Transhumanist Party Enlightenment Salon

On Sunday, January 4, 2026, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Adam Czajkowski to discuss his experiences in running successful campaigns at State and local levels, how an effective campaign may succeed at healing political divisions and lead to policy accomplishments, and what lessons a minor political party such as the USTP can learn from these experiences to maximize its impact. Adam Czajkowski is a managing partner at Tallac Strategies, a Reno-based political consulting and public relations firm. With experience working on political campaigns in multiple states, he is well-versed in fundraising tactics, field strategy, communications, coalition building, and campaign management. He specializes in working with values-driven political candidates, non-profit organizations, businesses, and labor groups. Through his services, he has contributed to the successful elections of multiple candidates in Nevada at the State and local levels. Read Adam Czajkowski’s 2021 article, “A tactical guide to healing our political divisions” –https://thisisreno.com/2021/01/a-tactical-guide-to-healing-our-political-divisions-opinion/ 

On Sunday, December 28, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites David Primer to discuss his insights from the field of data science and various beneficial applications of data analytics to medical research. David W. Primer is the Founder of StrataQuant, a boutique data technology consulting company based in Chicago, IL. He is a Certified Professional in Business Intelligence and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt. He brings the disciplined, scientific approach he practiced performing cancer research to data analytics.  He received his B.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and M.S. in Cancer Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.Visit the website of StrataQuant: https://www.strataquant.com/ Listen to David Primer’s podcast, “Profit is a Science” - https://www.strataquant.com/profitisascience 

On Sunday, December 21, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the fifth stream from the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit, which took place on October 1-2 in Madrid, Spain. The U.S. Transhumanist Party has allied with TransVision Madrid and Alianza Futurista, its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, to bring you six more presentations by distinguished scientists, doctors, and longevity advocates.The presentations included in this compilation stream include the following:- Dr. Eduardo Díaz-Rubio, President of the Royal National Academy of Medicine of Spain, specialist in internal medicine and oncology, presented his outlooks on immortality, health extension, and the prospects for advancing longevity through medical institutions.- Dr. Francisco Mera Cordero of Blue Healthcare, a specialist on aging and COVID, presented on the situation in regard to longevity in Spain- George Church, PhD, Professor, Harvard & MIT, presented on recent advancements in anti-aging protein, gene, cell, and organ therapies, providing a thorough overview of numerous research projects in progress.- Andrea Maier, MD, Founding President of the Healthy Longevity Medicine Society, a physician, scientist, and longevity doctor, discussed the applications of precision geromedicine in clinical practice.- Kenneth Scott (VivaSparkle), discussed his personal approaches to life extension as an 83-year-old entrepreneur, investor, and recipient of numerous emerging longevity treatments.- Dylan V. Livingston, Founder and CEO of the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI) discussed the economic imperatives of reversing aging and achieving a Longevity Dividend, as well as recent efforts to shape pro-longevity policies in the United States, such as the Montana Right to Try Act.The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks TransVision Madrid and its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, Alianza Futurista, for providing the means to offer these presentations to our audience.Visit the website of TransVision Madrid: https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/Visit the website of Alianza Futurista: https://www.alianzafuturista.com/Watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party previous streams of TransVision Madrid events and presentations:Stream 1: Jose Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, and David Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV6njT849XIStream 2: Angel Versetti, the Panel on Longevity Advocacy, and Liz Parrish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xG7qCU511gStream 3: Longevity March, Omniscope, Gil Rodas, Steve Horvath, and Michael Ringel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3h1aM8EE14Stream 4: Maria Blasco, João Pedro de Magalhães, José Crespo-Barrios, Daniel Muñoz-Espín, Natalie Coles, Lars Hartenstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51obk3-7Ob8

On Sunday, December 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s conversation with Brandon King, who is running as a candidate for the Minnesota State House – District 20A and seeking the Transhumanist Party’s endorsement in a future vote. This Salon offers the opportunity for USTP members and the general public to become acquainted with Mr. King and his campaign, based on making Space and Time available to all through proposals such as the Minnesota Housing Sovereignty Act and the Minnesota Workweek Liberation Act.The conversation between Brandon King and U.S. Transhumanist Party Officers – Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, Art Ramon Garcia, Jr. (Director of Visual Art), Allen Crowley of the Texas Transhumanist Party, and Daniel Twedt (Director of Community and Citizen Science) was recorded on December 12, 2025, and delves into ideas such as Sovereign Homes – 3D-printed at low cost and offered to the public at reasonable monthly rates with the option to own them free and clear after 15 years; paying for a Universal Basic Income through a national program of asteroid mining; ways to find meaning and self-actualization in a society where employment becomes transformed through automation and working hours are reduced; the Enlightenment and its opposite, the Endarkenment; whether socialism and capitalism are meaningful terms in the 21st century and Brandon King’s concept of Enlightenment Socialism – based more on 18th-century and 19th-century conceptions of socialism rather than on 20th-century authoritarian models; and what he characterizes as a non-mystical view of the Singularity – including various scenarios of promise or peril, where human choices will determine which scenarios get realized.Visit Brandon King’s campaign website at https://www.brandonking4mn20a.com/Brandon King has spent time as an activist in the transhumanist and longevity communities. He served as the second Chairman in the history of the United States Longevity Party, which was subsequently memorialized in the Statements of Historical Fact within the U.S. Transhumanist Party Constitution (Article I, Section II, Historical Fact 6) – https://transhumanist-party.org/constitution/#HistoricalFact – as Brandon King’s historical contributions were recognized when the U.S. Longevity Party merged with the U.S. Transhumanist Party in 2020.

What are the major obstacles that prevent effective anti-aging therapies from being developed?On Sunday, December 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party presents its conversation with Ariel VA Feinerman (recorded on May 10, 2025) on the problems standing in the way of regenerative medicine aimed at reversing human aging. Ariel outlined the damage-repair approach to achieving rejuvenation, based on the insights of Dr. Aubrey de Grey and his Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence (SENS). Furthermore, Ariel analyzed in detail why funding from governmental sources and private investors is still largely misdirected, while such funding sources largely ignore truly promising damage-repair research and therapies that are currently capable of being tested and deployed. Ariel also explained the regulatory obstacles to the arrival of rejuvenation treatments, particularly the lengthy and outdated review processes of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which are poorly suited to the emerging paradigm for regenerative therapies.In the course of his presentation, Ariel VA Feinerman received and answered questions from the USTP panel, including Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, Allen Crowley of the Texas Transhumanist Party, Art Ramon Garcia, Jr. (Director of Visual Art), and Jason Geringer (Legislative Director).Ariel VA Feinerman is a research scientist, author, photographer, and longevity advocate who considers it his foremost goal "to improve human health and life, and achieve biological immortality in our lifetime." He describes himself as "interested in nanomedicine, bioengineering, biomedical engineering." He has educational and professional backgrounds in rejuvenation biotechnology, physics, programming, and entomology. In 2020, he co-founded the biotechnological company IntraClear Biologics OÜ, in Tallinn, Estonia, and became its Chief Science Officer.Read a more detailed biography of Ariel VA Feinerman and find links to his interviews with notable longevity researchers on his THPedia page at https://th-pedia.org//wiki/Ariel_VA_Feinerman.Read Ariel VA Feinerman’s blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@arielf.Visit the website of IntraClear Biologics at https://intraclearbiologics.com/.Visit the website of Oisín Biotechnologies:  https://www.oisinbio.com/Visit the website of Dr. Aubrey de Grey’s Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation at https://levf.org/.

On Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, provides a video version of his Chairman’s Anniversary Message, as well as an opportunity for members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party and the public to ask him questions in a live session. The Chairman’s Anniversary Message aims to recap the key USTP events of the most recent year and also to provide a vision for the future of transhumanism and explain how that transhumanist vision can help guide societies toward a techno-optimistic future of longevity, peace, and abundance – despite the turbulence of our current era. The Q&A session is open-ended and aims to engage USTP members on issues that matter to them. Gennady Stolyarov II became the second Chairman in the history of the U.S. Transhumanist Party on November 17, 2016. Find out more about him here: https://transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#GennadyStolyarovII Watch Chairman Stolyarov’s May 25, 2025, presentation at Vitalist Bay, entitled “Why Openly Transhumanist Politics is Needed for Vitalism to Succeed” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHvDh7ax9EM 

On Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Timothy Grady to discuss his campaign for Governor of Ohio in 2026 as an independent candidate. The conversation will cover the events of Mr. Grady’s campaign thus far, its objectives, his background and motivations, and his key policy ideas.The U.S. Transhumanist Party endorsed Timothy Grady’s candidacy on September 4, 2025, subsequent to a vote of its members. Subsequent to that endorsement, Mr. Grady issued the following statement: “I am honored to receive the endorsement of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. We share a commitment to the use of science and technology to the benefit of all. The Party is leading important conversations about emerging technologies, both their opportunities and risks. These are not challenges of some distant future but here and now, raising existential questions that demand leadership and foresight. I look forward to working with the Transhumanist Party to fight for a better future for everyone.”In particular, the U.S. Transhumanist Party has strong alignment with Tim Grady’s emphasis on political competition, desire to move beyond the rivalry of Left and Right, and ideas on ending political corruption and restoring accountability in Ohio’s government. Visit Timothy Grady’s campaign website at https://timgradyforohio.com/ and read his stances on key policy issues at https://timgradyforohio.com/policy/

On Sunday, November 16, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Robin Hanson to continue the discussion on cultural drift and how civilizational decline can be prevented by positing grand unifying goals that a society can unite around. The discussion will address the feasibility of a unifying goal such as radical life extension, which could be framed in objectively measurable ways, with specific incremental goalposts. It will also delve into the challenge of how to get from the current highly turbulent and polarized political and cultural situation to one in which large segments of society embrace the grand goal and work toward it.In addition, the discussion will aim to address various viewer questions and observations from the previous Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Robin Hanson of August 25, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po99ApM8T7s Robin Hanson is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and received his Ph.D in 1997 in social sciences from Caltech. He joined George Mason's economics faculty in 1999 after completing a two-year post-doc at U.C Berkeley. His major fields of interest include health policy, regulation, and formal political theory. He is also interested in all aspects of the future, including uploading, nanotech, cosmology and the foundations of physics, future economic growth rates, limits of computation, and the origin of life.Read Robin Hanson’s writings on his website, Overcoming Bias: https://www.overcomingbias.com/ See Robin Hanson’s home page at George Mason University: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/home.html 

On Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the stream of six presentations from the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit from six distinguished researchers in various aspects of the fight against aging, as well as a question-and-answer session. These presentations transpired on International Longevity Day, October 1, 2025.The presentations included in this compilation stream include the following:- Maria Blasco, Director of CNIO, Spain’s National Cancer Research Center, presented on telomere shortening and the enzyme telomerase.- João Pedro de Magalhães, Chair of Molecular Biogerontology at the University of Birmingham, Chief Science Officer of YouthBio Therapeutics, presented on the subject of “The Science of Ageing and the Future of Longevity”.- José Crespo-Barrios, CEO of Regeneratics, presented on anti-atherogenics, angioregenerative therapies, and possible applications for treating COVID and Long COVID. He invited Dr. Israel Pichardo-Casas, Chief Scientific Officer of Legacy Lyfe Labs LLC to also give a brief virtual presentation, entitled “Validating the AI Model to Test Biologics as Therapeutic Targets”.- Daniel Muñoz-Espín, Professor and Group Leader in Cancer Early Detection at the University of Cambridge, discussed the role of senescence in lung cancer and aging, as well as novel senotherapeutic and detection tools, and also discussed transient reprogramming as an antitumorigenic therapy.- Natalie Coles, Director of Supercentenarian Research at the LEV Foundation, discussed her work in sampling biological data of supercentenarians, highlighting the case of Maria Branyas (1907-2024), who had been the world’s oldest woman from January 17, 2023, until August 19, 2024.  - Lars Hartenstein of McKinsey Health Institute provided a presentation on “Longevity and Healthier Cities – Madrid”, discussing possible contributing factors to Madrid having become the world’s most longevous city.The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks TransVision Madrid and its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, Alianza Futurista, for providing the means to offer these presentations to our audience.Visit the website of TransVision Madrid: https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/Visit the website of Alianza Futurista: https://www.alianzafuturista.com/

On Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Nicolás Cherñavsky and Nina Torres Zanvettor of the Rejuvenation Science Institute to discuss their efforts in seeking to replicate the rat rejuvenation experiment of Harold Katcher, in which the researchers extracted small extracellular vesicles from the blood of young pigs and injected them into old Sprague-Dawley rats, reporting that they managed to rejuvenate the animals according to a series of parameters, including memory, grip strength, blood markers, senescent cells, and others. Harold Katcher’s experiment led to a world record in rat longevity, as Sima the rat reached the age of 1464 days (over 4 years). The Rejuvenation Science Institute has the mission of carrying out and promoting scientific research in the field of rejuvenation, longevity, and aging. Its ultimate goal is to develop rejuvenation therapies to eliminate the limit that aging imposes on human lifespan and prevent the age-related diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and Alzheimer's disease, which kill 110,000 people worldwide every day.Visit the website of the Rejuvenation Science Institute at https://www.rejuvenescimento.org/english. Read the May 1, 2025, study from the Rejuvenation Science Institute, “Feasibility of intravenous injection of pig plasma extracellular particles into rats: an acute study” - https://www.journals.tmkarpinski.com/index.php/ejbr/article/view/772 Citation: Cherñavsky, N.; C. de Campos Zani, S.; A. Mori, M.; Torres Zanvettor, N. Feasibility of Intravenous Injection of Pig Plasma Extracellular Particles into Rats: An Acute Study. European Journal of Biological Research 2025, 15, 50-57.

On Sunday, October 26, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch a stream of notable events that transpired in Madrid, Spain, on October 1, 2025, International Longevity Day, including the March for Longevity and presentations of various approaches in the fight against aging and disease by Vijay Vaswani, Holger Heyn, Gil Rodas, Steve Horvath, and Michael Ringel.The stream begins with the March for Longevity that took place in Madrid on International Longevity Day, October 1, 2025. The march took participants through some of the main streets and plazas of Madrid and ended in front of Madrid City Hall, all the while a battle against the Grim Reaper was waged.Footage of the march includes remarks by José Luis Cordeiro, organizer of the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit, and Juan Llopis Climent, Secretary of Alianza Futurista, the transhumanist political party in Spain.The stream continues with a session from Day 1 of the TransVision Madrid 2025 Summit, entitled “The Cellular Model of Age: Decoding Healthspan through Exercise, Immunology, and Epigenetics”, featuring detailed presentations by Vijay Vaswani and Holger Heyn, co-founders of Omniscope; Dr. Gil Rodas – the medical doctor for the FC Barcelona soccer club, who, in his presentation entitled “Integrating Deep Immune Profiling in Modern Football Medicine”, discussed insights regarding longevity in athletes and why athletes tend to live longer than the general population; and Dr. Steve Horvath of Altos Labs, who, in his presentation on “Epigenetic Clocks, Immunity, and Interventions”, provided an overview of his famous studies regarding aging clocks and which medical treatments and lifestyle approaches do and do not affect aging at the epigenetic level.Dr. Michael Ringel of Life Biosciences then delivered a presentation entitled “Partial Epigenetic Reprogramming to Reverse Age-Related Diseases” to discuss both the theory behind partial epigenetic reprogramming and some of its proximate applications.The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks TransVision Madrid and its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, Alianza Futurista, for providing the means to offer these presentations to our audience. In particular, we thank Sergio Tarrero of Alianza Futurista for the edited videos pertaining to the March for Longevity and the presentations from Omniscope and Dr. Gil Rodas.Visit the website of TransVision Madrid: https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/Visit the website of Alianza Futurista: https://www.alianzafuturista.com/Visit the website of Omniscope: https://www.omniscope.ai/Visit the website of Altos Labs: https://www.altoslabs.com/Visit the website of Life Biosciences: https://www.lifebiosciences.com/Watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s previous stream of TransVision Madrid presentations from Jose Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, and David Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV6njT849XI

