On Sunday, August 9, 2020, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Marc Roux and Jean-Brice Allemand of the Association Française Transhumaniste – Technoprog (AFT-Technoprog), the French Transhumanist Association, to discuss the reception of transhumanism in France and the work of the AFT-Technoprog and its projects concerning international relations. Find out more about AFT-Technoprog here: https://transhumanistes.com/ The meeting includes a public chat and portions where inquiries from members and the general public are addressed. Part of the Virtual Enlightenment Salon is devoted to answering questions from the public. Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website at http://transhumanist-party.org/. Become a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership Become a Foreign Ambassador for the U.S. Transhumanist Party: https://goo.gl/forms/430kp31F0D6VmXFc2 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcqlG97-ym8

A piano composition by Mr. Stolyarov from 2004, employing baroque harmonies but somewhat streamlined and modernized to fit an instrument not yet existing in the Baroque era. This composition was remastered using the SynthFont2 software, with the Evanescence 2 and GMR Basico 1.1 instrument packs. Download the MP3 file of this composition at http://rationalargumentator.com/music_stolyarov/Stolyarov_Baroque_Piece_for_Piano_Remastered.mp3 See the index of Mr. Stolyarov's compositions, all available for free download, at http://rationalargumentator.com/music_stolyarov.html The artwork is Mr. Stolyarov's Abstract Orderism Fractal 51, available for download here: http://gstolyarovii.deviantart.com/art/Abstract-Orderism-Fractal-51-412664354 and http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/11/fractal51/ Remember to LIKE, FAVORITE, and SHARE this video in order to spread rational high culture to others. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AeW-p3ec0k

What can be done to raise public support for the pursuit of indefinite life extension through medicine and biotechnology to the same level as currently exists for disease-specific research efforts aimed at cancers, heart disease, ALS, and similar large-scale nemeses? In this panel discussion, set to occur on October 1, 2015 – International Longevity Day – http://www.longevityforall.org/international-longevity-day-october-1-2015/ - Mr. Stolyarov asks notable life-extension supporters to provide input on this vital question and related areas relevant to accelerating the pursuit of indefinite longevity. This panel is coordinated in conjunction with MILE, the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension – https://www.facebook.com/movementforindefinitelifeextension?fref=ts. View the presentation slides prepared by Sven Bulterjis, “Aging Research Needs Marketing”: http://rationalargumentator.com/Bulterjis_Aging-research-needs-marketing-new.pdf Also see a statement prepared by Peter Rothman for this event: http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2015/10/rothman-statement-life-extension/. Read the announcement by Keith Comito – “The Starting on October 1 – International Longevity Day” - http://www.lifespan.io/the-lifespanchallenge-starting-on-october-1-international-longevity-day/ Panelists: Adam Alonzi, Sven Bulterjis, Keith Comito, Roen Horn, B. J. Murphy, and Elizabeth Parrish Read more about the panelists on the event page here: https://plus.google.com/b/110849996909288445310/events/cqq9aslu0909q9uje36m0ev5d90 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1ECbUe4QYU

"Progress Unyielding" is the anthem celebrating space colonization and humans’ expansion throughout the universe, guided by the principles of individualism, liberty, rationality, and progress. It is originally found in Mr. Stolyarov's 2004 novel, "Eden against the Colossus". In 2013, Mr. Stolyarov was asked to create a composition to convey the music of this anthem, as he imagined it when writing the novel. This composition is not the full orchestration described in "Eden against the Colossus", but rather the main melody, played on the harp, with accompaniment by the piano and by a string ensemble for the latter third. It communicates the principal direction of "Progress Unyielding" and allows the listener to see the words put to music. Download a free MP3 file of the melody of Progress Unyielding at http://rationalargumentator.com/music_stolyarov/Stolyarov_Progress_Unyielding_Enhanced.mp3 See the official home page for "Eden against the Colossus" (including access to free electronic versions of this novel) at http://rationalargumentator.com/eac.html The meter of this piece would accommodate the following very slightly modified lyrics, which still communicate the same substance as the anthem in the novel. *** Progress Unyielding Our souls before these sights dwarfed shan’t become. Why bow to passive matter of antiquity? What spreads from it is pandemonium; Its barrenness is source for all iniquity. ‘Tis in our minds the idols hatch, Of stone for man to shape and mold. Such logic does our hands attach To this domain of lifeless cold, To every cavern, crater, creek. Wrong was the man who’d preached the norm That worlds are destined for the meek! Our will and strength give matter form. He who grovels tastes his obsequies; We float into the void, oases craft. We are not slaving tribal bees, And no collective guides our raft. We are not one, but many knights; Each does himself his quest ordain, We thrive on work, and work from rights. Our well-earned profit’s our domain. This ground bears meaning solely to our aims. Its monuments stem from our ingenuity. Glory to him who savage wildlands tames, And weeds out every incongruity! What shall replace the brittle dune? What shall refine this cratered scar? Our pavement shall embrace them soon, And spread to every spawn of star Yet seen, and into others we shall gaze, And thus apply the universe’s stock. This is not but one transient phase. Forever shall we tame new rock! Cosmos is Man’s, its means and goal. Its exiled heirs now seek its wreath: Supremacy, from atom, oil, and coal. Our claim to treasures underneath These jagged lands shall never wane. Always grand mechanisms will be our guide. No Luddites shall their betterment profane. Inventors we exalt and vandals we deride! Merit dete ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sF5WmABHG5g