Zoltan Istvan

Zoltan Istvan
Personal details
Born
Zoltan Istvan Gyurko[1]

(1973-03-30) March 30, 1973 (age 51)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (2020–present)[2]
Other political
affiliations		Libertarian (2017–2020)
Republican (2019–2020)
Transhumanist (before 2017)
Spouse(s)Lisa M. Memmel, MD
Residence(s)Mill Valley, California, U.S.
Alma materColumbia University
OccupationJournalist and entrepreneur
Known forTranshumanist politics
Websitewww.zoltanistvan.com

Zoltan Istvan Gyurko,[1] professionally known as Zoltan Istvan (born March 30, 1973), is an American transhumanist,[3] journalist,[4] entrepreneur,[5][6] political candidate, and futurist.[7][8]

Formerly a reporter for the National Geographic Channel,[9] Istvan now writes futurist, transhumanist, secular and political-themed articles for major media, including The New York Times.[10] He believes transhumanism will grow into a mainstream social movement in the 2020s.[11][12][13] Istvan is the author of The Transhumanist Wager, a philosophical science fiction novel.[14][15]

In late 2014, Istvan announced he was running for President of the United States in the 2016 election. He ran for his own Transhumanist Party to raise awareness for transhumanist politics issues but did not place his name on any state ballot.[16] Later, in 2017, Istvan ran for Governor of California in the 2018 election as a member of the Libertarian Party.[7][17] In 2019, Istvan ran for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election against President Donald Trump.[18]

  1. ^ a b "FEC Form 2 Statement of Candidacy" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. June 19, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. ^ @zoltan_istvan (May 24, 2020). "A note about moving forward today after the Libertarian Party elections. Thx!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ O'Connell, Mark (February 9, 2017). "600 Miles in a Coffin-Shaped Bus, Campaigning Against Death Itself". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  4. ^ Bartlett, Jamie (April 3, 2014). "'Transhumanists' are planning to upload your mind to a memory stick ..." The Telegraph. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  5. ^ "Transhumanist novel by Zoltan Istvan sparks intense dialog among futurists". March 10, 2006.
  6. ^ "Ziventures – About".
  7. ^ a b Istvan, Zoltan (February 12, 2017). "Why I'm Running for California Governor as a Libertarian". Newsweek.
  8. ^ Willon, Phil (March 2, 2017). "This California gubernatorial candidate wants state-funded 'universal basic income' for everyone". Los Angeles Times.
  9. ^ "Writing & Photography Assignments". ZI Ventures. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "Search". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  11. ^ Keep, Elmo. "Meet the man who wants to be president, and then live forever". The Verge.
  12. ^ Solon, Olivia (June 16, 2016). "All aboard the Immortality Bus: the man who says tech will help us live forever". The Guardian.
  13. ^ "Zoltan Istvan 2016: Let's make Americans immortal". USA Today.
  14. ^ Istvan, Zoltan (2013). The Transhumanist Wager. Futurity Imagine Media. ISBN 978-0988616110.
  15. ^ Vicki Larson (December 19, 2013). "Transhumanist novel by Zoltan Istvan sparks intense dialog among futurists". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  16. ^ Zoltan Istvan (January 22, 2015). "The Transhumanist Party's Presidential Candidate on the Future of Politics". Motherboard.vice.com. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  17. ^ "ZoltanIstvan.com".
  18. ^ Mack, Eric (November 18, 2019). "Zoltan Istvan, a leader of the transhumanist movement to merge humans with technology, is challenging Trump with a plan for America that's beyond radical". Cnet. Retrieved November 19, 2019.