Редактирование: Gennady Stolyarov

[[File:Gennady Stolyarov II Portrait by Bob Napolitano 2-13-2019.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Gennady Stolyarov II by Bob Napolitano (February 13, 2019)]]
'''Gennady Stolyarov II''' is an American [[libertarian transhumanism|libertarian]] and [[Transhumanist writers|transhumanist writer]] and the chairman of the [[Transhumanist Party (US)|Transhumanist Party]] in the United States.<ref name="thp-leadership">[http://transhumanist-party.org/leadership/ "Leadership"]. Transhumanist Party. Retrieved 31 December 2016. "Gennady Stolyarov II (G. Stolyarov II) became the second Chairman in the history of the Transhumanist Party in November 2016."</ref> In 2013 he authored the children's book ''[[Death is Wrong]]'', which endeavors to educate young readers and others interested in longevity regarding the feasibility and desirability of achieving indefinite life extension within current readers' lifetimes.<ref name="death-is-wrong">[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/death-is-wrong/] The Rational Argumentator. "Death is Wrong". Retrieved 8 November 2019. "The answer is that no, death is not necessary, inevitable, or good. In fact, death is wrong. Death is the enemy of us all, to be fought with medicine, science, and technology. This book introduces you to the greatest, most challenging, most revolutionary movement to radically extend human lifespans so that you might not have to die at all."</ref>

Stolyarov has written for the [[IEET]], [[Wave Chronicle]] and many other [[futurist]] and [[libertarian]] publications.<ref>"[https://archive.ieet.org/ IEET Articles Archive for the Pre-2021 Site]". Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Retrieved October 20, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://wavechronicle.com/wave/?tag=g-stolyarov-ii G. Stolyarov II - The Wave Chronicle]</ref><ref>[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/apstolyarov.htm Articles by Gennady Stolyarov II on Le Quebecois Libre]. Retrieved October 20, 2021. </ref><ref>"[https://mises.org/profile/gennady-stolyarov-ii Gennady Stolyarov II]". Mises Institute. Retrieved October 20, 2021. "Gennady Stolyarov II is an actuary ... Mr. Stolyarov is the author of numerous free study guides ..."</ref> He regularly produces [[YouTube]] videos discussing [[life extension]] and transhumanist philosophy and politics.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/user/GStolyarovII G. Stolyarov II - YouTube Channel]. Retrieved October 20, 2021.</ref> He publishes most of his writing at the website [[The Rational Argumentator]].<ref>[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/ The Rational Argumentator]. Retrieved October 20, 2021.</ref> He is the chief executive and co-founder of the [[Nevada Transhumanist Party]], and took over leadership of the [[Transhumanist Party (US)|U.S. Transhumanist Party]] in November 2016. <ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (June 18, 2018). "[http://nvsos.gov/sos/home/showdocument?id=4353 Nevada Transhumanist Party: Notice of Continued Existence Pursuant to NRS 293.171]" (PDF). Nevada Secretary of State. Retrieved October 20, 2021. </ref><ref>[http://transhumanist-party.org/2016/11/14/forthcoming-transitional-period/ Forthcoming Transitional Period of the Transhumanist Party]</ref>

== Early Life ==
Gennady Stolyarov II (Russian: Геннадий Константинович Столяров II) was born in 1987 in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, which became the capital of newly independent Belarus in 1991. He lived in Minsk at a young age.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (November 25, 2013). ''[http://rationalargumentator.com/Death_is_Wrong_Second_Edition_Full.pdf Death is Wrong]'' (PDF). Rational Argumentator Press. ISBN 978-0615932040. "When I was four and living in the city of Minsk..." </ref> His paternal grandfather, Gennady Stolyarov (Russian: Геннадий Константинович Столяров), led the development of some of the first computers in the Soviet Union during the late 1950s and 1960s.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (October 26, 2017). "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2017/10/march-of-84/ March of 84, Op. 85]". The Rational Argumentator. Retrieved October 20, 2021. "In the 1950s and 1960s, Gennady Stolyarov I led the development of some of the first computers in the Soviet Union and was granted the IEEE Computer Pioneer Award in the year 2000 for his achievements – 'For pioneering development in ‘Minsk’ series computers’ software, of the information systems’ software and applications and for data processing and database management systems concepts dissemination and promotion'."</ref> 

After migrating to the United States and becoming an American citizen, Gennady Stolyarov II attended Hillsdale College with a triple major in economics, German, and mathematics.<ref name=":5">Borden, Karl (November 9, 2008). "[https://fee.org/resources/fee-announces-2008-eugene-s-thorpe-award-winner-gennady-stolyarov-ii FEE Announces 2018 Eugene S. Thorpe Award Winner: Gennady Stolyarov II]". The Foundation for Economic Education. Retrieved October 20, 2021. "Mr. Stolyarov is a senior at Hillsdale College; a triple major in economics, mathematics, and German; and an immigrant to (and now citizen of) the United States from Belarus. </ref> Economist Robert P. Murphy called Stolyarov his "best student at Hillsdale College".<ref>Murphy, Robert P. (July 9, 2010). "[https://consultingbyrpm.com/blog/2010/07/the-effects-of-the-economic-crisis-on-young-people.html <nowiki>The Effects of the Economic Crisis on Young People [Editor's Note]</nowiki>]". ''Free Advice''. Retrieved October 20, 2021. </ref> In November 2008 Stolyarov became the first recipient of the Foundation for Economic Education's Eugene S. Thorpe Award for his essay "Globalization: Extending the Market and Human Well-Being".<ref name=":5" /><ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (April 1, 2009). "[https://fee.org/articles/globalization-extending-the-market-and-human-well-being/ Globalization: Extending the Market and Human Well-Being]". Foundation for Economic Education. Retrieved October 26, 2021.</ref>    

