Transhumanist Party Enlightenment Salon

Pete Karas – Candidate for Wisconsin Secretary of State

On Sunday, March 29, 2026, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invited Pete Karas, who is running for Secretary of State in Wisconsin and seeking the USTP’s endorsement, to discuss his campaign and key ideas, as well as areas of alignment with the U.S. Transhumanist Party Platform.  Pete Karas believes that government should embrace innovation and use technology to improve democratic participation, access to information, and transparency. His campaign is pushing back against the structural barriers that make it hard for independent and third-party candidates to compete. In his view, fair ballot access, open debates, and electoral reforms are essential if we want a political system that actually allows new movements and ideas to grow. Pete Karas thinks that that the Secretary of State should provide a platform for transparency, modernization of government systems, and making public information easier for citizens to access.  Pete Karas has worked in both the public and private sectors, from managing teams at a large insurance firm to launching and running his own business. Pete has never voted for a Democrat or a Republican for President. He believes the two-party system is not just broken but fundamentally anti-democratic. He is currently running as a third-party candidate with the Green Party in Wisconsin. Visit the campaign website of Pete Karas at https://petekaras.com/.  Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership  Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website: https://transhumanist-party.org Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership/ See the YouTube playlist of all Virtual Enlightenment Salons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPn6dI5WUbjt19p2riEfk-qSfy_saOHm

Boyang Wang of Immortal Dragons, Purpose-Driven Longevity Fund in Singapore

Listen to the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s conversation with Boyang Wang, Founder of Immortal Dragons, a purpose-driven longevity fund based in Singapore focused on advancing life-extension and rejuvenation biotechnology, streamed on Sunday, March 22, 2026. This Virtual Enlightenment Salon discusses Boyang Wang’s support for longevity projects and what initiatives in the longevity field he considers to be most promising today and in the foreseeable future. Specific areas of interest include organ replacement and the study of long-lived animals, as well as efforts to engineer blood vessels, and to prevent and overcome cardiovascular disease through innovative drugs to lower LDL cholesterol levels. The discussion also ventures into frameworks for regulation of medical treatments in various countries, and Boyang offers his commentary about the key characteristics of each framework. This Virtual Enlightenment Salon was originally recorded on March 16, 2026. It is being publicly streamed for the first time. Panelists include U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II, USTP Director of Marketing and 2020 Presidential Candidate, Charlie Kam, and USTP Director of Visual Art, Art Ramon Garcia, Jr. Visit the website of Immortal Dragons: https://www.id.life/   Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership    Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website: https://transhumanist-party.org Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership/ See the YouTube playlist of all Virtual Enlightenment Salons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPn6dI5WUbjt19p2riEfk-qSfy_saOHm

Marquis de Condorcet: Outlines of a Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind – Introduction and Tenth Epoch (1794)

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, the U.S. Transhumanist Party continued its exploration of the precursors of transhumanism and featured a special Virtual Enlightenment Salon stream that paid homage to one of the foremost thinkers of the original Age of Enlightenment, Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (1743 – 1794). Condorcet wrote his “Outlines of a Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind” during the final months of his life in early 1794, while in hiding from the Jacobin Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. U.S. Transhumanist Party Chairman Gennady Stolyarov II narrated the Introduction to Condorcet’s work, as well as his Tenth Epoch – the Future Progress of Mankind. This is one of the first historical writings which systematically articulated the possibility of indefinite life extension as a result of the technological and moral improvement of society. This remarkably techno-optimistic work was the parting gift to humanity by Condorcet – a polymath, philosopher, economist, and mathematician, who endeavored to preserve and expand the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment, even when those ideas were under attack by bloodthirsty revolutionaries and reactionaries alike. Read the full “Outlines of a Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind” on the Liberty Fund website at https://oll.libertyfund.org/titles/condorcet-outlines-of-an-historical-view-of-the-progress-of-the-human-mind/. Read Gennady Stolyarov II’s 2018 article, “Pioneers: Marquis de Condorcet (1743-1794)”, published by LongeCity: https://www.longecity.org/forum/page/index.html/_/articles/condorcet Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website: https://transhumanist-party.org Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership/ See the YouTube playlist of all Virtual Enlightenment Salons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPn6dI5WUbjt19p2riEfk-qSfy_saOHm