On Sunday, October 19, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Andreas Xirtus to discuss the concept of singularity and its various possible meanings and significances. Andreas Xirtus is a popular podcaster with a large following; he is the founder of a historical restoration society known as Tartary Nova and Director of the Fediverse, a free software foundation creating tools to protect free speech. He has studied nanotechnology and worked as a nanotechnology engineer and microsatellite specialist for NASA, a social-media strategist for Turner Entertainment, and a content creator at Timcast Media.Watch the previous U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Andreas Xirtus of December 3, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbwf_ZwchVI Visit Andreas Xirtus’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@xirtus Visit Andreas Xirtus’s website: https://andreas.me/ - and see his resume: https://andreas.me/resume.html Watch Andreas Xirtus’s previous interviews with USTP Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II from 2021 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdGVleMnPFE – 2023 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ifx55wo7fQ – and 2025 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX9nNBVayXM. 

On Sunday, October 12, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch a stream of presentations on longevity investment, public advocacy, and the potential for gene therapies to achieve breakthroughs in curing diseases and reversing biological aging, delivered during Day 2 of the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit on October 2, 2025, featuring Angel Versetti, Liz Parrish,  Sergio Tarrero,  Mariana De Chellis, Cody Dean, Carmen Simón Mateo, Clara Fernández Porta, and Carlos Díez-Ruza.The U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to bring you these thought-provoking presentations as its October 12 Virtual Enlightenment Salon. The featured portions of the TransVision Madrid 2025 conference in this stream are the following:- Angel Versetti (Longevity Venture Builder / Versetti Family Office): “Some Candid Raw Thoughts on the State of Longevity as an Investment”- The Panel on Public Longevity Advocacy Moderator: Sabinije von GaffkeSpeakers: Carmen Simón Mateo (Apadrina la Ciencia), Sergio Tarrero (Alianza Futurista), Clara Fernández Porta (Progevita), Carlos Díez-Ruza (Madrid e-Health Cluster), Mariana De Chellis (Coalition for Radical Life Extension), Cody Dean (Inmortalis/Neovia)- Liz Parrish (Founder and CEO of BioViva, U.S. Transhumanist Party Advocacy Advisor and 2020 U.S. Vice-Presidential Candidate): “BioViva and the Evolution of Gene Therapy: Where We Have Been and Where We Are Going”The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks TransVision Madrid and its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, Alianza Futurista, for providing the means to offer these presentations to our audience. Visit the website of TransVision Madrid: https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/   Visit the website of Alianza Futurista: https://www.alianzafuturista.com/ Visit the website of BioViva: https://bioviva-science.com/Visit the website of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension: https://www.rlecoalition.com/Visit the website of Immortalis: https://joinimmortalis.com/ Watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s previous stream of TransVision Madrid presentations from Jose Cordeiro, Aubrey de Grey, and David Wood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV6njT849XI 

On Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the presentations from Dr. Jose Cordeiro, David Wood, and Dr. Aubrey de Grey, that were delivered during Day 2 of the TransVision Madrid 2025 International Longevity Summit on October 2, 2025. From Madrid, Spain, the U.S. Transhumanist Party is pleased to stream to you these in-depth presentations by three of the leading transhumanist thinkers. Dr. Jose Cordeiro provided an overview of the TransVision Madrid conference, the role of Spain in advancing healthy longevity, and how the history and trajectory of technological advances can bring about “Vita Plus Ultra” – “life far beyond” current limits. Dr. Aubrey de Grey provided a presentation entitled “Where do we stand?” – highlighting the current status of the quest to reverse biological aging through the damage-repair approach, including key insights from the Robust Mouse Rejuvenation Study #1 (RMR1) and the major objectives of the RMR2 study for which the pilots are now underway.David Wood presented on the Longevity Dividend and the Longevity Dividend Paradox – why correct arguments about the massive economic benefits of greatly extended longevity have not yet led to significant political support for rejuvenation research – and how that paradox might be overcome.The U.S. Transhumanist Party thanks TransVision Madrid and its fellow transhumanist political party in Spain, Alianza Futurista, for providing the means to offer these presentations to our audience. Visit the website of TransVision Madrid: https://www.transvisionmadrid.com/ Visit the website of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF): https://levf.org Watch the previous Virtual Enlightenment Salons with Jose Cordeiro, David Wood, and Aubrey de Grey:- Jose Cordeiro (September 20, 2020) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmF-6ftCm3U - Aubrey de Grey (February 21, 2021) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohet4kAfskM - David Wood on “Vital Foresight” (July 18, 2021) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Aj7Z6qcnM - David Wood on the Transhumanist Shadow (January 2, 2022) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPbijrxUm3o - Aubrey de Grey on Robust Mouse Rejuvenation (February 19, 2023) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx45Z9eRLb8&t=2s - Jose Cordeiro and David Wood on “The Death of Death” (June 25, 2023) –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf6SXx_VNis 

On Sunday, September 28, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the presentation by Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, which offers a balanced portrayal of areas in which artificial intelligence has made impressive strides recently, and areas where humans will remain superior or uniquely capable for a long time. Countering both the hype and fear surrounding artificial intelligence, Chairman Stolyarov’s remarks encourage us to harness the beneficial applications of AI while recognizing the enduring advantages of our humanity. This presentation was originally delivered virtually at the Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2025 (VSIM-2025) conference in Ravda, Bulgaria, on September 9, 2025. The recording includes introductory remarks by Professor Angel Marchev Sr. and discussion in the subsequent Q&A session, with comments by Anton Kulaga and David Wood.ReferencesVSIM-2025 Conference Website: https://vsim-conf.info/ “AI’s Achilles Heel—Puzzles Humans Solve in Seconds Often Defy Machines” by Deni Ellis Bechard. Scientific American. July 18, 2025 - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tests-that-ais-often-fail-and-humans-ace-could-pave-the-way-for-artificial/ Three sets of ARC-AGI problems available for humans to try: https://arcprize.org/arc-agi François Chollet, "On the Measure of Intelligence" (2019) - https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.01547 U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Peter Voss on the Path to AGI – August 4, 2024 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJm-z28vIoc U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Rafi Qumsieh – September 7, 2025 –https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExLfEPvg1-0 

On Sunday, September 21, 2025, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Professor Stefan Lorenz Sorgner to discuss Euro-Transhumanism, a term he coined in 2022 for a vision that emphasizes a culturally nuanced, ethical, and inclusive approach to technological enhancement. The Virtual Enlightenment Salon will include a discussion of what Euro-Transhumanism is, what differentiates it from “classical transhumanism” in Sorgner’s view, what are some of its policy implications, and what American politics can learn from Euro-Transhumanism, especially in light of the quite turbulent recent political events in the United States.Stefan Lorenz Sorgner is a world-leading philosopher recognized for his work in posthumanism, transhumanism, Nietzsche, and the philosophy of music. He is especially known for his interpretations of Friedrich Nietzsche and his critical engagement with human enhancement and emerging technologies. He is a philosophy professor at John Cabot University in Rome, Director and Co-Founder of the Beyond Humanism Network, and a Fellow and Advisor of numerous organizations, as well as Editor-in-Chief and Founding Editor of the Journal of Posthuman Studies, and a prolific public speaker.Stefan Lorenz Sorgner has authored numerous books on philosophy, including “Metaphysics Without Truth” (2007), “On Transhumanism” (2020), “We Have Always Been Cyborgs” (2022), and “Philosophy of Posthuman Art” (2022).Learn more about Stefan Lorenz Sorgner on his website: www.sorgner.deRead the THPedia entry about Stefan Lorenz Sorgner: https://th-pedia.org//wiki/Stefan_Lorenz_Sorgner 

On Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Tobias Teufel to discuss recent advances in additive manufacturing and 3D-printing, as well as the potential of these technologies to be deployed as part of policies for achieving greater abundance for as many people as possible.Tobias Teufel is an entrepreneur, biohacker, drone pilot, and philosopher on emerging technology across all topics. He is also the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Foreign Ambassador in Germany. You can learn more about him here - https://transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#TobiasTeufel Learn about Tobias Teufel’s startup 3DDruckByTeufel (3DPrintingByTeufel) at https://www.3ddruckbyteufel.de/3ddruckbyteufel/ 

On Sunday, September 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Rafi Qumsieh, founder of Breakthrough Labs, which is focused on building AI agents to aid in scientific discovery, including pursuing advances in longevity, disease cures, nuclear fusion, mathematics, consciousness research, and philosophy. Rafi Qumsieh provides an overview of the current state of functionality of various agentic AI systems, as well as their limitations and opportunities for improvement in the coming years. He also demonstrates the functionality of Aristotle, the system developed by Breakthrough Labs to leverage the power of Large Language Models to generate high-quality solutions and hypotheses in a variety of scientific fields. This Salon includes in-depth exchanges between Rafi Qumsieh and the U.S. Transhumanist Party panelists – Gennady Stolyarov II (Chairman), Dan Elton (Director of Scholarship), and Art Ramon Garcia, Jr. (Director of Visual Art) – regarding emerging developments in the capabilities and applications of AI models. Visit the website of Breakthrough Labs: https://breakthroughlabs.ai/ Try the Aristotle agentic AI here: https://heuristic-mauve.vercel.app/ 

On Sunday, August 31, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the compilation stream of two presentations delivered by U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II at the Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management (VSIM) conferences in 2023 and 2024. Mr. Stolyarov presented virtually at those conferences, which were held in Ravda, Bulgaria, and were hosted by Professors Angel Marchev, Sr. and Angel Marchev, Jr. These presentations will be prefaced by brief introductory remarks from Mr. Stolyarov based on the updated situation as of August 2025. Mr. Stolyarov will also be presenting at the VSIM-2025 Conference on September 9, 2025, where his presentation will be titled "The Progress of Artificial Intelligence and Why Humans Will Not Be Made Obsolete Anytime Soon". VSIM-2023 Presentation: What Needs to Happen to Save Civilization by 2025 - Presented on September 9, 2023This presentation discusses how human civilization has continued to move through the uniquely existentially risky period in human history, the Great Filter, and what would events need to happen in order to dramatically lower the level of existential risk faced by humanity as well as stave off a long-term decline of contemporary global civilization, similar to the decline faced by the Roman Empire in the aftermath of the Antonine Plague of 165-180 CE. VSIM-2024 Presentation: Overcoming Polarization Through Transhumanism - Presented on September 11, 2024This presentation addresses the destructive consequences of the totalizing polarization that has increasingly afflicted Western, and especially American, societies. The toxic ideologies of Left and Right have seeped into almost every area of life and have turned everyday life into a perpetual conflict zone. However, the ideas of transhumanism and its up-wing, inclusive vision for the progress of all of humankind, offer an antidote to the polarization and an invitation to build the next era of civilization together.The stream will be concluded by a Musical Q&A where the following compositions by Gennady Stolyarov II will be played:- Tenacity, Op. 5 (Remastered by Jason Geringer)- Composition for Harpsichord and Piano, Op. 50  (Remastered by Jason Geringer)- Escalation, Op. 53  (Remastered by Jason Geringer)- Progress Amidst a Crisis, Op. 66 (Remastered by Jason Geringer)- Rondo #5, Op. 72  (Remastered by Jason Geringer)- Waltz #8, Op. 71ReferencesWebsite of the VSIM-2025 Conference: https://vsim-conf.infoLEV: The Game on Longevity Escape Velocity - https://transhumanist-party.org/lev-the-game/ 

On Sunday, August 24, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Josh Universe to discuss the privacy and security considerations of technological enhancement. His presentation and subsequent conversation will address the following areas:1. Real-World Breaches2. Defining Privacy and Security in Context3. What is Technological Enhancement?4. Privacy and Security Risks of Enhancement5. Approaching Enhancement with a Privacy and Security Mindset6. Actionable Privacy and Security Steps 7. Questions and AnswersJosh Universe is an American analog astronaut, science communicator, and biohacker. He is the Founder of the International Biohacking Community. He is also the Founder of the Transhumanist Council.Watch the previous U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Josh Universe of March 30, 2025, where he discussed Applications of Human Biostasis in Crewed Space Exploration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf40zZyNqkc Visit the website of Josh Universe at https://joshuniverse.com/.   Read the THPedia entry about Josh Universe at https://th-pedia.org//wiki/Josh_Universe. Visit the website of the Transhumanist Council at https://transhumanism.app/ Join Josh Universe’s social network, Science.Social: https://science.social/

On Sunday, August 17, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Dr. Bill Andrews to discuss the concept of Best Choice Medicine, which he co-developed with Liz Parrish. Best Choice Medicine is a new proposed pathway to provide possible life-saving experimental treatments to patients suffering from Aging-Associated Non-Communicable Diseases who would otherwise not survive without treatment.Read the peer-reviewed paper by Bill Andrews and Liz Parrish, entitled “A ‘Best Choice Medicine’ (BCM) Route to Drug Development to Solve the Aging-Associated Non-Communicable Disease Burden” - https://maplespub.com/article/a-best-choice-medicine-bcm-route-to-drug-development-to-solve-the-aging-associated-non-communicable-disease-burden Bill Andrews (William H. Andrews) is the Biotechnology Advisor of the U.S. Transhumanist Party and Founder and CEO of Sierra Sciences. Learn more about him here: https://transhumanist-party.org/advisors/#BillAndrews Visit the website about Best Choice Medicine here: https://www.bestchoicemedicine.com/ Visit the website of Sierra Sciences: http://www.sierrasci.com/ 

U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Join Steve for a wonderful conversation with Sophia. Sophia is a very talented musical artist and entertainer who brings the experience to the world in a unique and fascinating  fashion.On Sunday, August 10, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Scarlet Zanarkand to discuss areas of alignment and connection between the transhumanist and transgender movements and how the two movements can act as allies to satisfy shared objectives through advocating for individual freedom, science, and technology. She will also discuss what a more technological future may hold for persons who may wish to transform their identities in a variety of possible ways. Scarlet Zanarkand is a libertarian activist who runs the Transformation HQ server on Discord and advocates for both transgender persons and transhumanists and seeks to be a welcoming place for all individuals and allies of LGBTQ+ and other trans identities. The Transformation HQ server emphasizes personal autonomy, bioethics, and informed consent as core principles in both current and theoretical forms of transformation. Scarlet Zanarkand holds the view that all transhumanists are united by a common goal of transformation; whether that is to revert to our younger years, to gain an increase of health and ability, or to achieve some kind of alteration such as the idea of becoming a "cyborg" in the future. She believes that all trans identities will be made possible through technology associated with transhumanism and looks forward to seeing the progress.Visit the Transformation HQ server on Discord: https://discord.gg/z5GPnNPHT3 Section II of the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform - https://transhumanist-party.org/platform/ - “supports all acceptance, tolerance, and inclusivity of individuals and groups of all races, genders, classes, religions, creeds, and ideologies. Accordingly, the United States Transhumanist Party condemns any hostile discrimination or legal restrictions on the basis of national origin, skin color, birthplace, ancestry, gender identity, or any manner of circumstantial attribute tied to a person’s lineage or accident of birth.” Section VI of the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform “upholds morphological freedom—the right to do with one’s physical attributes or intelligence whatever one wants so long as it does not directly harm others.”Section XLIX of the USTP Platform also specifically supports the rights of transgender individuals. It reads as follows: “The United States Transhumanist Party supports efforts to increase autonomy of individuals to decide over their own bodies and holds that individuals should have the legal right to undertake procedures including gender reassignment, hysterectomies, vasectomies, technological augmentation, cosmetic alterations, genetic enhancements, and physical supplementation at or after the age of 18 years, as long as this does not create health hazards or threats to other individuals.”