==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> 

==Media Coverage==
Stolyarov's 2008 critique of ''WALL-E,'' a film which Stolyarov called "an assault on modern civilization, borne of deep economic and historical ignorance", was covered and satirized by Sean O'Neal of AV Club in his overview of the controversy generated by that film.<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (July 4, 2008). "[https://mises.org/library/wall-e-economic-ignorance-and-war-modernity ''WALL-E'': Economic Ignorance and the War on Modernity]". Mises Institute. Retrieved July 4, 2008.</ref><ref>O'Neal, Sean (July 10, 2008). "Your guide to the ''WALL-E'' controversy". AV Club. Retrieved October 24, 2021.</ref>

In an article on transhumanism's attempts to overcome mortality, James Moore of the Huffington Post provided a discussion of Stolyarov's motivation in writing ''Death is Wrong'': "Why not believe this is possible, Stolyarov asks, because the first part of accomplishing immortality is to believe it is possible and dying is not required. Teach that to the young and the world will change. Death, he insists, is wrong."<ref>Moore, James (March 6, 2014). "[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/transhumanism-and-all-my_b_4913584 Transhumanism and All My Mortal Friends]". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref>

Rebecca Hiscott of Mashable wrote an extensive profile of ''Death is Wrong'' and noted that the book’s “final message is a call to action: Dying is wrong, children, but through scientific progress you can make it right.”<ref name=":0">Hiscott, Rebecca (March 14, 2014). “[https://mashable.com/archive/death-is-wrong-book Children's Book Teaches Kids 'Death Is Wrong']”. Mashable. Retrieved October 20, 2021.</ref> She also highlighted “Stolyarov's fear: If children are not taught that death can be overcome, they will never strive to overcome it.”<ref name=":0" /> Leanne Butkovic of Fast Company wrote of ''Death is Wrong'' that "The language is just saccharine enough for children to dig into, but the portentous themes will strike deep, philosophical chords in adults. The overall message is positive: The way technology is headed, we should be able to continue discovering and doing the things we love indefinitely."<ref>Butkovic, Leanne (February 24, 2014). "[https://www.fastcompany.com/3026858/how-young-is-too-young-to-learn-about-the-singularity How Young is Too Young to Learn About the Singularity?]" ''Fast Company''. Retrieved October 22, 2021.  </ref> Joelle Renstrom, writing for Slate's ''Future Tense'', criticized the book by calling it "creepy" and saying, "Kids could grow up not just afraid of death, but also afraid of failing to fix it."<ref>Renstrom, Joelle (March 2014). "[https://slate.com/technology/2014/03/death-is-wrong-the-transhumanist-kids-book-by-gennady-stolyarov.html The Most Terrifying Kids' Book]". Slate. Retrieved August 25, 2014.  Death is Wrong, Says Creepy Kids' Book [webpage title] ... "The book encourages kids to help eradicate death with technology. ... In late February, Stolyarov and the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $5,000 to distribute 1,000 free copies to kids." </ref> However, in late 2014, Renstrom also acknowledged that "Transhumanism has gained traction as scientists and thinkers such as [[Ray Kurzweil]], [[Aubrey de Grey]], and Gennady Stolyarov have become increasingly well known."<ref>Renstrom, Joelle (2014). "[https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/transhumanist-party-announces-2016-presidential-candidate.html The Transhumanist Party Announces Their 2016 Presidential Candidate]". Giant Freakin Robot. Retrieved October 31, 2021.</ref> Meghan Neal of ''Motherboard'' also called the book "creepy" but noted, "Wacky as this still all sounds, he may have a point."<ref>Neal, Meghan. "[https://www.vice.com/en/article/ypwdqw/a-transhumanist-wants-to-teach-kids-that-death-is-wrong A Transhumanist Wants to Teach Kids That 'Death is Wrong]'". ''Motherboard''. Vice. Retrieved October 24, 2021. "But Stolyarov's strategy to groom the next generation to grow up thinking they might not have to die is unique - and more than a little bit creepy."</ref> Eric Schulke of the Movement for Indefinite Life Extension responded to Renstrom's article, writing, "People like the author of the Slate article want children to continue growing up afraid of life. They want death to continue to drag down their spirits and traumatize them."<ref>Schulke, Eric (March 16, 2014). "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/03/slate-is-wrong/ Slate is Wrong about ''Death is Wrong'']". The Rational Argumentator. Retrieved October 24, 2021.</ref>  Stolyarov also responded to Renstrom's critique, writing, "Was fear of death my motivation for writing ''Death is Wrong''? Absolutely not [...] I said that fear only exists in the face of the possibility of losing something one values. The reason I wrote this book is not primarily that I fear death, but rather that ''I love life'' and wish for all innocent humans to have the opportunity to live indefinitely. But I also see no shame in fearing the loss of what one loves."<ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (March 30, 2021). "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/03/spreading-the-word-that-death-is-wrong/ Spreading the Word That Death is Wrong]". The Rational Argumentator. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref> Mark Shrayber of Jezebel authored a profile on ''Death is Wrong'', which, while it echoed some of Renstrom's criticisms, also offered various points of agreement.<ref name=":4">Shrayber, Mark (March 15, 2014). "[https://jezebel.com/should-we-be-teaching-kids-they-never-have-to-die-1544372910 Should We Be Teaching Kids They Never Have to Die?]" Jezebel. March 15, 2014. </ref> Shrayber wrote, "I agree that death is a frightening concept, one that keeps me up many nights. [...] I want to agree with Stolyarov that the singularity is coming and that in less than thirty years we will have harnessed life-extension to a point where we can all at least live to be 100. But I don't know if this is a concept we should be selling to children, especially without looking at the complexity of what such advances could mean."<ref name=":4" />

