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[[File:NVM_2016_a.png|thumb|right|Natasha Vita-More in 2016]] '''Natasha Vita-More PhD''' is an expert on emerging technology and humanity's future. She is the author and co-editor of ''[[The Transhumanist Reader]]'', innovative designer of [[Primo Posthuman]], and an international speakers on human enhancement, radical and humanity's future. She is Chair of [[Humanity+]] and faculty at the University of Advancing Technology. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Media Arts, University of Plymouth, UK), Master of Science (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). ==Personal Life== Dr. Natasha Vita-More wrote the "Transhuman Manifesto" in 1983, hosted and produced "TransCentury UPdate" cable TV show in 1988-1992) and developed Transhumanist Arts & Culture in 1992, innovated the policial "Transhumanist Platform" in 1992 and was elected as County Councilperson in Los Angeles County, and authored the Transhumanist Statement in 1995. She has been an advocate of [[radical life extension]] for many years. Natasha was a close friend of [[FM-2030]] until his death/[[cryonics|cryonic suspension]] in 2000. Today she is married to [[Max More]]. Together, they pioneered the worldwide movement of transhumanism. Dr. Max More is currently CEO of [[Alcor]]. ==History== In 1983, after authoring the [[Transhumanist Declaration#Transhumanist Art Statement | Transhuman 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. Later Vita-More, under her previous name Nancie Clark, ran on the Green Party ticket for the State Senate 28 District in Los Angeles County. She won the election on a transhumanist platform. More here: [[Transhumanist politics]] 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]]. In 2015, Natasha developed a scientific breakthrough by proving that long-term memory 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 C. elegans nematode was the subject of this experiment, which paper is published and received more than 16,000 downloads the first month of publication. ==Notable Facts== *Natasha Vita-More is a the Chair 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]] [[Category:Natasha Vita-More]]
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