On Sunday, July 18, 2021, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites David Wood to discuss his new book “Vital Foresight: The Case for Active Transhumanism”. Topics covered during his presentation will include the values of Active Transhumanism, the increasing impact of technology, the potential wonderful outcome and what could go disastrously wrong, criticisms of transhumanism, transforming education, and transforming politics and geopolitics. David W. Wood, D.Sc., was one of the pioneers of the smartphone industry. He is now a futurist writer, consultant, and speaker. David spent 25 years designing, implementing, and avidly using smart mobile devices, including ten years with pioneering PDA manufacturer Psion PLC, and ten more with smartphone operating system specialist Symbian Ltd, which he co-founded in 1998. At different times, his executive responsibilities at Psion and Symbian included software development, technical consulting, partnering and ecosystem management, and research and innovation. By 2012, his software for UI and application frameworks had been included on 500 million smartphones from companies such as Nokia, Samsung, Fujitsu, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson. From 2010 to 2013, David was Technology Planning Lead (CTO) of Accenture Mobility, where he also co-led Accenture’s Mobility Health business initiative. As Chair of London Futurists, David Wood has organized over 200 public meetings since March 2008 on futurist and technoprogressive topics. Membership of London Futurists now exceeds 8,000. As Principal of the independent futurist consultancy and publisher Delta Wisdom, David helps clients around the world to anticipate the dramatic impact of rapidly changing technology on human individuals and communities. Via Delta Wisdom, he highlights opportunities to apply technology in new solutions to deep-rooted problems. David’s most recent book (published June 2021) is “Vital Foresight: The Case for Active Transhumanism”. His previous books include “Smartphones and Beyond”, “The Abolition of Aging”, “Sustainable Superabundance”, “RAFT 2035”, and “Transcending Politics”. He was also the lead editor of the volume “Anticipating 2025”. David has a triple first-class mathematics degree from Cambridge and undertook doctoral research in the Philosophy of Science. He has an honorary Doctorate in Science from Westminster University. In 2009 he was included in T3’s list of “100 most influential people in technology”. He is co-founder of Transhumanist UK and H+Pedia, Executive Director of Transpolitica, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), and sits on the Board of the IEET (Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies). He blogs at dw2blog.com and tweets as ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Aj7Z6qcnM

For a term coined by Joseph Stalin in 1929, "American exceptionalism" is surprisingly popular among certain elements of the American Right. The idea has certainly elicited ample agreement and praise from numerous politicians of the Republican Party of late. But the exceptionalist mindset often misses the very point of the attributes it considers exceptional. Mr. Stolyarov explains that what is exceptional is not America, but rather the universalizable Enlightenment ideals that led to America's prosperity. This essay by Mr. Stolyarov can be found at http://rationalargumentator.com/issue306/trueexception.html and http://www.quebecoislibre.org/11/111215-11.html Find out about the alarming "Stop Online Piracy Act" by reading its Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyexYCJp7U