Редактирование: The Transhumanist Wager

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'''The Transhumanist Wager''' is a 2013 novel by [[Zoltan Istvan]].

Featuring a central character called ''Jethro Knight'', the book has been compared to a transhumanist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Shrugged Atlas shrugged]<ref>[http://www.kurzweilai.net/book-review-the-transhumanist-wager book review | The Transhumanist Wager]</ref> in showcasing a particular style of [[atheistic transhumanism|atheistic]], [[libertarian transhumanism|libertarian]] and [[survivalist transhumanism]].<ref>[http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/pellissier20151213 #19: Transhumanism: there are at least ten different philosophical categories; which ones are you?]</ref> That said, Zoltan has since denied the book comprises such a manifesto.<ref>[https://carmstrong1959blog.wordpress.com/2016/02/12/news-flash-the-transhumanist-wager-is-not-zoltan-istvans-political-manifesto/ NEWS FLASH: The Transhumanist Wager is NOT Zoltan Istvan’s Political Manifesto]</ref>

== Plot ==
[[The Transhumanist Wager]] stars the protagonist Jethro Knights who studies philosophy and sails around the world to promote [[longevism|indefinite life extension]]. During this time a coup by Christian terrorists successfully take over the US, transforming America's secular government into a theocracy. This causes Knights to create an [[transhumanist separatism|independent seastanding city]] 'Transhumania' as a [[Survivalist transhumanism|stand against reactionary governments]] from invading the city.<ref name=":0">Giulio Prisco — Kurzweil AI. [http://io9.com/the-transhumanist-wager-and-the-terrifying-struggle-for-510012440 "The Transhumanist Wager and the terrifying struggle for the future"]. ''io9''.</ref><ref>[http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/jamiebartlett/100013025/transhumanists-are-planning-to-upload-your-mind-to-a-memory-stick-and-extend-life-indefinitely-are-they-mad-dangerous-or-the-saviours-of-mankind/ "'Transhumanists' are planning to upload your mind to a memory stick…"]. ''Technology - Telegraph Blogs''.</ref>
== Philosophy ==
According to the author, ''The Transhumanist Wager'' puts forward a philosophy based on "a simple wager":<ref name="istvan-book-philosophy">[http://www.zoltanistvan.com/TranshumanistWager.html#e5 "The Transhumanist Wager"]. ''Zoltan Istvan''. "''The Transhumanist Wager'' presents an original, comprehensive, and rational new philosophy called TEF, or Teleological Egocentric 
Functionalism. TEF is predicated on logic, a simple wager that every human faces: ''If a reasoning human being loves and values life, they will want to live as long as possible—the desire to be immortal. Nevertheless, it's impossible to know if they're going to be immortal once they die. To do nothing doesn't help the odds of attaining immortality—since it seems  evident that everyone will die someday and possibly cease to exist. To try to do something scientifically constructive towards ensuring immortality beforehand is the most logical conclusion.''"</ref>
<blockquote>If a reasoning human being loves and values life, they will want to live as long as possible—the desire to be immortal. Nevertheless, it's impossible to know if they're going to be immortal once they die. To do nothing doesn't help the odds of attaining immortality—since it seems evident that everyone will die someday and possibly cease to exist. To try to do something scientifically constructive towards ensuring immortality beforehand is the most logical conclusion.</blockquote>

Zoltan introduced some [[survivalist transhumanism|survivalist]] philosophy into the book such as the 'Three Laws of Transhumanims':
<blockquote>
    A transhumanist must safeguard one's own existence above all else.<br />
    A transhumanist must strive to achieve omnipotence as expediently as possible—so long as one's actions do not conflict with the First Law.<br />
    A transhumanist must safeguard value in the universe—so long as one's actions do not conflict with the First and Second Laws.<br />
</blockquote>

== External links ==
* [http://transhumanistwagerguide.com/ transhumanistwagerguide.com]
* [http://www.amazon.com/The-Transhumanist-Wager-Zoltan-Istvan/dp/0988616114/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1RS41CSS624TYYJPTW16 Amazon.com]
* {{wikipedia|The Transhumanist Wager}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW1o5crYUYg London Futurists Hangout-on-Air panel discussion on The Transhumanist Wager]

== References ==
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[[Category:Postcyberpunk]]
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[[Category:Zoltan Istvan]]
[[Category:Libertarian transhumanism]]
[[Category:Transhumanist separatism]]
[[Category:Survivalist transhumanism]]