[[B. J. Murphy]] of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]] and The Proactionary Transhumanist blog called ''Death is Wrong'' a "wonderful children's book" and wrote, "This is the book I wish I'd have read as a young child."<ref>Murphy, B.J. (December 7, 2013). "[https://proactiontranshuman.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/short-review-of-new-childrens-book-death-is-wrong/ Short Review of New Children's Book, ''Death is Wrong'']". The Proactionary Transhumanist. Retrieved October 22, 2021. </ref> [[Zoltan Istvan]], in his transhumanist column for ''Psychology Today'', agreed with Murphy, adding, "I thought the book was fun to read and important in what it tries to accomplish."<ref>Istvan, Zoltan. "Gennady Stolyarov: A Children's Book Ponders Death". Chapter 27 in ''The Remnants: Essays, Interviews & Other Writings''. Futurity Imagine Media, LLC. March 10, 2021. ISBN: 9781736342657. pp. 73-75.</ref> On March 21, 2014, Zoltan Istvan also posted briefly about how "Stolyarov's book really makes the media rounds and gives transhumanism some excellent attention."<ref>Istvan, Zoltan (March 21, 2014). [https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/5951066-some-more-stories-on-gennady-stolyarov-and-wendy-d-stolyarov-s-childr Zoltan Istvan's Blog]. Goodreads. Retrieved October 25, 2021.</ref> ''Death is Wrong'' was also favorably reviewed by [[Giulio Prisco]], who called it "a delicious little book for children and for life-extension advocates of all ages" and noted that "Provocative strong messages get heard, and teaching children that death will be cured is very provocative in today’s dull, defeatist, politically correct cultural climate."<ref>Prisco, Giulio (March 19, 2014). "[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:O60rb54dgLkJ:turingchurch.com/2014/03/19/praise-for-death-is-wrong-a-delicious-transhumanist-book-for-children/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Praise for ''Death is Wrong'', a delicious transhumanist book for children]". Turing Church. Retrieved October 25, 2021.</ref>

Frank Swain of BBC Future interviewed Stolyarov in April 2014 and described ''Death is Wrong'' as “a controversial children’s book that encourages young minds to reject the fatalist notion that death is inevitable.”<ref name=":2">Swain, Frank (April 20, 2014). "[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140421-how-to-live-forever How to live forever]". BBC Future. Retrieved October 24, 2021.</ref> He described Stolyarov’s view that death “is simply a technological challenge waiting for the appropriate level of money and manpower to solve it.”<ref name=":2" /> Stolyarov is cited as stating that “It would be wonderful to get to a world where all death is optional. Right now, essentially all of us are sentenced to the death penalty, even though most of us have done nothing to deserve it.”<ref name=":2" />

In his last regular column for BBC Future on September 23, 2014, Frank Swain revisited his interview with Stolyarov and featured Stolyarov's views on the future of human augmentation: "Instead of relentlessly optimising ourselves to a model of perfection, he predicts an explosion of diversity. 'Different people would choose to augment themselves in different ways, stretching their abilities in different directions. We will not see a monolithic hierarchy of some augmented humans at the top, while the non-augmented humans get relegated to the bottom,' he reasons. 'Rather, widespread acceptance of emerging technologies would create a future where a thousand augmented flowers will bloom.'"<ref name=":3">Swain, Frank (September 23, 2014). "[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20140924-the-greatest-myths-about-cyborgs Cyborgs: The truth about human augmentation]". BBC Future. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref> Swain wrote, "I prefer Stolyarov’s vision of the future, and it’s one I subscribe to."<ref name=":3" />

In a November 26, 2015, article on Medium, Collin Duncan suggests that the implication of ''Death is Wrong'' is that "The acceptance of transhumanist technology and ethical values is not simply an option — it is a necessary moral imperative upon which future generations must be based."<ref>Duncan, Collin (November 26, 2015). "[https://medium.com/@BleachedSleet/the-day-no-one-died-the-moral-imperative-of-transhumanism-5d74d6c3c234 The Day No One Died: The Moral Imperative of Transhumanism]". Medium. Retrieved October 24, 2021.</ref>

Jasper Hamill of Metro, in a November 5, 2018, profile on the [[Transhumanist Bill of Rights]], cited Stolyarov's description of Version 2.0 of that document: "The Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 2.0, is an aspirational document describing how a future society which appropriately recognizes the value of all sentient entities will treat those entities so as to ensure that a positive-sum existence can be attainable for all."<ref>Hamill, Jasper (November 5, 2018). "'[https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/05/robots-deserve-human-rights-why-activists-want-to-protect-machines-from-their-creators-8097696/ Robots deserve human rights': Why activists want to protect machines from their creators]". Metro. Retrieved October 24, 2021.  </ref> As Chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, Stolyarov administered the member votes that led to the compilations of Versions 2.0 and 3.0 of the Transhumanist Bill of Rights. <ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (January 4, 2017). "[https://transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/TBR_Vote_Results.pdf Results of the Vote on the Transhumanist Bill of Rights]" (PDF). U.S. Transhumanist Party. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref><ref>Stolyarov II, Gennady (December 12, 2018). "[https://transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TBR_Version_3.0_Vote_Results.pdf Results of the Vote on the Transhumanist Bill of Rights, Version 3.0]" (PDF). U.S. Transhumanist Party. Retrieved October 24, 2021. </ref> 

