Max More
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More at the 2006 Stanford Singularity Summit
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| Born | Max T. O'Connor January 1964 |
| Occupation | Philosopher and futurist |
| Spouse(s) | Natasha Vita-More |
| Website | https://web.archive.org/web/20040613102727/http://maxmore.com/ |
Max More (born Max T. O'Connor, January 1964, with name legally changed in 1990) is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on advanced decision-making about emerging technologies.[1][2] He is the current Ambassador and President Emeritus (as of February 2021) after serving almost nine and a half years as president and CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation.[3]
Born in Bristol, England, More has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University in St Anne's College, Oxford (1987).[4] His 1995 University of Southern California doctoral dissertation The Diachronic Self: Identity, Continuity, and Transformation examined several issues that concern transhumanists, including the nature of death, and what it is about each individual that continues despite great change over time.[5] In 1996, he married Natasha Vita-More, herself a pioneering transhumanist; the couple are close collaborators on transhumanist and life extension research.[6]
Founder of the Extropy Institute, Max More has written many articles espousing the philosophy of transhumanism and the transhumanist philosophy of extropianism,[7] most importantly his Principles of Extropy.[8][9] In a 1990 essay "Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy",[10] he introduced the term "transhumanism" in its modern sense.[11]
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References
- ↑ Alex Heard, "Technology Makes us Optimistic; They Want To Live," New York Times, September 28, 1997
- ↑ Joel Garreau, The Next Generation; Biotechnology May Make Superhero Fantasy a Reality, Washington Post, April 26, 2002.
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