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the discussion and debate on transhumanism between C.B. Robertson of the Caffeine and Philosophy YouTube channel and Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. This debate was originally recorded on July 26, 2025, and is being re-streamed as a U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon. C.B. Robertson approaches transhumanism from a skeptical vantage point, but one informed by reading a significant amount of the relevant literature. This allowed for a thorough and nuanced discussion with Chairman Stolyarov, who clarified key positions within the transhumanist worldview and answered key challenges from C.B. Robertston. Areas of discussion included secular values and religion, the extent to which the pursuit of longevity is desirable, and the goals of the transhumanist project. The stream concludes with a selection of musical compositions by Gennady Stolyarov II, remastered by Jason Geringer:- Strides of Technology, Op. 30- Scenes of the Future, Op. 8- Man’s Colonization of Space, Op. 35- Spiral Tower Song (2024 Version)Visit the YouTube channel of C.B. Robertson, Caffeine and Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/@caffeineandphilosophy Read Mr. Stolyarov’s online publication, The Rational Argumentator: http://rationalargumentator.comRead “Sisyphus Vindicated”, Mr. Stolyarov’s short story from 2008: http://www.quebecoislibre.org/08/080315-12.htm Read about the Values of the U.S. Transhumanist Party at https://transhumanist-party.org/values/ 

On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party presents a dual Virtual Enlightenment Salon, featuring conversations about both the scientific and activist dimensions of longevity.First, watch Dr. Matthew “Oki” O’Connor of Cyclarity Therapeutics discuss Cyclarity’s efforts to develop new, easy-to-use drugs to prevent atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and strokes by addressing the underlying cause, the build-up of arterial plaque. The technology of Cyclarity Therapeutics removes arterial plaque by clearing the non-degradable cholesterol that accumulates within cells in the arterial walls. Its products are based on novel derivatives of a well-known, safe compound, and a new way of looking at cardiovascular disease. A panel including U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, Dr. Bill Andrews (the USTP's Biotechnology Advisor and Founder and CEO of Sierra Sciences), and Daniel Twedt (the USTP's Director of Community and Citizen Science and 2024 U.S. Vice-Presidential Candidate) asked detailed questions to explore Cyclarity's approach and its lead product, UDP-003.Next, watch the Longevity Activist Panel from RAADfest 2025 in Las Vegas, recorded on July 12, 2025, and moderated by Dr. Jose Cordeiro, the U.S. Transhumanist Party's Technology Advisor and Foreign Ambassador in Spain. Panelists include U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, Cody Dean of Immortalis, and Joe Bardin of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension, which co-organized RAADfest 2025 along with the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF). The Longevity Activist Panel also had a special visit from the Grim Reaper himself, and he was banished from RAADfest... again, but not before answering some audience questions.The Virtual Enlightenment Salon stream concludes with a musical section, featuring three compositions by USTP Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, remastered by USTP Legislative Director Jason Geringer:- Man's Struggle Against Death, Op. 57- Fanfare of Perseverance, Op. 58- Transhumanist March, Op. 78***Dr. Matthew O’Connor is the CEO of Scientific Affairs at Cyclarity Therapeutics. He was awarded his Master’s Degree in Neuroscience from Northwestern Medical in 1999 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Baylor College of Medicine in 2005. His postdoctoral research includes work at UC Berkeley on muscle stem cells and aging. He is the former VP of Research at SENS Research Foundation, where he oversaw a broad swath of research projects spanning many aspects of rejuvenation biotechnology from which he authored many papers and patents.Cyclarity's research has combined computational and synthetic chemistry programs to create custom-engineered cyclodextrins (polysaccharides with known industrial and pharmaceutical excipient uses) to capture, and remove from cells, oxidized cholesterol derivatives such as 7-ketocholesterol, which are broadly toxic molecules with no known biological function.Visit the website of Cyclarity Therapeutics at https://cyclaritytx.com/.Visit the website of the Coalition for Radical Life Extension at https://www.rlecoalition.com/.Visit the website of the Longevity Escape Velocity Foundation (LEVF) at https://levf.org.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” So states Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s famous Third Law. On Sunday, July 20, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon will delve into this insight further.In "Computer Science and its Occult," Eric Hennigan, a Software Engineer at Google, explores the intriguing parallels between concepts in computer science and themes found in occult traditions. The talk delves into ideas like "True Names," which in computer science can uniquely identify a thing and provide power over it, much like a memory address. Hennigan also discusses "Sigils," demonstrating how autonomous vehicles can be "trapped" by specific markings or by placing a traffic cone on their sensors, rendering them inoperable. The presentation further examines "Spells" in the context of sorting algorithms and code snippets. Hennigan draws a compelling connection to "The Golem of Prague," comparing the legendary animated clay figure to the modern process of baking silicon into crystal, etching patterns, animating with electricity, and commanding with scripts, ultimately teaching machines to learn, write, speak, and paint. This leads to profound questions about consciousness, ethics in creating sentient beings, and the nature of free will in machines.Eric Hennigan is a Senior Software Engineer at Google and a Volunteer Genomics Data Scientist at the University of Southern California. He holds Bachelor of Sciences degrees in Applied Mathematics and Physics from University of California Los Angeles, and a PhD in Computer Science from University of California Irvine. He enjoys communicating what he has learned to others and even acted as Instructor of Record for UCI and Cal State Fullerton while still a graduate student. Despite his formal education he recommends self-study as a path to skills improvement.Watch the first U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with Eric Hennigan, held on October 23, 2022, on the subject of historical anti-aging approaches that failed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMod8KtspxQ 

On Sunday, July 13, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch a special livestream from the U.S. Transhumanist Party during the last day of RAADfest 2025, where Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II will join live from the day’s events and show a presentation by Cody Dean of Immortalis / Neovia, after which the team from Immortalis will interview Chairman Stolyarov. Cody Dean is a core leadership voice and ambassador for Immortalis, an initiative dedicated to advancing radical health innovation through voluntary ethics, principled governance, and unrestricted scientific exploration. Neovia is Immortalis’s flagship Freedom Zone in the U.S., dedicated to biomedical innovation. Visit the website of Immortalis at https://joinimmortalis.com/home  Visit the website of RAADfest at https://raadfest.com 

On Sunday, July 6, 2025, the U.S. Transhumanist Party will host a stream consisting of updates from the fourth Longevity Summit Dublin, which will be held on July 2-4, 2024, at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. The stream will feature conversations with notable attendees of the Longevity Summit as well as impressions from USTP Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II.This year Gennady Stolyarov II will be one of the presenters at Longevity Summit Dublin on the subject of LEV: The Game – a computer game to illustrate the concept of longevity escape velocity.LEV: The Game (Build 0.9) is now downloadable and playable at https://transhumanist-party.org/lev-the-game/. Visit the website of Longevity Summit Dublin at https://longevitysummitdublin.com/ 

On Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites representatives from the U.S. Pirate Party for a Virtual Enlightenment Salon to continue discussions on areas of alignment between our two organizations, especially in light of recent developments in American politics, as well as to inform viewers of the proposal to form a political coalition between the U.S. Transhumanist and Pirate Parties for purposes of cross-endorsing one another’s candidates for non-Presidential office and fostering greater collaboration among political parties outside of the duopoly in order to pursue common objectives.The following guests from the U.S. Pirate Party will provide remarks and answer audience questions: - Drew Bingaman – Captain / Chair of the U.S. Pirate Party- “Jolly” Mitch Davilo of the Illinois Pirate PartyLearn about the U.S. Pirate Party here: https://uspirates.org/about/Watch the first U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon with the U.S. Pirate Party, held on December 15, 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Win4DzI3NkI The U.S. Pirate Party supports and works toward reformation of intellectual property (IP) laws, true governmental transparency, and protection of privacy and civil liberties. It strives for evidence-based policies and egalitarianism, while working against corporate personhood and welfare. The U.S. Transhumanist Party supports “Putting Science, Health, and Technology at the Forefront of American Politics”. See the USTP Platform here: https://transhumanist-party.org/platform.  