Molly Fosco of OZY Media interviewed Stolyarov for the March 25, 2019, Episode 4 of the Future of Health podcast, where Stolyarov’s thoughts were cited regarding the future of radical life extension, the technologies involved in it, the philosophy of transhumanism, and how humans who apply various commonplace technologies can already be considered transhuman.<ref name=":1">Fosco, Molly, and Watson, Carlos (March 25, 2019). "[https://www.ozy.com/news-and-politics/fancy-a-good-death-tune-in-to-ozys-new-podcast/93437/ Fancy a Good Death? Tune Into OZY's New Podcast]". OZY Media. Retrieved October 22, 2021. "'Radical life extension will be a combination of nanotechnology, robotics, AI and repairing the body at the cellular level,' says Gennady Stolyarov, chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party. Stolyarov and his party suggest that even a few billion dollars from private donations, investments or government grants could dramatically accelerate progress in the life-extension field." [...] "Nothing is beyond the reach of human reason in terms of improving our state of life, including the radical extension of human life." (Statement by Gennady Stolyarov II) [...] “Gennady Stolyarov and many other members of the group believe that many of us are already transhuman by virtue of wearing glasses or having fillings in our teeth.” [...] “I think the future is one of integration between biological and mechanical or electronic augmentations. The key is to preserve a certain continuity of bodily processes. Whatever part you get, it needs to integrate seamlessly into your existing organism.” (Statement by Gennady Stolyarov II)</ref> In the podcast Stolyarov is quoted as stating that “Radical life extension will be a combination of nanotechnology, robotics, AI and repairing the body at the cellular level” and “Nothing is beyond the reach of human reason in terms of improving our state of life, including the radical extension of human life.”<ref name=":1" /> Stolyarov further expressed his thoughts about types of future enhancements: "I think the future is one of integration between biological and mechanical or electronic augmentations. The key is to preserve a certain continuity of bodily processes. Whatever part you get, it needs to integrate seamlessly into your existing organism."<ref name=":1" />

On October 11, 2019, in The Friday Times of Pakistan, Hanniah Tariq cited Stolyarov's writing on the evolutionary significance of the opposable thumb.<ref>Tariq, Hanniah (October 11, 2019). "[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/unforgiving-rule-of-thumb/ Unforgiving Rule of Thumb]". The Friday Times. Retrieved October 24, 2021. "As Gennady Stolyarov II puts it, 'without the opposable thumb, human beings might never have attained the highly civilized, sophisticated, and technological lifestyles that many of them enjoy today.'"</ref>

[[Alex Pearlman]] published an extensive profile of the U.S. Transhumanist Party's 2019 Presidential Primary on Medium's GEN on October 16, 2019. While Pearlman described some of the chaos of the USTP primary process, she also noted that "Since taking over, Stolyarov has organized the fringe ideology [of transhumanism] into an efficient political machine".<ref name=":6" />

WIRED Magazine featured Stolyarov's views on transhumanism in a profile by Laura Mackenzie on April 29, 2020, entitled "Eternal Frame".<ref name=":7">Mackenzie, Laura (April 29, 2020). "[https://wired.me/science/health/these-scientists-are-trying-to-hack-life-to-solve-death/ These scientists are trying to hack life - to solve death]". WIRED. Retrieved October 25, 2021.</ref> Mackenzie cites Stolyarov as explaining that "most of us are already using technology to overcome human limitations in some way" and that through the progress of technology "we can overcome 'more fundamental limitations' such as material scarcity, disease, and even death."<ref name=":7" />  Stolyarov is further quoted as saying that, as a result of emerging medical technologies, “there would be no upper limit to the human lifespan; no expiration date, so to speak… My hope is [that this will be achievable] in 20 to 30 years from now.”<ref name=":7" /> 

James Bickerton of the UK Express interviewed Stolyarov for a July 6, 2020, profile on the 2020 U.S. Transhumanist Party Presidential candidacy of [[Charlie Kam]].  Stolyarov is cited as stating that the electoral campaign's "focus was on raising awareness of the movement claiming: 'What I’ve found out with regard to transhumanism is that the barrier really isn’t hostility on the part of the general public, the greatest barrier is unawareness. So how does one spread awareness? One seeks to reach new demographics and one seeks to reach them using creative means.'"<ref>Bickerton, James. "[https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1305932/US-Presidential-election-Donald-Trump-transhumanist-ageing-death-life-extension Trump challenged by radical presidential candidate hoping to REVERSE ageing]". Express. Retrieved October 24, 2021.</ref>

In April 2021 Riley Snyder and Tabitha Mueller of The Nevada Independent covered Stolyarov's opposition, on behalf of the U.S. Transhumanist Party, to Nevada's Senate Bill 292, a Democratic-Party-sponsored bill which increased the barriers to ballot access for minor political parties.<ref name=":10" />  

== Academic Discussion ==
In her 2015 paper “Rand and the Austrians: The Ultimate Value and the Non-Interference Principle”, Kathleen Touchstone, retired Professor of Economics at Troy University, describes Stolyarov’s critique of Ayn Rand’s “immortal robot” argument.<ref name=":11">Touchstone, Kathleen.  2015. “[https://philpapers.org/archive/KTORAT.pdf Rand and the Austrians: The Ultimate Value and the Non-Interference Principle]” (PDF).  Libertarian Papers. 7 (2): 169-204. Retrieved October 28, 2021. p. 183: “Gennady  Stolyarov (2008)  views  Rand’s robot  as  one of  her  least defensible arguments. Because of biomedical advances, human lifespans may allow for an indefinite existence. This possibility would not transform humans into indestructible robots because they would still be subject to biological decay if untreated as well as vulnerable to death from accidents. Even an indestructible robot could have values and a motivation for pursuing them as long as it had human perceptual and cognitive abilities.” p. 190: “Stolyarov states: 'While man’s mind cannot envision infinite size or infinite smallness, it can conceive of the possibility of “infinite” longevity  of anything:  buildings,  planets, animals,  men—so  long as  these  entities had  a  certain origin in time.  This phenomenon can be referred to as a chronological infinity, though I use this term with reservation, because it does not truly describe an infinity,  for  all the  measurements  concerning it  must  be in  all  cases finite.' (2013, 77–78)”</ref> Touchstone also addresses the distinction made by Stolyarov between infinite size or smallness (which, in Stolyarov’s view, is impossible for humans to conceive), and chronological infinities, which Stolyarov considers humans to be capable of envisioning. Touchstone comments on this, stating that “Man can comprehend aging, because he experiences it, but death of one’s self is not quite comprehensible.”<ref name=":11" />

