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<br><h2 class="">WAVE & longevity advocacy: Sep 28th meeting summary</h2><br><p><strong>Here’s a belated update on the small ZS London meeting which was held on Saturday September 28th, 2013:</strong></p>
<p>It was a very small meeting, as advertised – technically anyone was
welcome, but in the end we decided on a small get-together for a handful
of friends and associates to discuss a few in-depth ideas and plan
future activity. We felt that it was more important to discuss a few key
plans amongst ourselves rather than try to address interested members
of the general public, on this particular occasion. The planned outline
of our discussion can be found at: <a href="http://www.longevityday.org/united-kingdom.html">http://www.longevityday.org/united-kingdom.html</a></p>
<p>The key points we discussed on the day are given below:</p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> One of the most energetic areas associated with
Futurism, Transhumanism, & Singularitarianism is that of longevity
research and advocacy. While Zero State has not run any kind of
longevity research or advocacy project up until this point, we intend to
set up a group to explore the possibility of supporting longevity
activism led by other organizations, with particular emphasis upon those
which are affiliated with the broader Wave movement for positive social
change through technology (of which ZS is a part).</p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> This new ZS life extension group will consider
longevity and cryonics research to be complementary, despite the fact
that the two concerns are often not shared equally by individual
activists and researchers. In short, while we acknowledge that there are
many unresolved questions about the viability of cryonics, we believe
that cryonics should be seriously explored as an option for those who
are unfortunately unable to reap the benefits of breakthroughs in
longevity science.</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> We discussed ideas associated with The Praxis,
which is a set of techno-spiritual ideas put forth in a book of the same
name by Dirk Bruere. The main thrust of that book is that religious
themes are recapitulated by technological possibilities, and that ideas
such as immortality and even resurrection can still act as the centre of
vibrant communities without resorting to unnecessary religious
mysticism. This has particular relevance to cryonics, since a suspended
cryonics patient needs people to work toward their re-animation, and we
could reasonably expect a spiritual community to be more durable and
dedicated than even the links in a family chain (or indeed an insurance
company).</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> It is intended that The Praxis – as a living
network of communities – will be connected with Zero State by common
affiliation with the Wave movement. Wave is a very new development,
essentially a network of like-minded organizations dedicated to positive
social change through technology. Wave won’t be officially launched
until next year, but the groundwork is being laid now. This is
particularly relevant to longevity activism, because a significant part
of our discussion (and one of the reasons this was a small meeting) was
about a particular longevity advocacy organization being one of the
initial founding groups affiliated to the Wave movement. I cannot make
any announcements about the details of that now, but hope to do so soon.</p>
<p><strong>In short, Zero State is evolving to become part of something
larger and even more exciting, and that process is marked by a new
engagement with longevity activism.</strong> We’re very excited about
this, and hope to become a significant part of the movement to defeat
ageing over the next few years, particularly through vigorous support of
other organizations.</p><br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Amon Kalkin<br></div>WAVE: Positive Social Change Through Technology<br></div><a href="http://wavism.net" target="_blank">http://wavism.net</a></div>
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