On Sunday, June 22, 2025, the U.S. Transhumanist Party discussed the war between Israel and Iran and the recent entry of the United States into that war. Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II provided a thorough critique of the Israeli first strike and the Trump Administration’s involvement.  Trump’s decision, announced with characteristic bombast as the only way to stop Iran’s aggression, has drawn the United States into a conflict that risks American lives, assets, and the very survival of human civilization. As a transhumanist committed to reason, individual liberty, and the preservation of human potential, Chairman Stolyarov condemned both Israel’s initial strike and Trump’s reckless escalation as affronts to the principles of a free, flourishing, and forward-looking society. This war threatens not only regional stability but the future of humanity itself.This Salon also included commentary by the USTP’s Director of Visual Art and current Vice-Chairman, Art Ramon Garcia, and interactions with audience comments made via the live YouTube chat.

On Sunday, June 15, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Zoltan Istvan to discuss his 2026 gubernatorial run in California as a Democrat. At this time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party has not endorsed his campaign, but seeks to use this opportunity to have a candid conversation about Zoltan’s most current views and which policies would be most efficacious in improving the State of California as well as the future of humanity more broadly. During the first hour, Zoltan Istvan will discuss his campaign and field challenging questions from the U.S. Transhumanist Party panelists and members, including the following:- How transhumanist is his 2026 gubernatorial campaign?- Is he willing to openly advocate for indefinite life extension? - Why is he running as a Democrat: pragmatism – or does he actually agree with them now? - Why does he lead with fearful, rather than hopeful, rhetoric about AI?- How have his stances on Universal Basic Income shifted since 2016? - Does he believe that winning the election is a possibility?- How do his various positions align with and differ from those of the U.S. Transhumanist Party?The remainder of the (approximately 114-minute) Salon will consist of discussions among the USTP panel members and consideration of member feedback.Zoltan Istvan founded the Transhumanist Party on October 7, 2014, and ran for President of the United States in the 2016 elections to raise awareness for transhumanist political issues. After the 2016 elections, Zoltan has relinquished control of the Transhumanist Party but remains a valued advisor to those who seek to create a lasting transhumanist movement. See Zoltan Istvan’s 2026 campaign website at https://www.zoltanistvan2026.com/. Zoltan Istvan provided introductory remarks during the Celebration of the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s 10th Anniversary in October 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjD54L9g4hQ 

On Sunday, June 8, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Laurence Ion to discuss his plans for the creation of Viva City, a permanent city for people who prioritize longevity and wish to pursue rapid innovations to attain it, as well as a near-term step toward that goal, Viva Frontier Tower, a 6-week program in San Francisco which will take place between June 20 and August 4, 2025. This Virtual Enlightenment Salon will delve into areas such as pop-up cities, free economic zones, jurisdictional experimentation, and effective governance.  Laurence Ion is an entrepreneur who previously co-created decentralized organizations such as VItaDAO and JellyfishDAO, as well as longevity-focused communities such as Zuzalu and Vitalia.Visit the website of Viva City at https://viva.city/ Find out about the Viva Frontier Tower, here: https://viva.city/frontier-tower Read the Viva City Secret Manifesto, written by Laurence Ion: https://laurion.notion.site/The-Viva-City-Secret-Manifesto-v1-17475b08bf5a8099b5adf2f02941bfd4 

On Sunday, June 1, 2025, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Vladimir Leshko, Chief Operating Officer of Unlimited Bio, to discuss his company’s plans to launch a variety of trials for preventive gene therapies addressing various facets of aging.The goal of Unlimited Bio is to conduct 100 clinical trials of (genetic) preventive therapies in 10 years by making use of the regulatory flexibility of Próspera ZEDE (free economic zone) in Honduras. Right now, Unlimited Bio is working to launch its first batch of trials targeting age-related hair loss, skin quality deterioration, and sarcopenia via repurposing an existing safe and effective genetic therapy.Vladimir Leshko is focused on transforming healthcare towards a personalized and preventive model, defeating age-related diseases, and eventually solving aging itself. He has professional interests in Organ-on-a-Chip technology, Longevity BioTech, and Digital Health.Vladimir is a former online pro poker player (top 1% in the world). After graduating as a Biomedical Engineer, he is building a career focused on human health.Visit the website of Unlimited Bio: https://www.unlimited.bio/ 

On Sunday, May 18, 2025, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time, watch the interview with U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, conducted by KC of the Party Party. This is a further example of transpartisan dialogue and exchange of ideas, in which the U.S. Transhumanist Party has been participating to an increasing extent after the 2024 Presidential election. The conversation delves into challenges facing minor political parties, the meaning of transhumanism, the importance of not conflating transhumanism with unrelated and unaffiliated ideologies and venues such as the World Economic Forum, the future of humanity taking evolution into own hands, where transhumanism stands in regard to matters of religion, as well as advancements in artificial intelligence and what the future of AI development may hold. This interview was originally recorded on May 5, 2025, and is being streamed as the U.S. Transhumanist Party Virtual Enlightenment Salon of May 18, 2025, in order to spark discussion about issues around which minor political parties can unite and bring about substantial improvements in American politics and society. The Party Party seeks to run an artificial general intelligence (AGI) for President. Find out more about the Party Party on its website at https://partypartyusa.com/Visit the YouTube channel of the Party Party at https://www.youtube.com/@PartyPartyUSA

On Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites its Director of Scholarship, Dr. Dan Elton, and other guests who attended the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI) D.C. Summit on  April 28-30, 2025. Dr. Elton will present his report on highlights from this three-day summit, which included a longevity biotech showcase, presentations on applications of longevity medicine, and a Congressional briefing. Find out more information about the A4LI 2025 D.C. Summit here: https://a4li.org/dc-summit-2025/ Dr. Dan Elton is the Director of Scholarship of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Find out more about him on the USTP website’s Leadership page: https://transhumanist-party.org/leadership/#DirectorOfScholarship 

On Sunday, May 4, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Sharon Gal-Or to provide an in-depth presentation on his newly published book “Garden of Wisdom: Timeless Teachings in an AI Era”. This Virtual Enlightenment Salon represents a continuation of the USTP’s discussions with transhumanists of various religious persuasions in order to identify and build upon areas of common ground between transhumanism and certain interpretations of religious and spiritual worldviews. Sharon Gal-Or’s presentation will also feature numerous great historical artworks, using them to communicate the stories and ideas that are relevant to the ethical application of artificial intelligence today.  From the author’s book description:“Garden of Wisdom: Timeless Teachings in an AI Era” is a transformative exploration of the intersection between ancient wisdom and modern technology. This book offers a comprehensive framework for the ethical evolution of artificial intelligence, integrating timeless principles from biblical narratives, ecological systems, and quantum consciousness. “Garden of Wisdom” is not just a guide for AI professionals but a call to humanity to co-create a flourishing, sustainable world.***“Garden of Wisdom” can be purchased from Springer Nature: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-83085-3 Sharon Gal-Or is the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Foreign Ambassador in Israel, a role he has held since 2020, promoting the principles of transhumanism – technological progress, human enhancement, and the ethical use of AI – within diverse cultural and philosophical frameworks rooted in Jewish and Middle Eastern traditions. He is a regenerative consultant, a public speaker, and author of numerous books. He graduated from Tel Aviv University in 2002 with an MSc degree in Life Sciences. His academic background, paired with a passion for exploration and storytelling, marked the beginning of an illustrious career that bridges science, sustainability, and creative thought leadership. He has worked as a business consultant specializing in Green Tech, Veterinary Research and Marine Bio-Tech, managed a research laboratory in the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, developed numerous toys and games, and cultivated economic relations between Israel, Hong Kong, and mainland China, collaborating with startups, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders in innovative fields such as smart mobility, greentech, and fintech. His efforts included organizing delegations, hosting events, and spearheading international collaborations that bridged industry, government, and academia. Find out more about Sharon Gal-Or here: https://ief.wiki/index.php/Sharon_Gal-Or 

On Sunday, April 27, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, listen to the NotebookLM “Deep Dive” AI podcast hosts as they discuss the recent developments from the U.S. Transhumanist Party since the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Key areas covered will be the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s principles and Platform (including the results of the recent Platform Vote #9), a comparison and contrast of the USTP’s views with Medicare for All proposals, recent dialogues with the U.S. Pirate Party, a post-election analysis, and reactions to the first two months of the Second Trump Administration, including the effects of the involvement of Elon Musk.