In their 2017 book ''Juvenescence: Investing in the Age of Longevity'', entrepreneurs and investors [[Jim Mellon]] and Al Chalabi write, “Longevists such as Gennady Stolyarov have also been prominent in recent years. Stolyarov wrote that death is ‘the enemy of us all, to be fought with medicine, science, and technology’ – and adding our own postscript, only now are the armaments for that fight available to scientists.”<ref>Mellon, Jim, and Al Chalabi. ''Juvenescence: Investing in the Age of Longevity.'' Fruitful Publications, 2017, ISBN: 978-0-9930478-1-7, p. 261. “Longevists such as Gennady Stolyarov have also been prominent in recent years. Stolyarov wrote that death is ‘the enemy of us all, to be fought with medicine, science, and technology’ – and adding our own postscript, only now are the armaments for that fight available to scientists.” (p. 261)</ref> 

In his 2018 book ''Ayn Rand and the Posthuman: The Mind-Made Future,'' author and literary scholar [[Ben Murnane]], PhD, addresses Stolyarov’s effort in 2004 to combine Objectivist philosophy with the Principles of Extropy authored by [[Max More]]: “Stolyarov argues that Objectivism – with its philosophical focus on the individual productive life, not on the supernatural realm or the needs of the many – provides the basis for a ''moral defense'' of transhumanist goals, where traditional moral systems may be opposed to such goals”.<ref>Murnane, Ben. ''Ayn Rand and the Posthuman: The Mind-Made Future, 1<sup>st</sup> ed.  ''Palgrave MacMillan. 2018. ISBN: 978-3319908526. p. 86. “A 2004 article in the Québécois libertarian journal, ''Le Québécois Libre,'' puts forward just such an Objectivist-transhumanist synthesis. Gennady Stolyarov II discusses the life-extension theories and science of gerontologist Aubrey de Grey, who is working toward the reversal of the aging process. De Grey’s theories that aging can be ended within the next several decades are supported by, among others, Ray Kurzweil, a futurist and Google’s chief engineer, and another famous figure within the transhumanist movement. Stolyarov argues that Objectivism – with its philosophical focus on the individual productive life, not on the supernatural realm or the needs of the many – provides the basis for a ''moral defense'' of transhumanist goals, where traditional moral systems may be opposed to such goals […]”</ref>

In his 2019 book ''Transhumanism: Engineering the Human Condition: History, Philosophy and Current Status'', Italian science writer, journalist, and historian of science Roberto Manzocco includes a discussion of “Stolyarov’s Wager, a philosophical argument in favor of life extension that goes like this:

* If you believe in human life extension and are right, you have everything to win – a happy, prosperous, indefinite life that you can be sure of in this world.
* If you believe in human life extension and are wrong, you cease to exist.
* If you do not believe in human life extension and are right, you cease to exist.
* If you do not believe in human life extension and are wrong, it may be that the effort that you did not put in to promoting the idea was just enough for the possibility not to come to pass. Then, you will cease to exist.”<ref>Manzocco, Roberto. ''[https://content.cosmos.art/media/pages/library/transhumanism-engineering-the-human-condition/2081831187-1601363811/transhumanism-engineering-the-human-condition-history-philosophy-and-current-status-by-roberto-manzocco-z-lib.org.pdf Transhumanism: Engineering the Human Condition: History, Philosophy and Current Status]'' (PDF)''.'' Springer Praxis Books. 2019. <nowiki>ISBN 978-3-030-04956-0</nowiki>. Pp. 110-111.</ref>

Sociologist and public-policy professional James Michael MacFarlane, PhD, met Stolyarov at RAADfest 2016 in San Diego and included an account of some of his conversations with Stolyarov in his 2020 book ''Transhumanism as a New Social Movement: The Techno-Centered Imagination''.<ref name=":9">MacFarlane, James Michael. ''Transhumanism as a New Social Movement: The Techno-Centered Imagination''. Springer Nature. 2020. <nowiki>ISBN 978-3-030-40089-7</nowiki>. p. 112.</ref> MacFarlane cites Stolyarov as remarking that “just anyone can identify with the philosophy [of transhumanism] and share the fundamental aims of the philosophy”; MacFarlane makes the characterization that from “Stolyarov’s point of view, Transhumanism quite clearly has an openly accommodating and fundamentally inclusive element to it. This line of thinking can again be considered parallel to the suggestion that transhumanist impulses have something of a universally accessible, even innate quality about them.”<ref name=":9" />

Krisztián Szabados, a director at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, wrote in 2020 about the 2016 peaceful transition of the Chairman position of the U.S. Transhumanist Party from [[Zoltan Istvan]] to Stolyarov.<ref>Szabados, Krisztián (December 2020). ''[http://phd.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/1132/1/szabados_krisztian_den.pdf Transhumanism as a Thin-centered Ideology].'' (PDF) Corvinus University of Budapest. p. 48 “[Zoltan Istvan’s] political activism and strong libertarian leanings stirred numerous controversies within the U.S. Transhumanist Party and the wider transhumanist movement, and he was replaced in a peaceful way by Gennady Stolyarov II as the new chairman of the U.S. Transhumanist Party in November 2016.”</ref>

In his 2021 critique of the transhumanist concept of morphological freedom, Joshua Earle of the University of Virginia, PhD in Science, Technology, and Society, wrote about the explicit connection of Stolyarov’s activities to the philosophy of the Enlightenment and has criticized Stolyarov and the U.S. Transhumanist Party leadership for, in his view, being “clueless” as to why the USTP has “overwhelmingly” male membership.<ref name=":8" />

==Interview with Nikola Danaylov of Singularity.FM - March 31, 2018==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzYGmArriI4</embedvideo>

