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Sebastian Seung’s Quest to Map the Human Brain By GARETH COOK JAN. 8, 2015
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/magazine/sebastian-seungs-quest-to-map-the-human-brain.html?ref=magazine&_r=1
Q&A with Zoltan Istvan, Transhumanist Party candidate for the US President
http://youtu.be/Xk4olY4qIjg
I just downloaded the free Kindle version of Istvan's book, and it seems he's advocating a fusion of Objectivism/egoism and Transhumanism. Transhumanism and objectivism would seem to go together very naturally from a philosophical perspective, yet it seems to me that the great majority of transhumanists are left-liberals.
I watched the Joe Rogan interview with him where he disavowed his books political leanings. I'm a left-liberal who used to hate him because of his book, but after watching that interview I like him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9grWo5ZofmA