Редактирование: Gennady Stolyarov (раздел)

==Work==
Stolyarov has been highly influenced by the philosophy of [[Ayn Rand]].<ref> [http://www.liberalinstitute.com/ObjectivistResolves.html Objectivist Statement of Resolves], The Liberal Institute, June 2012</ref><ref>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJe5kp_uzx4 Ayn Rand Fan Club Episode 15: Transhumanist Gennady Stolyarov II and the Quest for Scientific Immortality]". October 9, 2021. Ayn Rand Fan Club. Retrieved October 21, 2021. </ref> His writings include science fiction, philosophical essays, poetry, and study guides.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady. "[http://rationalargumentator.com/rationaleducation.html Free Tools for Rational Education]". The Rational Argumentator. Retrieved October 20, 2021.</ref> He has also published his own musical compositions and had composed 92 musical works as of October 2021.<ref>"[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/gennady-stolyarov-ii-compositions/ Musical Compositions of Gennady Stolyarov II]". The Rational Argumentator. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref>

In February 2014, Stolyarov started a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to give his children's book, ''[[Death is Wrong]]'', to 1000 children. In the book, he argues that death is an enemy and encourages readers to help overcome it using technology. <ref name="Istvan">[http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-transhumanist-philosopher/201312/childrens-book-ponders-death A Children's Book Ponders Death], ''Psychology Today'' </ref> According to the book campaign's Indiegogo page, the goal of $5000 was exceeded by late April 2014.<ref name="Indiegogo">[https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-teach-1000-kids-that-death-is-wrong Help Teach 1000 Kids That Death is Wrong], website=Indiegogo</ref> ''Death is Wrong'' has been translated into French (''La mort, c’est mal!'')<ref>''[http://rationalargumentator.com/Death_is_Wrong_French_Edition.pdf%20 La mort, c’est mal!]'' (PDF) – French Edition (translated by Philippe Castonguay). </ref>, Portuguese (''A Morte é um Erro'')<ref>''[http://rationalargumentator.com/Death_is_Wrong_Portuguese_Edition.pdf A Morte é um Erro]'' (PDF) ''– Portuguese Edition'' (translated by Eric Pedro Alvaro).</ref>, Russian («Смерть неправильна!»)<ref>[http://rationalargumentator.com/Death_is_Wrong_Russian_Edition_Full.pdf «Смерть неправильна!»] (PDF) – Russian Edition (translated by Marcus Baylin).</ref>, and Spanish (''La muerte está mal'')<ref>''[http://rationalargumentator.com/Death_is_Wrong_Spanish_Edition.pdf La muerte está mal]'' (PDF) ''–'' Spanish Edition (translated by Néstor Duno).</ref>.  

Under Stolyarov's tenure as Chairman of the [[United States Transhumanist Party]], it has grown to about 1,100 members as of October 2018 <ref name="RAADtalk">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kykROyu_xNc Talk at RAAD: The U.S. Transhumanist Party: Four Years of Advocating for the Future - Gennady Stolyarov II]</ref>, 1,600 members during the summer of 2019 <ref name=":6">Pearlman, Alex (October 16, 2019). "[https://gen.medium.com/medicare-for-all-try-immortality-for-all-269e6554fbb9 Would You Vote for a President Who Promised Eternal Life?]" Medium. Retrieved October 24, 2021. "[...] Gennady Stolyarov II, a 32-year-old Belorussian actuary and the chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party [...]" "Since taking over, Stolyarov has organized the fringe ideology into an efficient political machine, registering it as an official political party in Nevada, and growing party membership to over 1,600 registered members."</ref>, 1,800 members as of September 2019 <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/USTranshumanistParty/photos/a.1708588809459243/2343955859255865/?type=3&theater]Announcement on the U.S. Transhumanist Party Facebook Page. 21 September 2019. "Membership in the U.S. Transhumanist Party reached 1800 today. "</ref>, and 3,500 members as of September 2021.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (September 21, 2021). "[https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/InterimCommittee/REL/Document/25671 U.S. Transhumanist Party and Nevada Transhumanist Party Support for Innovation Zones]". Nevada Legislature. Joint Special Committee to Conduct a Study Concerning Innovation Zones. Retrieved October 24, 2021. "The  Transhumanist  Party  is  an  alliance  of  over  3500  members  who  advocate  for  transcending  the  flaws  and  limitations  of  the  human  condition  through  technology  and  for  putting  science,  health,  and  technology  at  the forefront  of  American  politics."</ref> There is no monetary cost to being a member of the United States Transhumanist Party, according to the U.S. Transhumanist Party website.<ref name="USTP_nocost">http://transhumanist-party.org/faq/#Q_IsThereCost Frequently Asked Questions. 2018. United States Transhumanist Party Website. Accessed October 31, 2018. "Is there a cost to becoming a member of the U.S. Transhumanist Party? No, there is absolutely no cost that you would need to pay. Membership is free and always will be. We do, however, appreciate it whenever our members volunteer their time and use their own resources to organize events and projects for the U.S. Transhumanist Party."</ref> He is also registered as the Chief Executive of the [[Nevada Transhumanist Party]]. In 2018, Stolyarov began a campaign to run for a seat on the Board of Trustees for the Indian Hills General Improvement District (IHGID), located in Carson City and Douglas County, Nevada.<ref name="Future Grind">[https://futuregrind.org/podcast-episodes/2018/10/7/ep-28-the-state-of-transhumanist-politics-with-gennady-stolyarov-ii Ep. 28 - The State of Transhumanist Politics with Gennady Stolyarov II]</ref> Stolyarov did not win a seat on the IHGID Board but received 520 votes out of 2,024 residents who cast their ballots, meaning that 25.7% of the voters cast affirmative ballots in his favor.<ref name="IHGID">[https://transhumanist-party.org/2018/11/18/ustp-chairman-2nd-anniversary/ U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman's Second Anniversary Message. 18 November 2018. "I ultimately obtained 520 votes out of 2,024 residents who cast their ballots. While I did not win a seat on the Board, 25.7% – more than a quarter – of the voters cast affirmative ballots in my favor."]</ref> Stolyarov ran again for the IHGID Board of Trustees in 2020. The presence of five candidates in that race triggered a primary in June 2020, where the turnout was significantly lower than in 2018 and Stolyarov received 253 votes out of 1216 ballots cast (20.8%). Because another candidate received 17 more votes than Stolyarov, Stolyarov did not advance to the general election; subsequently, that candidate indicated that he would not accept the office of Board Member if he were elected.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (November 26, 2020). "[https://transhumanist-party.org/2020/11/26/ustp-chairman-4th-anniversary/ U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman's Fourth Anniversary Message]". Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref> 