==How Transhumanism Can Transcend Socialism, Libertarianism, and All Other Conventional Ideologies - September 13, 2018==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AmAGMXvSbI</embedvideo>

==Speech at the 2018 RAAD Fest==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://youtu.be/kykROyu_xNc</embedvideo>

==Interview with Ray Kurzweil - September 21, 2018==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10dFgrjdfqY</embedvideo>

==Progress in the Politics of Abundance - August 24, 2019==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EA0yfTEXy0</embedvideo>

==Interview with James Bickerton of the UK Express - July 2020==
<embedvideo service="youtube">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euiI48tkVK0</embedvideo>

==List of Writings==

=== Books ===
*''[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/selfhelpfree2/ The Best Self-Help is Free]'' (2008, expanded in 2009 and 2012)
*''[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/death-is-wrong/ Death is Wrong]'' - Illustrated children's book on indefinite life extension (Rational Argumentator Press, 2013)
*''[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/actex-giadv-practice-problems/ Practice Problems for Advanced Topics in General Insurance]'' - Study guide published by ACTEX Learning (Six editions - 2015-2021)

=== Book Chapters ===

* "The Role and Essence of John Galt's Speech in Ayn Rand's ''Atlas Shrugged''" (Chapter 9 in ''Ayn Rand's'' Atlas Shrugged'': A Philosophical and Literary Companion'', Edward W. Younkins, ed., Ashgate Publishing Company, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7546-5533-6, pp. 99-106) 
* "[https://books.google.com/books?id=ykC0CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA331&lpg=PA331&dq=stolyarov+%22Business+as+an+Agent+of+Human+Progress%22&source=bl&ots=btQJWmg9iQ&sig=ACfU3U0cs83bmaPNEDodi8nCCFVWUwSnTA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjs28vT6eTzAhUqJTQIHdkICd0Q6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=stolyarov%20%22Business%20as%20an%20Agent%20of%20Human%20Progress%22&f=false Business as an Agent of Human Progress in ''Time Will Run Back, Methuselah's Children,'' and ''The Transhumanist Wager'']" (Chapter 22 in ''Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature: Perspectives on Business from Novels and Plays,'' Edward W. Younkins, ed., Lexington Books, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-4985-1929-8, pp. 331-358)
* "Make Learning Into an Addictive Game" (Chapter 88 in ''Visions for a World Transformed'': ''99 Ideas for Making the World a Better Place — Starting Right Now'', compiled by Philip Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon, 2017, ISBN: 978-1520693910, pp. 217-222)
* "[https://transhumanist-party.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Stolyarov_USTP_Politics_of_Abundance.pdf The United States Transhumanist Party and the Politics of Abundance]" (PDF) (Chapter 5 in ''The Transhumanism Handbook'', Newton Lee, ed., Springer, 2019, ISBN: 978-3-030-16920-6 pp. 89-149)

=== Peer-Reviewed Papers ===

* "[https://cdn.mises.org/qjae10_2_4.pdf The Compatibility of Hoppe's and Rothbard's Views of the Action Axiom]" (PDF) (''Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics'', Volume 10, No. 2, Summer 2007)
* "[https://insam-institute.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/7.-INSAM-Journal-2-Gennady-Stolyarov-Empowering-Musical-Creation-through-Machines-81-99-1.pdf Empowering Musical Creation through Machines, Algorithms, and Artificial Intelligence]" (PDF) (''INSAM Journal of Contemporary Music, Art, and Technology,'' No. 2, Vol. I, July 2019, pp. 81-99)

