Редактирование: Alexander Chislenko

'''Alexander "Sasha" Chislenko''' (December 2, 1959 - May 8, 2000) was an [[Extropianism|extropian]] thinker active in the Boston extropian community, notable for conceptualizing the [[fyborg]] (a portmanteau of "functional" and "cyborg").

In 1991, Chislenko offered criticism<ref>[http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/articles/IdeaFuture.html The Foresight Market and research funding]</ref> of [[futarchy]], meriting a reply<ref>[http://www.islandone.org/Foresight/Updates/Update11/Update11.4.html#anchor227798 More Market-Based Foresight]</ref> by creator [[Robin Hanson]].<ref>[http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/ideafutures.html Idea Futures]</ref>

Chislenko experienced episodes of depression for many years. In the early morning of May 8 2000, during a depressive episode, Alexander Chislenko committed suicide.<ref>[http://transhumanism.wikia.com/wiki/Alexander_Chislenko transhumanism.wikia.com]</ref>

Although he had expressed interest in cryonics, his obituary says he had not made arrangements.<ref>[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/PuABXDtaNhw Obituary by Keith F. Lynch]</ref>

== External Links ==
* [http://www.lucifer.com/~sasha/home.html Homepage]
* [https://goertzel.org/benzine/extropians.htm Analysis by Ben Goertzel] (see second half of the essay)

== References ==

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