On March 31, 2018, [[Nikola Danaylov]] of the Singularity.FM program interviewed Stolyarov for nearly three hours, which broke the record for the length of Danaylov’s conversations. The interview covered the efforts and aspirations of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, and also delved into such subjects as the definition of transhumanism, intelligence and morality, the technological Singularity or Singularities, and health and fitness. <ref>https://transhumanist-party.org/2018/04/06/stolyarov-singularity-interview/ Stolyarov II, Gennady, and Danaylov, Nikola. (31 March 2018) “U.S. Transhumanist Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II Interviewed by Nikola Danaylov of Singularity.FM”.</ref>

On September 13, 2018, Stolyarov presented virtually to the Vanguard Scientific Instruments in Management 2018 (VSIM:18) Conference in Ravda, Bulgaria, on the subject of “How Transhumanism Can Transcend Socialism, Libertarianism, and All Other Conventional Ideologies” – which described the key strengths and weaknesses of libertarianism, socialism, conservatism, and left-liberalism, the common failings of these and all other conventional ideologies, and why transhumanism offers a principled, integrated, dynamic approach for a new era of history, which can overcome all of these failings.<ref>https://transhumanist-party.org/2018/09/16/transhumanism-transcend-ideologies/ Stolyarov II, Gennady.(13 September 2018) “How Transhumanism Can Transcend Socialism, Libertarianism, and All Other Conventional Ideologies”.</ref>

In September 2018, Stolyarov was a speaker at the 2018 [[RAAD Festival]]<ref name="RAADtalk" />, where he also interviewed [[Ray Kurzweil]].<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady and Ray Kurzweil (September 21, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10dFgrjdfqY Gennady Stolyarov II Interviews Ray Kurzweil at RAAD Fest 2018]. YouTube. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref><ref>Gigazine (January 22, 2019). "[https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20190122-ai-still-course-outpace-human/ Ray Kurzweil, worldwide authority on AI research, talks about optimistic prospect that 'progress of AI will progress smoothly']". Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref> Stolyarov returned to the RAAD Festival in October 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he delivered an overview of the U.S. Transhumanist Party 2019 Electronic Primary.<ref name="RAADtalk2019">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_Cej6WkuwM]Gennady Stolyarov II and Johannon Ben Zion at RAAD Fest 2019 - U.S. Transhumanist Primary Results</ref> 

In July 2019 Stolyarov's 60-page essay, “The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance”, was published as Chapter 5 of [[The Transhumanism Handbook]], a major compilation of transhumanist thought edited by [[Newton Lee]].<ref>https://transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Stolyarov_USTP_Politics_of_Abundance.pdf Stolyarov II, Gennady. (15 July 2019) “The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance”.</ref> In this essay, Stolyarov offers a detailed explanation of the premises behind transhumanist politics and what the U.S. [[Transhumanist Party (US)|Transhumanist Party]] stands for, in a narrative that is current through year-end 2018. Subsequently, on August 24, 2019, in Burbank, California, Stolyarov spoke to update the audience on recent U.S. Transhumanist Party activities in 2019.<ref>https://transhumanist-party.org/2019/09/01/progress-politics-of-abundance/ Progress in the Politics of Abundance - Presentation by Gennady Stolyarov II</ref>