On Sunday, April 20, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, join U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II and Josh Universe of the Transhumanist Council as they present the vision for and recent improvements to THPedia, the Transhumanist Encyclopedia that is open to all constructive contributions and whose entries are available pursuant to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. THPedia is structured with two sites – a site focused on stability (https://th-pedia.org) and a site that encourages experimentation (https://thpedia.org). Users are able to set up accounts on either site and make contributions of new articles and enhancements to existing articles. (Accounts established in 2024 and earlier would work on either site with current credentials.) A coordination process between the two sites operates to preserve the constructive changes that are understood to enhance the content.  THPedia is a project that grew out of the original H+Pedia (2015-2024), which was principally maintained by David Wood and Chris Monteiro, with contributions from various other editors in the transhumanist community. Gennady Stolyarov II was the administrator of H+Pedia between January and November 2024 – a time during which continuity was maintained and H+Pedia and THPedia were operated jointly as the same site. Meanwhile, Josh Universe created an experimental site at https://thpedia.org to coordinate with THPedia. On December 9, 2024, the H+Pedia domain was transferred to the Humanity+ organization to be run as a separate encyclopedia by Humanity+, while the THPedia project continues to develop into an open-source encyclopedia for the transhumanist community. This Virtual Enlightenment Salon will include a demonstration of the capabilities of THPedia on both the stable and experimental sites and the opportunity for viewers to ask questions and make suggestions. 

On Sunday, April 13, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the compilation stream of Episodes 13-15 of the “Robots in Space” program, hosted by aerospace engineer, U.S. Transhumanist Party member, and Washington State Transhumanist Party CEO Mike DiVerde, founder of the OmniFuturists Group. These episodes were originally created in March and April 2025.

Transhumanist Party invites Elaine Walker and Zack Varkaris to discuss Austin Biotec’s recently pioneered Rejuvacyte procedure, which uses autologous stem cells and exosomes to return endogenous hormone production within perimenopausal or menopausal women. Elaine Walker will discuss her experiences as a recent patient of the Rejuvacyte procedure and her aspirations for achieving rejuvenation and longevity escape velocity. This Salon will also include a scientific discussion of the procedure, with questions posed by distinguished panelists such as Dr. Aubrey de Grey.   Elaine Walker is an electronic musician and inventor. She is a proponent of humans-in-space and superlongevity, and a cryopreservation member of Alcor. She spent five summers in the High Arctic on the NASA Haughton-Mars Project analog missions. She is the author of a non-fiction physics/philosophy book, “Matter Over Mind: Cosmos, Chaos, and Curiosity”. It illuminates the deeper dynamics of the world and a better way forward for humanity, both on Earth and beyond.Visit the personal website of Elaine Walker at http://ZiaSpace.com.  Learn about “Matter Over Mind: Cosmos, Chaos, and Curiosity” at https://www.ziaspace.com/philosophy/matterovermind/.Zack Varkaris is the founder and Scientific Director of Austin Biotec, which works in the anti-aging and fertility domains and applies emerging medical technologies in the effort to overcome the problem of female infertility.Zack Varkaris is also a biologist, author, diver, and sporting pugilist. Of Greek descent, Zack grew up in London. After studying Marine Biology at Heriot-Watt University, he spent a number of years in the field of renewable energy and conservation before turning his hand to writing novels. Visit Zack Varkaris’s website at https://varkaris.com/.Visit the website of Austin Biotec at https://www.austinbiotec.com/

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Josh Universe to present and answer questions on the subject of “Applications of Human Biostasis in Crewed Space Exploration”. This Salon will explore the synergies between two fields that are of considerable interest to many transhumanists and will consider how advances in biostasis can aid humans in achieving ambitious goals of space travel and interplanetary settlement. Josh Universe is an American analog astronaut, science communicator, and biohacker. He is the Founder of the International Biohacking Community. He is also the Founder of the Transhumanist Council.Visit the website of Josh Universe at https://joshuniverse.com/. Read the THPedia entry about Josh Universe at https://th-pedia.org//wiki/Josh_Universe. Listen to Josh Universe’s Star.FM Astronomy and Space podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/star-fm-astronomy-and-space/id1666366264 Visit the website of the Transhumanist Council at https://transhumanism.app/ Join Josh Universe’s social network, Science.Social: https://science.social/

On Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the March 2025 interview by John Kerecz of OSH Radio with U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, discussing American political developments during the first two months of the Second Trump Administration. The Virtual Enlightenment Salon stream continues with a conversation by the NotebookLM AI hosts, comparing and contrasting the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform with the Heritage Foundation’s “Mandate for Leadership” – the blueprint for Project 2025. 

On Sunday, March 16, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the compilation stream of Episodes 7-12 of the “Robots in Space” program, hosted by aerospace engineer, U.S. Transhumanist Party member, and Washington State Transhumanist Party CEO Mike DiVerde, founder of the OmniFuturists Group. These episodes were originally created in February and March 2025.

On Sunday, March 9, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Andrei Panferov and Tomer Landsberger of Sciborg DAO to discuss their ambitious plans to enable key cybernetic technologies to overcome the major causes of death and enable humans to become indefinitely lived cyborgs within several decades’ time. Sciborg DAO seeks to solve death with synthetic replacements. It brings together scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and investors who seek to prolong and enhance human existence. Through the Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), it plans to fund IP tokens focused on survival‐critical technologies that other investors typically overlook or underfund.Visit the website of Sciborg DAO at https://www.sciborg.xyz/

On Sunday, February 23, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Art Ramon Garcia, Jr., its Director of Visual Art, who will discuss his new transhumanist children’s book, “When Everyone Chose to Live Longer and Create Art”.This captivating children’s book invites young readers to explore a world where art becomes the key to building a brighter and more innovative future. In the vibrant world of Nuuterrlandia, curious children known as the Niñis unlock their full potential with incredible brain upgrades. Guided by Lunabella-1717, a super-intelligent AI, and visionary artist Árte Ramóne, they embark on an inspiring journey to explore the universal language of art.Through this transhumanist tale, the Niñis discover that creativity holds the power to transform their lives and their world. They learn to live longer, create a new economy fueled by imagination, and connect with other intelligent minds from across the universe. Technology and art intertwine, showing how innovation and creativity can shape a hopeful and limitless future.With vibrant illustrations and a bilingual narrative in English and Spanish, this story encourages children to embrace their artistic potential, believe in the power of their imagination, and create with purpose. Perfect for readers aged 5-10, it is an inspiring tale for parents, educators, and young dreamers passionate about art, technology, and the endless possibilities of tomorrow.Since its publication, “When Everyone Chose to Live Longer and Create Art” has been translated into numerous languages, with the hope of being made accessible to young readers all over the world.Find “When Everyone Chose to Live Longer and Create Art” on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Everyone-Chose-Longer-Create/dp/B0DRVTGB72/Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership/ 