=== Essays ===

* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/04/041015-5.htm The Objectivist-Extropian Synthesis]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', October 15, 2004)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/ethical-issues-gattaca/ An Analysis of Ethical Issues in the Film ''Gattaca'']" (''The Rational Argumentator -'' Written in 2004, Published in 2007, Republished on July 4, 2014)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/opposable-thumb/ The Importance and Evolutionary Significance of The Opposable Thumb]" (''The Rational Argumentator -'' Written in 2004, Published in 2007, Republished on July 26, 2014)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/05/051215-2.htm Austrian Economics and Kirznerian Entrepreneurship]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', December 15, 2005)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/06/060205-5.htm Praxeology and Certainty of Knowledge]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', February 5, 2006)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/nonexistenceGod.html Five Arguments for the Non-Existence of God]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' May 22, 2006)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/issue87/moralityreligion.html Morality Does Not Require Religion]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', January 16, 2007)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/07/070304-3.htm The Illusion of Success Through Luck]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', March 4, 2007)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/issue94/incentivesmoralbehavior.html Incentives for Moral Behavior]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', March 24, 2007)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/07/070513-5.htm Ludwig von Mises on Profit, Loss, the Entrepreneur, and Consumer Sovereignty]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', May 13, 2007)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/issue125/atheismfactsandmyths.html Atheism Facts and Myths]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', November 10, 2007)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/issue137/pascalswager.html An Atheist's Response to Pascal's Wager]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' December 31, 2007)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/issue142/classicalliberaltolerance.html A Defense of Classical Liberal Tolerance]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' January 31, 2008)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/08/080415-7.htm Enabling Ethical Behavior Through Free Markets]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', April 15, 2008)
* "[https://mises.org/library/wall-e-economic-ignorance-and-war-modernity ''WALL-E'': Economic Ignorance and the War on Modernity]" (Mises Institute, July 4, 2008)
* "[https://mises.org/library/liberation-internet Liberation by Internet]" (Mises Institute, September 19, 2008)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/issue173/govtoppression.html How to Measure Government Oppression]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', October 3, 2008)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/human-nature-is-tautological/ 'Human Nature' is Tautological]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', March 10, 2009)
* "[https://fee.org/articles/globalization-extending-the-market-and-human-well-being/ Globalization: Extending the Market and Human Well-Being]" (Foundation for Economic Education, April 1, 2009)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/eden-is-an-illusion-2009-article-by-g-stolyarov-ii/ Eden is an Illusion]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', April 2, 2009)
* "[http://rationalargumentator.com/issue191/evolutionbiotechsoc.html Evolution: Biological, Technological, and Societal]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', April 2, 2009)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/critique-kirk/ A Critique of Russell Kirk's 'Libertarians: The Chirping Sectaries']" (''The Rational Argumentator'', June 28, 2009)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/why-i-do-not-adhere-to-anarcho-capitalism/ Why I Do Not Adhere to Anarcho-Capitalism]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' August 9, 2009)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/misunderstood-education/ Commonly Misunderstood Concepts: Education]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' October 3, 2009)
* "[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/misunderstood-health-care/ Commonly Misunderstood Concepts: Health Care]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' October 12, 2009)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/principles-classical-liberalism/ Ten Principles of Classical Liberalism]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' November 8, 2009)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/misunderstood-wealth/ Commonly Misunderstood Concepts: Wealth]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' November 16, 2009)
* "[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/misunderstood-employment/ Commonly Misunderstood Concepts: Employment]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' November 26, 2009)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/misunderstood-happiness/ Commonly Misunderstood Concepts: Happiness]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' November 26, 2009)
* "[https://mises.org/library/writers-can-prosper-without-intellectual-property Writers Can Prosper Without Intellectual Property]" (Mises Institute, January 13, 2010) 
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/randomness-place/ Putting Randomness in Its Place]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' February 11, 2010)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/07/progress-creation-maintenance/ Progress: Creation and Maintenance]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' March 8, 2010)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/10/100515-4.htm Unstructured Leisure and Progress]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', May 15, 2010)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/11/110115-13.html Wrongful Foreclosures and the Free Market]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', January 15, 2011)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/11/111115-12.html The Perils of Cultural Homogeneity]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', November 15, 2011)
* "[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2012/03/the-real-war/ The Real War - and Why Inter-Human Wars Are a Distraction]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' March 12, 2012)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/12/120515-7.html Thoughts on James Sterba's 'Liberty and Welfare']" (''Le Québécois Libre'', May 15, 2012)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2012/07/seasteading-overview/ Seasteading's Potential and Challenges: An Overview]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' June 30, 2012)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2012/11/libertarian-life-extension/ Political Priorities for Achieving Indefinite Life Extension: A Libertarian Approach]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' November 22, 2012)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2012/11/transhumanism-grand-conservatism/ Transhumanism as a Grand Conservatism]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' November 25, 2012)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/01/philosophy-lives/ Philosophy Lives - Contra Stephen Hawking]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' January 1, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/01/common-misconceptions-about-transhumanism/ Common Misconceptions About Transhumanism]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' January 26, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/01/non-religious-upbringing-article/ The Benefits of a Non-Religious Upbringing: A Firsthand Account]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' January 26, 2013)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/13/130215-11.html The Modularization of Activity]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', February 15, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/03/who-are-the-true-deathists/ Who Are The True 'Deathists'?]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', March 24, 2013)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/13/130415-13.html Liberty Through Long Life]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', April 15, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/04/life-extension-and-risk-aversion-article-by-g-stolyarov-ii/ Life Extension and Risk Aversion]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' April 29, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/05/transhumanist-wager-review/ Thoughts on Zoltan Istvan's ''The Transhumanist Wager'': A Review]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' May 19, 2013)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/13/130515-8.html Fragile Reasoning in Nassim Taleb's ''Antifragile'': An Enlightenment Transhumanist Critique]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', May 15, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/07/transhumanism-uploading-not-same/ Transhumanism and Mind Uploading Are Not the Same]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' July 10, 2013)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/13/130815-14.html Against Monsanto, For GMOs]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', August 15, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/09/individualism-objective-reality/ Individualism, Objective Reality, and Open-Ended Knowledge]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' September 11, 2013)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/13/131115-8.html Feedback Loops and Individual Self-Determination]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', November 15, 2013)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/13/131215-10.html Meaningful and Vacuous 'Privilege']" (''Le Québécois Libre'', December 15, 2013)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/12/why-i-wrote-a-childrens-book/ Why I Wrote a Children's Book on Indefinite Life Extension]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' December 21, 2013)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/14/140115-4.html Cryptocurrencies as a Single Pool of Wealth: Thoughts on the Purchasing Power of Decentralized Electronic Money]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', January 15, 2014)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/14/140215-2.html Putting Innovation to a Vote? Majoritarian Processes versus Open Playing Fields]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', February 15, 2014)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/14/140315-9.html Liberty or Death: Why Libertarians Should Proclaim That Death is Wrong]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', March 15, 2014)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/03/spreading-the-word-that-death-is-wrong/ Spreading the Word That Death is Wrong]" (''The Rational Argumentator'', March 29, 2014)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/04/transhumanism-minarchism-compatible/ Transhumanism and Minarchism Are Compatible: A Response to The Sliceman]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' April 28, 2014)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/14/141115-7.html Individual Empowerment through Emerging Technologies: Virtual Tools for a Better Physical World]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', November 15, 2014)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/12/virtuous-cycle-methuselahs-children/ The Role of Business and the Virtuous Cycle of Progress in Robert Heinlein's ''Methuselah's Children'']" (''The Rational Argumentator'', December 12, 2014)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/14/141215-7.html Henry Hazlitt's ''Time Will Run Back'': Unleashing Business to Improve the Human Condition]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', December 15, 2014)
* "[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2014/12/businessman-revolutionary-transhumanist-wager/ The Businessman as Radical Revolutionary in Zoltan Istvan's ''The Transhumanist Wager'']" (''The Rational Argumentator'', December 15, 2014)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2015/01/aristotelian-good-health/ The Aristotelian Golden Mean as Conducive to Good Health in the Pursuit of Life Extension]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' January 4, 2015)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2015/01/free-speech-western-values/ We Must Proudly Reassert Free Speech and Universal Western Values]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' January 12, 2015)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2015/03/james-blishs-at-deaths-end/ James Blish's 'At Death's End': An Early View of the Prospects for Indefinite Life Extension]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' March 15, 2015)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/15/150515-7.html Universal Physical and Moral Laws, With No Lawgiver]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', May 15, 2015)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/15/150615-10.html Fast-Track Atheist Security Lanes and More: Time to Jettison Perverse Egalitarianism]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', June 15, 2015)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/15/150915-6.html The Imperative of Technological Progress: Why Stagnation Will Necessarily Lead to Disaster and How Techno-Optimism Can Overcome It]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', September 15, 2015)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/15/151215-11.html Refuting Ayn Rand's 'Immortal Robot' Argument]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', December 15, 2015)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/16/160215-7.html Why Free-Market Advocates Are Not Obligated to Defend the Economic Status Quo]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', February 15, 2016)
* "[http://www.quebecoislibre.org/16/160415-7.html Impacts of Indefinite Life Extension: Answers to Common Questions]" (''Le Québécois Libre'', April 15, 2016)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2017/09/charlottesville-prevention-of-violence/ The Riots in Charlottesville and the Prevention of Violence]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' September 2, 2017)
* "[https://transhumanist-party.org/2017/09/29/commitment-to-inclusivity/ The U.S. Transhumanist Party's Commitment to Inclusivity and Cosmopolitanism]" (U.S. Transhumanist Party, September 29, 2017)
* "[https://transhumanist-party.org/2018/08/05/technological-solutions-climate-change/ Ideas for Technological Solutions to Destructive Climate Change]" (U.S. Transhumanist Party, August 5, 2018)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2018/08/review-create-mind/ Review of Ray Kurzweil's ''How to Create a Mind'']" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' August 13, 2018)
* "[https://www.longecity.org/forum/page/index2.html/_/articles/condorcet Pioneers: Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794)]" (LongeCity, December 26, 2018)
* "[https://transhumanist-party.org/2019/08/18/transhumanists-need-new-symbols/ Transhumanists Need New Symbols]" (U.S. Transhumanist Party, August 18, 2019)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2020/01/new-decade-message/ New Decade's Message for the 2020s]" (''The Rational Argumentator,'' December 31, 2019)
* "[https://www.flipsnack.com/BDEAACF6AED/im-feb-2020/full-view.html Life Extension Will Not Create An Immortal Wealthy Elite]" (''Immortalists Magazine,'' Issue 2, February 2020, pp. 62-67)
* "[https://www.flipsnack.com/BDEAACF6AED/im-apr-may-2020/full-view.html Going on the Offensive Against COVID-19: The U.S. Transhumanist Party's Approach]" (''Immortalists Magazine,'' Issue 4, April 2020, pp. 92-102)
* "[https://www.flipsnack.com/BDEAACF6AED/im-jun-jul-2020/full-view.html Answers to Questions Regarding Rights, Sentience, Justice, and Progress With World-Leading Futurist Philosophers]" (''Immortalists Magazine,'' Issue 6, June 2020, Gennady Stolyarov II's portion on pp. 56-69)
* "[https://www.flipsnack.com/BDEAACF6AED/im-aug-sep-2020/full-view.html Intelligence and Its Potential]" (''Immortalists Magazine,'' Issue 8, September 2020, pp. 66-72)
* "[https://transhumanist-party.org/2020/12/15/reject-precautionary-principle/ Reject the Deadly Precautionary Principle: Approve All COVID-19 Vaccines Immediately!]" (U.S. Transhumanist Party, December 15, 2020)
* "[https://transhumanist-party.org/2021/04/18/review-of-arondite/ Review of Rykon Volta's ''Arondite'' - A Fascinating Exploration of a Hypothetical Future History, With Relevance to Our World]" (U.S. Transhumanist Party, April 18, 2021)

