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       .S. TRANSHUMANIST PARTY OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE ISTVAN/WEISS A
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       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.
  HTML http://transhumanist-party.org/2017/08/20/ustp-statement-on-istvan-weiss-exchange/
  HTML http://transhumanist-party.org/2017/08/20/ustp-statement-on-istvan-weiss-exchange/
       [quote]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”).
       .... See the link for the remainder....
       
       Gennady Stolyarov II, FSA, ACAS, MAAA, CPCU, ARe, ARC, API, AIS,
       AIE, AIAF[/quote]
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