{"id":204793,"date":"2017-01-15T17:59:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T22:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/uncategorized\/the-transhumanist-wager-amazon-com.php"},"modified":"2017-01-15T17:59:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T22:59:42","slug":"the-transhumanist-wager-amazon-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/transhumanist\/the-transhumanist-wager-amazon-com.php","title":{"rendered":"The Transhumanist Wager &#8211; amazon.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>      Man vs. machine, cryonics, mind uploading...a science fiction      book that's Amazon's #1 book under the category Philosophy is      The Transhumanist Wager. Istvan says religious people      are challenged by transhumanists.\"-Fox News      Channel    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      \"An Ayn Rand-esque manifesto.\" -The New Yorker    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      \"The biggest novel on the transhumanist scene is Istvan's.      'The Transhumanist Wager' reads like Dan Brown's      undergradudate thesis -- a rollicking plot setting out      futurist thought, manifesto style.\" -The Spectator    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"This book is an edgy riveting masterpiece that will long    linger with anyone who reads it.\"-Serious    Wonder  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"Protagonist Jethro Knights may become one of the grand    characters of modern fiction.\" -Psychology Today  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"The Transhumanist Wager tells the story of Jethro    Knights, a philosopher who rails against democratic politics    and becomes a revolutionary that seizes control of the world in    order to enforce a global authoritarian transhuman    regime.\"-BBC  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"Istvan, a prominent transhumanist writer...enlightens me. In    The Transhumanist Wager, transhumanists manage to launch    the third world war.\"-The Telegraph  <\/p>\n<p>    \"Many sayThe Transhumanist Wageris the    newAtlas Shrugged.\"-Marin Magazine  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"It's a page turner. Istvan knows how to tell a compelling    story.\" -io9 \/ Gizmodo  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"IenjoyedThe Transhumanist Wager...an    adventurous suspense-filled semi-sci-fi about sailing, love,    and life extension.\" -The Huffington Post  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      \"About a man's quest to live forever using science,      medicine, and technology.\"Popular      Science    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>      Thrilling...an important literary work that everyone      should read.\"-Guardian Liberty Voice    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"Bestselling The Transhumanist    Wager& famous transhumanist Zoltan Istvan...a new    philosophy, a new psychology, a new metaphysics...the concept    of people taking a Transhumanist Wager is making a strong    impact.\" -RT Television  <\/p>\n<p>            \"Transhumanism is snowballing into an            international movement. The current wave of debate            surrounding the concept began withThe            Transhumanist            Wager.\"-Breitbart          <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>          \"It's set in a dystopian near-future America in which          transhumanists are on the verge of huge technological          breakthroughs but are under attack from conservative          politicians and radical Christian fundamentalist          terrorists.\"-Vox        <\/p>\n<p>    \"A gripping story...it's my new favorite    novel.\"-Brighter Brains  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"Istvan demonstrates great adeptness at crafting complex    characters.\"-San Francisco Book Review  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"The story is brilliant. It will challenge your thinking.\"    -33voices  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"Fascinating. It'smaking waves.\"-Good Day    Sacramento, CBS TV  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"A controversial thriller. As a leading transhumanist, Zoltan    presents his reasons for being in favor of humanity merging    with machine.\"-Red Ice Creations  <\/p>\n<p>    \"Istvan's novel has the potential to become a cult book. I hope    it will be widely read and discussed.\" -Kurzweil    AI  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"A philosophical manifesto...the world becomes ruled by    scientists.\" -Vice (Italy)  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"Strongly libertarian...a radical version of    transhumanism.\"-Patheos  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"The action sequences in the book are top notch.\"-New    York Journal of Books  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"Controversial...a philosopher brings transhumanism to    the world.\"-Wired (Germany)  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>    \"The Transhumanist Wagerpromises to become a cult    classic among futurists.\"-SASM    Institute  <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Transhumanist-Wager-Zoltan-Istvan\/dp\/0988616114\" title=\"The Transhumanist Wager - amazon.com\">The Transhumanist Wager - amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Man vs. machine, cryonics, mind uploading...a science fiction book that's Amazon's #1 book under the category Philosophy is The Transhumanist Wager.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/transhumanist\/the-transhumanist-wager-amazon-com.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[388387],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transhumanist"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}