On Sunday, February 16, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Kira Marie Nightingale, the founder of Strategic Scientific Innovation Consulting LLC (SSIC.LLC), to discuss her work in longevity consulting and insights from regenerative medicine that help people extend their lifespans and healthspans today. Kira Marie Nightingale is an integrative biologist who specializes in Personalized Longevity Consulting, where she helps individuals optimize their health, create tailored strategies, and explore innovative therapies to support longevity and vitality. With over 15 years of experience in biotechnology and regenerative medicine, she is passionate about helping people achieve healthier, longer lives.One of her services is to prepare a Personalized Longevity Strategy Document for clients. This document is a comprehensive health roadmap, tailored to each person’s unique needs, and includes supplement plans, diagnostic testing guidance, and actionable strategies to improve vitality and well-being.Follow SSIC LLC on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssic-llc 

On Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the compilation stream of Episodes 1-6 of the “Robots in Space” program, hosted by aerospace engineer, U.S. Transhumanist Party member, and Washington State Transhumanist Party CEO Mike DiVerde, founder of the OmniFuturists Group. These episodes were originally created in December 2024 and January 2025 and are presented here in chronological order. - Episode 1: Yutu 2 – Mars – Solar Activity – Event Horizon – December 16, 2024- Episode 2: Hayabusa2 at Ryugu Asteroid – December 24, 2024- Episode 3: Mars Express – January 4, 2025- Episode 4: Mars Update – January 10, 2025- Episode 5: Bots in the Economy Update – January 18, 2025- Episode 6: OmniFuturists – January 25, 2025 Visit the YouTube channel of the OmniFuturists Group: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOmniFuturists/ Visit the website of the OmniFuturists Group: https://omnifuturists.com/ Visit the website of the Washington State Transhumanist Party: https://wstp.org/ 

On Sunday, February 2, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Adam Gries to discuss Vitalist Bay, the forthcoming 8-week Longevity Zone, to be held in Berkeley California, on April 4 through May 29, 2025, bringing the world’s best minds together to extend human lifespan and healthspan and to solve aging.USTP Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II will be speaking at Vitalist Bay in Berkeley, California, during the weekend of May 24 – 25, 2025, and will likely be in attendance there on several other weekends as well. Vitalist Bay will bring the concept of a longevity pop-up city to the Bay Area and will feature discussions and events pertaining to longevity science, advocacy, and policy, as well as artificial intelligence, health optimization, cryonics, network states, and more. Chairman Stolyarov will be representing the USTP there and will be discussing how our forward-thinking vision of Putting Science, Health, and Technology at the Forefront of American Politics can catalyze the advances in longevity science that will enable us to reach longevity escape velocity in our lifetimes. Visit the website of Vitalist Bay at https://www.vitalistbay.com/Join the waitlist at Vitalist Bay: https://vitalistbay.com/waitlist Members of the U.S. Transhumanist Party are eligible for discounted access to Vitalist Bay, with $100 off through entering the special code USTPBAY. Members who enter “USTP” as the answer to "How did you hear about Vitalist Bay?" will be expedited on the waitlist and be able to lock-in their event tickets same day.

On Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites Sharon Gal-Or and Daniel Mihai to discuss their new book “Regenaissance: The Call to Heal” (January 2025) as well as Sharon Gal-Or’s forthcoming book “Garden of Wisdom: Timeless Teachings in an AI Era” (March 2025).A portmanteau of “regenerative” and “renaissance,” “Regenaissance” indicates a global “rebirth” that integrates ecological principles, equity, and cultural renewal. Rather than merely “sustaining” current systems, the authors call for actively healing people and the planet. It channels the spirit of the historical Renaissance – an era of monumental creativity and intellectual leaps – yet focuses this rebirth on addressing today’s environmental and social urgencies.Learn more about “Regenaissance: The Call to Heal” - https://ief.wiki/index.php/Regenaissance:_The_Call_to_Heal.Download a free copy of “Regenaissance: The Call to Heal” - https://ief.wiki/Regenaissance%20-%20The%20Call%20to%20Heal%20-%20v1.0.pdf.  “Garden of Wisdom: Timeless Teachings in an AI Era” is a transformative exploration of the intersection between ancient wisdom and modern technology. This book offers a comprehensive framework for the ethical evolution of artificial intelligence. “Garden of Wisdom” is not just a guide for AI professionals but a call to humanity to co-create a flourishing, sustainable world.Springer Nature page on “Garden of Wisdom: Timeless Teachings in an AI Era” - https://link.springer.com/book/9783031830846. Sharon Gal-Or is the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s Foreign Ambassador in Israel, a role he has held since 2020, promoting the principles of transhumanism – technological progress, human enhancement, and the ethical use of AI – within diverse cultural and philosophical frameworks rooted in Jewish and Middle Eastern traditions. He is a regenerative consultant, a public speaker, and author of numerous books. He graduated from Tel Aviv University in 2002 with an MSc degree in Life Sciences. His academic background, paired with a passion for exploration and storytelling, marked the beginning of an illustrious career that bridges science, sustainability, and creative thought leadership. He has worked as a business consultant specializing in Green Tech, Veterinary Research and Marine Bio-Tech, managed a research laboratory in the Israeli Ministry of Agriculture, developed numerous toys and games, and cultivated economic relations between Israel, Hong Kong, and mainland China, collaborating with startups, entrepreneurs, and corporate leaders in innovative fields such as smart mobility, greentech, and fintech. His efforts included organizing delegations, hosting events, and spearheading international collaborations that bridged industry, government, and academia. Find out more about Sharon Gal-Or here: https://ief.wiki/index.php/Sharon_Gal-OrDaniel Mihai is a business consultant, strategic innovator, sustainability and regeneration advocate, and technology thought leader. A prominent commentator in the Web3/Blockchain and AI space, celebrated for his sharp critiques and unflinching examination of the power dynamics and ethical implications shaping emerging technologies. Mihai conducted groundbreaking academic research on blockchain adoption in the charity sector, identifying key opportunities to enhance donor trust, streamline fundraising, and amplify social and ecological impact. His insights are shaping the discourse on technology’s role in the future of sustainability. View Daniel Mihai’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mihai-daniel/

On Sunday, January 19, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invites William Dawley, PhD, to discuss his insights into the anthropology of the transhumanist and cryonicist communities. William Dawley is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bergen in Norway, working on the Technoscientific Immortality project, where his role is to research cryonics in the United States and better understand the transhumanists associated with it, especially their view of humanity's place in history and the future. He brings to the project his research interests in processes of sociocultural change and political-economic change and of the role of technology in these changes (especially biomedicine and new social-organizational technologies), and in how these changes interact with constructions of family and gender, and in a multidisciplinary, historical approach to the study of religion, spirituality, and secularism.Find out more about the Technoscientific Immortality project at https://www.uib.no/en/humanfutures. Watch William Dawley’s presentation “The Mind of the Cryonicist”, delivered at the Global Cryonics Summit in Miami in July 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5G3-WhjPow.

On Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 1 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time, watch the combination stream of two recent interviews with U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II:- The November 30, 2024, interview by Dominick Prive of Liquid New Hampshire- The December 7, 2024, interview by Wenitte Apiou of the Futurologism PodcastThe interview by Dominick Prive discussed the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s transpartisan, upwing focus and how to bridge divides with and among various political constituencies. This conversation was in part aimed at demonstrating that transhumanism does have the prospect of resonating with many of the values and goals of those on the political Left, as transhumanism fosters inclusivity and the promise of great improvement, through technological progress, of the living standards of those who are currently worse off.The interview by Wenitte Apiou discussed visions for the future of technological progress (including artificial intelligence) and how to amplify the reach and public acceptance of transhumanism, as well as both the challenges and opportunities facing transhumanism within the present cultural and technological setting.The stream is concluded with a Musical Q&A segment, featuring the following compositions:- “My Own” Waltz by J. P. Meder (1885)- Calm Reflection – Composition Generated by Gennady Stolyarov II via the Udio v1.5 AI- Hope for the Future – Composition Generated by Gennady Stolyarov II via the Udio v1.5 AI- The Future’s Gradual Arrival – Composition Generated by Gennady Stolyarov II via the Udio v1.5 AIView Dominick Prive’s Liquid NH YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@LiquidDemocracyNH Listen to Wenitte Apiou’s Futurologism podcast at https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/futurologism/