Party and Founder and CEO of Sierra Sciences. Learn more about him here: https://transhumanist-party.org/advisors/#BillAndrews
    Visit the website about Best Choice Medicine here: https://www.bestchoicemedicine.com/
    Visit the website of Sierra Sciences: http://www.sierrasci.com/
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    1 h et 56 min
  • Scarlet Zanarkand
    Aug 10 2025
    U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Join Steve for a wonderful conversation with Sophia. Sophia is a very talented musical artist and entertainer who brings the experience to the world in a unique and fascinating fashion.
    On Sunday, August 10, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Scarlet Zanarkand to discuss areas of alignment and connection between the transhumanist and transgender movements and how the two movements can act as allies to satisfy shared objectives through advocating for individual freedom, science, and technology. She will also discuss what a more technological future may hold for persons who may wish to transform their identities in a variety of possible ways.
    Scarlet Zanarkand is a libertarian activist who runs the Transformation HQ server on Discord and advocates for both transgender persons and transhumanists and seeks to be a welcoming place for all individuals and allies of LGBTQ+ and other trans identities. The Transformation HQ server emphasizes personal autonomy, bioethics, and informed consent as core principles in both current and theoretical forms of transformation.
    Scarlet Zanarkand holds the view that all transhumanists are united by a common goal of transformation; whether that is to revert to our younger years, to gain an increase of health and ability, or to achieve some kind of alteration such as the idea of becoming a "cyborg" in the future. She believes that all trans identities will be made possible through technology associated with transhumanism and looks forward to seeing the progress.
    Visit the Transformation HQ server on Discord: https://discord.gg/z5GPnNPHT3
    Section II of the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform - https://transhumanist-party.org/platform/ - “supports all acceptance, tolerance, and inclusivity of individuals and groups of all races, genders, classes, religions, creeds, and ideologies. Accordingly, the United States Transhumanist Party condemns any hostile discrimination or legal restrictions on the basis of national origin, skin color, birthplace, ancestry, gender identity, or any manner of circumstantial attribute tied to a person’s lineage or accident of birth.”
    Section VI of the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform “upholds morphological freedom—the right to do with one’s physical attributes or intelligence whatever one wants so long as it does not directly harm others.”
    Section XLIX of the USTP Platform also specifically supports the rights of transgender individuals. It reads as follows: “The United States Transhumanist Party supports efforts to increase autonomy of individuals to decide over their own bodies and holds that individuals should have the legal right to undertake procedures including gender reassignment, hysterectomies, vasectomies, technological augmentation, cosmetic alterations, genetic enhancements, and physical supplementation at or after the age of 18 years, as long as this does not create health hazards or threats to other individuals.”
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    1 h et 56 min
  • Discussion and Debate on Transhumanism - C.B. Robertson and Gennady Stolyarov II
    Aug 3 2025
    On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the discussion and debate on transhumanism between C.B. Robertson of the Caffeine and Philosophy YouTube channel and Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. This debate was originally recorded on July 26, 2025, and is being re-streamed as a U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon. C.B. Robertson approaches transhumanism from a skeptical vantage point, but one informed by reading a significant amount of the relevant literature. This allowed for a thorough and nuanced discussion with Chairman Stolyarov, who clarified key positions within the transhumanist worldview and answered key challenges from C.B. Robertston. Areas of discussion included secular values and religion, the extent to which the pursuit of longevity is desirable, and the goals of the transhumanist project.
    The stream concludes with a selection of musical compositions by Gennady Stolyarov II, remastered by Jason Geringer:
    - Strides of Technology, Op. 30
    - Scenes of the Future, Op. 8
    - Man’s Colonization of Space, Op. 35
    - Spiral Tower Song (2024 Version)
    Visit the YouTube channel of C.B. Robertson, Caffeine and Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/@caffeineandphilosophy
    Read Mr. Stolyarov’s online publication, The Rational Argumentator: http://rationalargumentator.com
    Read “Sisyphus Vindicated”, Mr. Stolyarov’s short story from 2008: http://www.quebecoislibre.org/08/080315-12.htm
    Read about the Values of the U.S. Transhumanist Party at https://transhumanist-party.org/values/
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    1 h et 53 min