Michael Fossel – Reversal: Science, Medicine, and a Future Beyond Aging – March 8, 2026

On Sunday, March 8, 2026, the U.S. Transhumanist Party invited Michael Fossel, MD, PhD, to discuss key ideas from his new book “Reversal: Science, Medicine, and a Future Beyond Aging”, which characterizes aging as a specific failure of cellular maintenance. As telomeres (the ends of our chromosomes) shorten, they signal our genes to slow down molecular repair. Our cells accumulate damage not because it’s an inevitable outcome of entropy, but because our cellular cleaning crews fall behind. The book explains how this central mechanism drives not only aging, but downstream diseases from Alzheimer’s to heart disease and cancer. The solution lies in resetting the aging process at its most fundamental level. Telomerase can relengthen telomeres, resetting gene expression, and restoring the rapid, pristine self-repair of youth. Dr. Michael Fossel serves as chairman of the board of Telocyte, a biotech company developing telomerase therapy for Alzheimer's disease, with FDA-sponsored human trials planned to target the underlying disease process.  A recognized expert in aging and telomere biology, Dr. Fossel has authored over 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and books, and has lectured internationally, including at the National Institutes of Health. His 2020 article, “A Unified Model of Dementias and Age-related Neurodegeneration”, generated significant global interest with more than 1,000 reprint requests, presenting both a comprehensive understanding of dementia causation and novel therapeutic approaches. His companion work, “A Unified Model of Age-Related Cardiovascular Disease”, similarly explores potential interventions in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Fossel earned his BA and MA from Wesleyan University before completing his PhD in Neurobiology (1978) and MD (1981) at Stanford University, where he taught neuroanatomy and experimental design. He subsequently focused on aging, particularly premature aging syndromes and the experimental testing of aging theories. For nearly three decades, he served as Clinical Professor of Medicine and held leadership roles, including director of the American Aging Association and editor of several medical journals. Find “Reversal: Science, Medicine, and a Future Beyond Aging” on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Reversal-Science-Medicine-Future-Beyond/dp/B0GKNGSL2X/  Visit Dr. Michael Fossel’s website at https://michaelfossel.com/  Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership  Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website: https://transhumanist-party.org Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership/ See the YouTube playlist of all Virtual Enlightenment Salons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPn6dI5WUbjt19p2riEfk-qSfy_saOHm

Does the War with Iran Imperil a Transhumanist Future? What is Needed to Restore a Good Timeline?

On March 1, 2026, the U.S. Transhumanist Party hosted a discussion of the war that was initiated by the administrations of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu against Iran on February 28, 2026. Questions addressed included the following: - What is the U.S. Transhumanist Party’s stance on this war? - How would Transhumanist policies have led to different, more peaceful outcomes? - How will this war affect the likelihood of a transhumanist future for humanity being attained within the next several decades?  - Are the goals of transhumanists in jeopardy because of seemingly unceasing militaristic geopolitical tendencies?  - What are the risks arising from this war in regard to escalation of global tensions and entanglement of the United States in another perpetual conflict?  - What does this war indicate about human civilization’s place within the Great Filter? - Is there any way to still attain a prosperous, long-lived future for the vast majority of humankind in the aftermath of this war? If so, what is needed to restore a good timeline of human history?  Questions from the audience were also fielded and discussed.  Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership.  Visit the U.S. Transhumanist Party website: https://transhumanist-party.org Join the U.S. Transhumanist Party for free, no matter where you reside: https://transhumanist-party.org/membership/ See the YouTube playlist of all Virtual Enlightenment Salons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTPn6dI5WUbjt19p2riEfk-qSfy_saOHm