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Dave rubin of the rubin report talks to zoltan istvan transhumanist and presidential candidate to discuss his candidacy for president under the transhumanist party, and his views on. I will be posting essays on various topics related to my book, zoltan s book, and his ideas that come up during the writing process. Like fear is a natural emotion in life, but you cannot let it dictate. The telegraph runs a full feature story on the transhumanist party dec 2014.
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