FM-2030

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FM-2030


Born
in Iran
October 15, 1930

Died
July 08, 2000

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FM-2030 (October 15, 1930 in Brussels – July 8, 2000 in New York) was an author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist and consultant. FM-2030 was born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary (Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری‎).

He became notable as a transhumanist with the book Are You a Transhuman? Monitoring and Stimulating Your Personal Rate of Growth in a Rapidly Changing World, published in 1989. In addition, he wrote a number of works of fiction under his birth name, F.M. Esfandiary.

The son of an Iranian diplomat, he travelled widely as a child, living in 17 countries by age 11, then, as a young man, he represented Iran as a basketball player in the 1948 Olympic Games and served on the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine from 1952
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Are You a Transhuman? Monit...

3.46 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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Up-wingers: A Futurist Mani...

3.76 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1973 — 7 editions
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Identity Card

3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1966 — 13 editions
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Optimism one

4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1970 — 2 editions
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Countdown to Immortality

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3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Telespheres

2.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1977
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The Day of Sacrifice

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1960 — 9 editions
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The Beggar

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1965 — 4 editions
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Up-Wing Priorities

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“I am a 21st century person who was accidentally launched in the 20th. I have a deep nostalgia for the future”
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“Conventional names define a person's past: ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, religion. I am not who I was ten years ago and certainly not who I will be in twenty years”
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“In 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever. 2030 is a dream and a goal.”
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