== Fiction ==

* ''[http://rationalargumentator.com/Stolyarov_Eden_against_the_Colossus_Second_Edition.pdf Eden against the Colossus]'' (PDF) (Novel, written in 2002-2003, published in 2004 - Also see "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2013/06/my-views-on-eden-against-the-colossus-ten-years-later-article-by-g-stolyarov-ii/ My Views on ''Eden against the Colossus -'' Ten Years Later]", ''The Rational Argumentator,'' June 8, 2013)
* ''[http://rationalargumentator.com/Stolyarov_Implied_Consent_Edition_II.pdf Implied Consent: A Play on the Sanctity of Human Life]'' (PDF) (Play, written in 2004-2005, published in 2007)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2015/02/what-did-not-have-to-be/ What Did Not Have to Be]" (Short Story, 2013 - Winner of Transhumanity.net 2033 Immortality Fiction Contest)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2015/04/blockchain-insurance-company/ Blockchain Insurance Company]" (Actuarial Science-Fiction Short Story, 2015)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2017/02/grand-galactic-actuary/ Grand Galactic Actuary]" (Actuarial Science-Fiction Short Story, 2017)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2019/02/wales-technique/ The Wales Technique]" (Actuarial Science-Fiction Short Story, 2019)
* "[https://www.rationalargumentator.com/index/blog/2021/03/career-advice/ Career Advice]" (Actuarial Science-Fiction Short Story, 2021)

==See also==
*''[[Eliminating Death]]'', a series of [[Longevism|longevist]] videos by Stolyarov
*''[[Life as the Origin and Basis of Morality‎]]'', a philosophical video series by Stolyarov
*[[Stolyarov's Wager]]
==External links==
*[http://www.rationalargumentator.com/ rationalargumentator.com] - Personal publication site
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/GStolyarovII/featured YouTube Channel]
*{{twitter|GStolyarovII}}
*{{Wikipedia|Gennady Stolyarov II}}
==References==
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