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[[File:NVM_2016_a.png|thumb|right|Natasha Vita-More in 2016]]
Dr. '''Natasha Vita-More''' (born '''Nancie Clark''';<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010803100236/http://www.natasha.cc/bio.htm Natasha]. natasha.cc (archived page)</ref> 1950)<ref>[http://www.arise.mae.usp.br/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Transhumanist-Reader-Classical-and-Contemporary-Essays-on-the-Science-Technology-and-Philosophy-of-the-Human-Future_cap1.pdf The Transhumanist Reader] (page 3 of the file)</ref> is an American [[Transhumanism|transhumanist]] and [[Cryonics|cryonicist]].
'''Natasha Vita-More PhD''' is founder of Transhumanist Studies and former Graduate Studies Department Chair and Professor of Innovation, Ethics and Communication at UAT (2012-2020). Her experience in the field of foresight establishes principles and practices for assessing humanity's potential futures. Her proficiency as a professor of ethics has produced high-level scholarship toward understanding the challenges societies face.  


Natasha appears in more than two dozen televised documentaries, and called “an early adapter of revolutionary changes” (Wired, 2000), a “role model for superlongevity (Village Voice, 2001), and “advocates the ethical use of technology to expand human capacities” (Politico, 2017), Ray Kurzweil states, “Natasha Vita-More is a very engaging, highly regarded, and dramatic speaker, writer, and thinker”.  
She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Memphis, a Master of Science from the University of Houston, a Master of Philosophy from the University of Plymouth,<ref>[https://natashavita-more.com/about/ About]. natashavita-more.com</ref> and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Plymouth. Her PhD thesis is called ''Life Expansion: Toward an Artistic, Design-Based Theory of the Transhuman / Posthuman'' (2012).<ref>[https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/1182 Life Expansion: Toward an Artistic, Design-Based Theory of the Transhuman / Posthuman]. pearl.plymouth.ac.uk</ref>


Known as the co-founder of the transhumanist movement, introducing the seminal field of human enhancement for longevity in academics, developing the theory of the regenerative generation, Natasha continues to speak and write about cultural, philosophical, and socio-political issues concerning what it means to be human, and the need for lifelong learning to better understand the current environment and our place in it and to develop trajectories for where we are headed in the near and distant future.
She is signed up for [[cryopreservation]] with the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]], since 1991.<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/docs/cryonics-magazine-2022-01.pdf Notable Women in Cryonics]. ''[[Cryonics (magazine)|Cryonics]]'' 2022 #1. Taya Maki (page 29)</ref> With Daniel Barranco, she succesfully cryopreserved and [[Revival|revived]] ''[[Cryopreservation of Caenorhabditis elegans|Caenorhabditis elegans]]'' nematodes with their memories intact.<ref>Vita-More, Natasha; Barranco, Daniel (2015). "[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620520/ Persistence of Long-Term Memory in Vitrified and Revived ''Caenorhabditis elegans'']". ''Rejuvenation Research''. '''18''' (5): 458–463. doi:[https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/rej.2014.1636 10.1089/rej.2014.1636]. ISSN 1549-1684. PMC 4620520. PMID 25867710.</ref>


She is the author and co-editor of ''[[The Transhumanist Reader]]'', innovative designer of [[Primo Posthuman]] the first future human body prototype, developed a scientific breakthrough on long-term memory and neuron preservation of C. elegans, and an international speaker on human enhancement, longevity, and humanity's future. She is Executive Director of [[Humanity+]] and former faculty at the University of Advancing Technology. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (University of Plymouth, UK), Master of Philosophy (School of Engineering, Communication and Technology, University of Plymouth, UK), and a Master of Science in Future Studies (Social Science & Humanities Department, University of Houston, US).
She is married to [[Max More]], since 1996.<ref>[https://www.maxmore.com/about/ About Max More]</ref> She is a signatory of the [[Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics]], having signed it on November 22, 2015.<ref name="Open Letter">[https://www.biostasis.com/scientists-open-letter-on-cryonics/ SCIENTISTS’ OPEN LETTER ON CRYONICS]</ref>


==Personal Life==
== Sources ==
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Dr. Natasha Vita-More wrote the "Transhuman Statement" in 1983, whcih later became "The Transhumanist Manifesto (1998, 2019), hosted and produced "TransCentury UPdate" cable TV show in 1988-1994, and developed Transhumanist Arts & Culture in 1992 She has been an advocate of [[radical life extension]] for many years. Natasha was in a romatic and professional relationship betweem 1983 and 1991 with [[FM-2030]]. She was the point person for his cryonic suspension, which she fought for on his behalf, against odds due to the lack of understanding of cryoncis by his caretakers at his death [[cryonics|cryonic suspension]] in 2000. Today she is married to [[Max More]], the former CEO and President of [[Alcor]] and current Ambassador and President Emeritus. Together, they pioneered the worldwide movement of transhumanism.
== External links ==
* [https://natashavita-more.com/ Personal website]
* LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-natasha-vita-more-1st-380363/ Dr. Natasha Vita-More - 1st]
* [https://twitter.com/NatashaVitaMore Twitter profile]
* [https://youtube.com/@natashavita-more478 YouTube channel]
* [https://tx47da.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/CV-2023_.pdf Curriculum vitae] (PDF, 2023)
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Vita-More Natasha Vita-More]
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkywJG_lj7k Natasha Vita-More - Transhumanism, Life Extension & Cryonics]