Stolyarov spoke at the virtual RAADfest 2020 to provide an update as to the 2020 U.S. Transhumanist Party campaign of [[Charlie Kam]] and [[Liz Parrish]] for President and Vice-President of the United States.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (October 4, 2020). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU0z4PEFizU U.S. Transhumanist Party 2020 Update at RAADfest 2020 - Gennady Stolyarov II]. YouTube. Retrieved October 24, 2021.</ref> He also participated in the Longevity Activism Panel at the virtual RAADfest 2021 on October 3, 2021, sharing insights on effective approaches for promoting the longevity message.<ref>Joe Bardin, Maria Entraigues Abramson, Neal VanDeRee, Gennady Stolyarov II, Jose Cordeiro, Ilana Lea (October 3, 2021). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehA4fiFi8hE RAADfest 2021 Longevity Activism Panel]. YouTube. Retrieved October 24, 2021.</ref>

Stolyarov is an actuary as well as a writer.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20180812062742/http:/blog.soa.org/2015/09/02/in-pursuit-of-soa-general-insurance-fsa/ In Pursuit of SOA General Insurance FSA]". Society of Actuaries. Archived from [http://blog.soa.org/2015/09/02/in-pursuit-of-soa-general-insurance-fsa/ the original] on August 12, 2018. Retrieved October 20, 2021. </ref><ref>Varner, Maddy and Aaron Sankin (February 25, 2020). "Suckers List: How Allstate's Secret Auto Insurance Algorithm Squeezes Big Spenders". The Markup. Retrieved October 24, 2021. "Gennady Stolyarov II, a lead actuary at the Nevada Division of Insurance, said all this secrecy and complexity leaves drivers in the dark about how to keep their rates low. "</ref><ref>Casualty Actuarial Society. "[https://cas2020rpmiframe.azurewebsites.net/speakerDetail.aspx?id=896034 Gennady Stolyarov]". Profile for 2020 RPM Seminar. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":8">Earle, Joshua. “Chapter 13 – Engineering Our Selves: Morphological Freedom and the Myth of Multiplicity”. In ''Engineering and Philosophy: Reimagining Technology and Social Progress.'' David Tomblin, Guru Madhavan, and Zachary Pirtle, ed. Springer International Publishing. May 14, 2021. <nowiki>ISBN 978-3-030-70099-7</nowiki>. p. 252. “Gennady Stolyarov II is the current chair of the Transhumanist Party and has probably the most pedestrian day job of this group as an actuary and insurance regulator”. p. 257. “Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the Transhumanist Party, even holds a semi-regular video round table with officers of the party and other Transhumanist thinkers which he calls the ‘Enlightenment Salon.’” p. 258. “The transhumanist political party is overwhelmingly male (over 85% per their last demographic survey), and the leadership is clueless as to why. In the blog post that accompanied the release of the demographic survey Gennady Stolyarov II, Chairman of the party, wrote ‘There is nothing gender-specific about transhumanism, and the aspirations and values of transhumanism are aimed at benefiting all humans and other sentient entities – so, at first glance, it is rather difficult to understand why a significant apparent proportional difference by gender exists in U.S. Transhumanist Party membership counts’ (Stolyarov 2018). He goes on to posit the discrepancy might be a mirror of the tech industry, a field where many, if not most, of the transhumanist party’s membership originates. What Stolyarov and the Transhumanist Party does not consider, however, is that by explicitly including male-coded enhancements only in their platform, they indicate to women and other minorities that they aren’t welcome.”   </ref><ref name=":10">Snyder, Riley, and Tabitha Mueller (April 2, 2021). "[https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/permanent-expanded-mail-in-voting-straight-ticket-ballots-draw-partisan-fire-in-legislature Permanent expanded mail-in voting, straight ticket ballots draw partisan fire in Legislature]". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved October 26, 2021. "'A 2 percent threshold would be essentially unattainable,' said Gennady Stolyarov II, chairman of the United States Transhumanist Party and a Lead Actuary for property and casualty insurance with the state’s Division of Insurance. 'Even more onerous [are] the requirements in section two, the petition signatures must be apportioned equally among the petition districts, which is essentially impossible to fulfill.'"</ref> Beginning in 2010, he spearheaded the first initiative in the United States to publicly post insurers’ home and private passenger automobile policy forms on a State website.<ref>Scism, Leslie (December 3, 2011). "[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204397704577070173118701582 A Home-Insurance Trap?]" Wall Street Journal. Retrieved October 24, 2021. "[...] Nevada, which began posting policy forms in October for its 10 largest home and auto insurers. Gennady Stolyarov, a Nevada insurance regulator, said in an email that officials 'hope that this is just the beginning' of an effort to improve consumers' ability to comparison-shop for insurance."</ref> His book ''Practice Problems for Advanced Topics in General Insurance'' has been published annually by ACTEX Learning beginning in 2015 and had its Sixth Edition released in 2021.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (Spring 2021). "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/actex-giadv-practice-problems/ ''Practice Problems for Advanced Topics in General Insurance'' - ACTEX Study Guide by G. Stolyarov II]". The Rational Argumentator. Retrieved October 20, 2021.</ref><ref>"[https://www.actexmadriver.com/orderselection.aspx?id=453147017 ACTEX Practice Problems for Advanced Topics in General Insurance | Spring 2021]" ISBN: 978-1-64756-237-3, ISBN: 978-1-64756-235-9, ISBN: 978-1-64756-236-6. </ref>