U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II speaks with German transhumanist Tobias Teufel regarding a variety of subjects in science, technology, and transhumanist thought. Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party / Transhuman Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIXA3terLK4

On Sunday, January 29, 2023, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invited Soushiant Zanganehpour to discuss emerging online tools for decentralized decision-making, such as the Swae platform. Soushiant Zanganehpour is an Iranian-Canadian social scientist and entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Swae - https://swae.io/ - a platform for crowdsourcing innovation and making inclusive decisions, powered by artificial intelligence. His career spans the fields of policy making, management consulting, and entrepreneurship, with a focus on businesses creating positive social and environmental impact. Prior to Swae, Soushiant was the Head of Strategy and Operations for the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship at The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and he later founded Tribeca Impact Partners, an innovation and sustainability advisory firm helping organizations understand disruptions and build the capacity to innovate. He has been an advisor for and delivered high-impact projects to Nike, Nespresso, Merck, Chivas Regal, The European Commission, and the governments of Dubai, India, and Kuwait. Timestamps 2:36 - Jason Geringer Introduces Swae 13:21 - Soushiant on Why He Founded Swae 23:25 - Soushiant on Swae's Benefits 27:15 - Simon Waslander and Jason Geringer: Questions on How Swae Could Be Best Implemented 35:23 - Simon Waslander's Feedback, and Soushiant's Response (on Particulars of Swae Functionality) 40:15 - Mike P. Sinn on How Swae Has Worked for CureDAO 43:36 - Soushiant on How Swae Could Work in Municipalities 51:35 - Allen Crowley's Question About Liquid Authority and Liquid Voting 57:19 - Gennady Stolyarov II on 2019 Difficulties Making USTP Decision-Making More Centralized 1:00:14 - Soushiant on People Feeling Disempowered 1:08:40 - John H: Question About Best Implementation So Far 1:15:36 - Simon Waslander (Playing Devil's Advocate) on Whether Crowds Have Enough Wisdom to Have a Hand in Complex Policy Decisions 1:23:49 - David Shumaker Asking Whether It Is Better to Start Low, or Get the Approval Up High Right Away 1:27:45 - Ben Ballweg on How the Voiceless are Best Heard, and Soushiant Clarifying in Which Ways Swae Works Best 1:30:30 - Art Ramon Garcia, Jr. on Separating Swae into Different Levels 1:35:50 - Soushiant Is Optimistic the USTP Could Show the Way to Best Decision-Making 1:41:35 - Simon on Prefrontal Cortex Allowing 1) Forecasting and 2) Inhibition 1:42:58 - Generational Differences in Management Styles Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, wherever you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership #USTranshumanistParty #VirtualEnlightenmentSalon #Swae #Decentralized #DecentralizedDecisionMaking #ArtificialIntelligence #Inclusion #USTP ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx8bdkeOs_A

Misunderstandings of the term "education" create massive societal problems where none need exist, and at the same time blind many people to genuine, but oft-overlooked problems. Mr. Stolyarov criticizes the common assumption that formal schooling is necessary and sufficient for education. Sincerely, Gennady Stolyarov II Editor-in-Chief, The Rational Argumentator: http://rationalargumentator.com Writer, Associated Content: http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/46796/g_stolyarov_ii.html Author, Implied Consent, A Play on the Sanctity of Human Life: http://rationalargumentator.com/impliedconsent.html Author, A Rational Cosmology: http://rationalargumentator.com/rc.html Author, The Best Self-Help is Free: http://rationalargumentator.com/selfhelpfree.html Author, The Progress of Liberty Blog: http://progressofliberty.today.com/ Attribution for Visuals Used: Note: All the visuals which receive attribution were published under a GNU Free Documentation License or a Creative Commons License, and so may be legitimately reproduced provided that the source and creator are credited. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Noe_classroom.jpg by Flominator http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Klassenzimmer1930.jpg by Peng http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grade10timetable-Gymnasium2003.png by Ly http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Handelsakademie_fuer_Wirtschaftsinformatik.JPG by Plani http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bullying_Irfe.jpg by Bodoque57 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IRFE_bull.png by MisterWiki http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graduation.jpg by Quimbero http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graduation_procession.JPG by Eustress http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PLM_Graduation.JPG by Richard Relucio http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HCCH_HDR.jpg by Jackhsiao http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_book-3.png by JoeSmack http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fotothek_df_pk_0000319_024_Sommer_1947_und_Nov._1948.jpg by the Saxon State Library http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Some_More_Prison_Cells.jpg by Dylan Oliphant http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gyps_rueppellii_-Masai_Mara_-Kenya-8.jpg by Lip Kee Yap http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bill_gates_portrait.jpg by Agencia Brasil http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emblem-package.svg by David Vignoni http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MCDonalds.jpg by Naaldenberg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Depression.jpg by Hendrike http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SMirC-sad.svg by chris http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Llibri_books4.JPG by Twice25 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latin_dictionary.jpg by Egidio Forcellini http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Humanactionscholar.jpg by the Ludwig von Mises Institute http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Free_3D_Business_Men_Marching_Concept.jpg by Lumaxart http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cal_student_section_celebrates_TD_at_UCLA_at_Cal_10-25-08.JPG by BrokenSphere http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diversity_of_youth_in_Oslo_Norway.jpg by Leifern http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Britney-Spears_Boys.jpg by loveyousave http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Briefcase-photo.jpg by Dev920 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clevedon_Seafront_3.JPG by mattbuck http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shady_Van.jpg by robstephaustralia http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lecture_Hall.JPG by Calbear22 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:5th_Floor_Lecture_Hall.jpg by Xbxg32000 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tangent-calculus.png by Rhythm http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SchafherdeInKoeln.jpg by Turelio http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Feared_dog.jpg by Lucas Teles http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holi_revellers_on_bike.jpg by Per Mosseby http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FBE_CTU_lecture.jpg by VIC CVUT http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timbers_Army.jpg by Peteforsyth http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DTU_exam_building_101_photo_2.jpg by Nillerdk http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurdles_Bislett_Games_2008.jpg by Selligpau http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tech_SMU_2008.jpg by Wordbuilder http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quizz_transparent.png by Octra Bond ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKbDSEKBn-I

In what is perhaps the most absurd attack on transhumanism to date, Mike Adams of NaturalNews.com equates this broad philosophy and movement with "the entire idea that you can 'upload your mind to a computer'" and further posits that the only kind of possible mind uploading is the destructive kind, where the original, biological organism ceases to exist. Mr. Stolyarov refutes Adams's equation of transhumanism with destructive mind uploading and explains that advocacy of mind uploading is neither a necessary nor a sufficient component of transhumanism. References - "Transhumanism and Mind Uploading Are Not the Same" - Essay by G. Stolyarov II - http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/07/transhumanism-uploading-not-same/ - "Transhumanism debunked: Why drinking the Kurzweil Kool-Aid will only make you dead, not immortal" - Mike Adams - NaturalNews.com - June 25, 2013 - http://www.naturalnews.com/040925_transhumanism_Ray_Kurzweil_cult.html - SENS Research Foundation: http://www.sens.org/ - "Nanomedicine" - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanomedicine - "Transhumanism: Towards a Futurist Philosophy" - Max More - http://www.maxmore.com/transhum.htm - 2045 Initiative Website - http://2045.com/ - Bebionic Website - http://bebionic.com/ - "How Can *I* Live Forever?: What Does and Does Not Preserve the Self" - G. Stolyarov II - http://rationalargumentator.com/issue256/Iliveforever.html - "Immortality: Bio or Techno?" - Franco Cortese - http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/06/immortality-bio-or-techno/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMEImqie5QA