FM-2030

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FM-2030

FM-2030 (born October 15, 1930 as Fereidoun M. Esfandiary in Brussels , † July 8, 2000 in New York City ) was an Iranian - American writer , philosopher and transhumanist .

Life

FM-2030 was named Fereidoun M. Esfandiary ( Persian فریدون اسفندیاری) born. The son of an Iranian diplomat spent much of his childhood in embassies and diplomatic field offices, so that by the age of eleven he had already lived in 17 countries. He later took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics as a member of the Iranian basketball team. From 1952 to 1954 he was a member of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine . In 1959 he published his first work The Day of Sacrifice (" The Day of Sacrifice "), which was translated into eleven languages ​​and named by the New York Tribune as one of the best books of 1959. FM-2030 became famous for his book Are You a Transhuman ?: Monitoring and Stimulating Your Personal Rate of Growth in a Rapidly Changing World from 1989, which deals with the ideas of transhumanism and futurism . The work had a great influence on the transhumanist movement of that time and is still considered one of the most important literary products in this area today. FM-2030 died of complications from a pancreatic tumor in 2000 and was frozen at the headquarters of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, a cryonic organization, in Scottsdale , Arizona .

Meaning of the name

Fereidoun M. Esfandiary decided to change his name for two reasons: on the one hand, to emphasize his dream of seeing the year 2030 and, on the other hand, to escape the practice of modern naming. The latter point was considered the more important by FM-2030, as in his view today's naming has its roots in a collective memory, which is a relic from the tribal past of the people. Traditional names therefore act as a kind of stamp of collective identity, revealing gender and nationality to others and thus paving the way for stereotype , partisanship and discrimination . He himself said:

“Conventional names define a person's past: ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, religion. I am not who I was ten years ago and certainly not who I will be in twenty years. [...] The name 2030 reflects my conviction that the years around 2030 will be a magical time. In 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever. 2030 is a dream and a goal. "

“Traditional names define a person's past: ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, and religion. I am not who I was ten years ago, and certainly not who I will be in twenty years. […] The name 2030 reflects my belief that the years around 2030 will be a magical time. In 2030 we will be ageless and everyone will have an excellent chance to live forever. 2030 is a dream and a goal. "

Works

fiction

  • Fereidoun Esfandiary: The Day of Sacrifice. 1st edition. McDowell Obolensky Publ., New York January 1, 1959.
  • Fereidoun Esfandiary: Beggar . Astor-Honor Inc, New York 1965, ISBN 978-0-8392-1154-9 .

Non-fiction

  • FM Esfandiary: Up-wingers . John Day Co, New York 1973, ISBN 0-381-98243-2 .
  • FM Esfandiary: Telespheres . Popular Library, New York, NY 1977, ISBN 978-0-445-04115-8 .
  • FM Esfandiary: Optimism one; the emerging radicalism . 1st edition. Norton, New York 1970, ISBN 0-393-08611-9 .
  • FM-2030: Are you a transhuman? monitoring and stimulating your personal rate of growth in a rapidly changing world . Warner Books, New York 1989, ISBN 0-446-38806-8 .

Novels

  • FM Esfandiary: Identity card: a novel . Grove Press, New York January 1, 1966.
  • FM Esfandiary: The Last ID . Book guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt / Main et al. 2009, ISBN 978-3-7632-5998-4 .

Web links

  • FM Esfandiary: Intimacy In A Fluid World . In: Friends & Lovers (IC # 10) . Context Institute, Langley Jan. 1, 1985, pp. 39 ( context.org [accessed October 10, 2016]).
  • Fm-2030 . In: National Public Radio . National Public Radio, Washington DC July 11, 2000 ( npr.org [accessed October 10, 2016]).
  • Dialogue with the Islamic World. In: qantara.de. Qantara, accessed October 10, 2016 .
  • Carsten Hueck: A stranger at home . In: Deutschlandradio Kultur . Deutschlandradio Kultur, Berlin June 17, 2009 ( dradio.de [accessed October 10, 2016]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b F.M. Esfandiary. In: ghandchi.com. July 11, 2000, accessed October 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ FM Esfandiary / FM-2030 Papers . The New York Public Library, New York May 2007 ( archive.org [PDF]).
  3. ↑ Jumpcut - Documentary about futurist FM 2030th (No longer available online.) In: jumpcut.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2008 ; accessed on October 10, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Michael Shermer : Nano Nonsense and Cryonics . Retrieved December 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ Fm-2030 . In: National Public Radio . National Public Radio, Washington DC July 11, 2000 ( npr.org [accessed October 10, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME FM-2030
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Esfandiary, Fereidoun M. (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Iranian-American writer, philosopher, and transhumanist
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Brussels
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 2000
Place of death New York City