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       .S. TRANSHUMANIST PARTY OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE ISTVAN/WEISS
       ARTICLE
   DIR By: DepletedSoul
       Date: August 20, 2017, 1:35 pm
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       I have been very much hoping for a response and the response is
       well thought out and much more than I could have ever asked.
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       > Recently a large amount of controversy has been generated, and
       questions have been raised regarding the compatibility or lack
       thereof among transhumanism, libertarianism, and conservatism –
       as well as certain positions which have been commonly attributed
       to transhumanism as a philosophy and as a movement. The
       controversy was generated by an exchange between Zoltan Istvan,
       founder and former Chairman of the United States Transhumanist
       Party (but now our Political and Media Advisor with no official
       decision-making role), and Kai Weiss in the pages of The
       American Conservative Magazine. Mr. Istvan’s article, “The
       Growing World of Libertarian Transhumanism” (August 8, 2017),
       made the case for an essential compatibility between libertarian
       and transhumanist ideas. Mr. Weiss countered with a disparaging
       article, “Transhumanism Is Not Libertarian, It’s an Abomination”
       – a piece which largely critiques a contrived caricature of
       transhumanism and does not genuinely engage views which most,
       many, or – in some cases – any self-identified transhumanists
       actually hold. In response to some of Mr. Weiss’s assertions,
       Mr. Istvan released a post on his Facebook profile which
       reinforced and endeavored to explain some of Mr. Istvan’s
       personal views regarding parenting (which he correctly and
       prominently clarified as “not an official platform policy in any
       way” and “just a philosophical stance”).
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       > Gennady Stolyarov II, FSA, ACAS, MAAA, CPCU, ARe, ARC, API,
       AIS, AIE, AIAF
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