==History==
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[[Category:Scientists]]
In 1983, after authoring the [[transhumanist manifesto]], she developed events in the Los Angeles that focused on life extension. In 1986, she produced and was host of [[TransCentury UPdate]], a cable TV show on the future. In 1992, she signed up for cryonics.
[[Category:American people]]
 
In 1992, Natasha (operating under her previous name, Nancie Clark) was elected to the County Council of the Green Party of Los Angeles County, representing the 28th State Senate district.<ref>[http://losangeles.cagreens.org/county-council "County Council, Green Party of Los Angeles County"]</ref> She resigned her seat in 1993.
 
In 1996, Vita-More innovated the concept of a whole body prosthesis. With a team of experts (Marvin Minsky (AI), Hans Moravec (robotics) and Ralph Merkle (nanotechnology)), she designed the first future body design as a wearable system. This is known as [[Primo Posthuman]], a vision for a highly modified [[transhuman body]].<ref>[https://futuregrind.org/podcast-episodes/2019/1/14/ep-32-designing-the-future-with-natasha-vita-more "Ep. 32 - Designing the Future with Natasha Vita-More"]</ref>
 
In 2004 she briefly set up an early alliance of transhumanist organizations in the form of the [[Transhumanist Cooperative Colloquium]].
 
In 2015, Natasha demonstrated that long-term memory of the nematode worm C. elegans can be sustained after cryonic suspension and reviving.<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4620520/ "Persistence of Long-Term Memory in Vitrified and Revived Caenorhabditis elegans"]</ref> The published paper and received more than 16,000 downloads the first month.
 
==Notable Facts==
 
*Natasha Vita-More is the Executive Director of [[Humanity+]], Inc., a non-profit educational organization.
*Featured in the documentary [[Inhuman: The Next & Final Phase of Man is Here]]
*[[Coalition for Radical Life Extension]] Steering Committee member
*Co-author of the [[Transhumanist Declaration]]
*Speaker at [[Human by Design]]
 
==External Links==
 
* [http://www.natasha.cc/ natasha.cc]
* {{wikipedia|Natasha Vita-More}}
* {{twitter|natashavitamore}}
* [http://hplusmagazine.com/2014/04/11/video-friday-transhumanism-101-nikola-danaylov-interviews-h-chair-natasha-vita-more/ Interview on] [[Singularity 1 on 1]]
 
== References ==
[[Category:Transhumanists]]
[[Category:Humanity+]]
[[Category:American transhumanists]]
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Natasha Vita-More

Dr. Natasha Vita-More (born Nancie Clark;[1] 1950)[2] is an American transhumanist and cryonicist.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Memphis, a Master of Science from the University of Houston, a Master of Philosophy from the University of Plymouth,[3] and a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Plymouth. Her PhD thesis is called Life Expansion: Toward an Artistic, Design-Based Theory of the Transhuman / Posthuman (2012).[4]

She is signed up for cryopreservation with the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, since 1991.[5] With Daniel Barranco, she succesfully cryopreserved and revived Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes with their memories intact.[6]

She is married to Max More, since 1996.[7] She is a signatory of the Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics, having signed it on November 22, 2015.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ Natasha. natasha.cc (archived page)
  2. ↑ The Transhumanist Reader (page 3 of the file)
  3. ↑ About. natashavita-more.com
  4. ↑ Life Expansion: Toward an Artistic, Design-Based Theory of the Transhuman / Posthuman. pearl.plymouth.ac.uk
  5. ↑ Notable Women in Cryonics. Cryonics 2022 #1. Taya Maki (page 29)
  6. ↑ Vita-More, Natasha; Barranco, Daniel (2015). "Persistence of Long-Term Memory in Vitrified and Revived Caenorhabditis elegans". Rejuvenation Research. 18 (5): 458–463. doi:10.1089/rej.2014.1636. ISSN 1549-1684. PMC 4620520. PMID 25867710.
  7. ↑ About Max More
  8. ↑ SCIENTISTS’ OPEN LETTER ON CRYONICS

External links

Источник — https://transhumanist.ru/index.php?title=Natasha_Vita-More&oldid=11059