 Greetings, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Janati Stoleroff II, and I have been the chairman of the United States Transhumanist Party for the past seven years. Today I would like to discuss what is transhumanism. Transhumanism is both a philosophy and a movement. Transhumanism holds that through science, technology, and reason, we can push back and remove the obstacles that have plagued the human condition ever since our species came to be. These obstacles include involuntary death, diseases, poverty, scarcity of basic needs, war, pollution, tribalism, cognitive biases, and mob behaviors. Everything that holds us back as human beings. And we live in a transformational time. It is a time both of great crisis as well as a time of great opportunity to break out of the prison that these age-old limitations, these age-old vulnerabilities have caged us in. The Transhumanist Declaration, which is one of the most notable documents of the Transhumanist movement in Article 1 of its 2009 version reads, humanity stands to be profoundly affected by science and technology in the future. We envision the possibility of broadening human potential by overcoming aging, cognitive shortcomings, involuntary suffering, and our confinement to planet Earth. Now, why should we do that? I would argue that it is within the nature of human beings to seek to overcome our limitations. Transhumanism and, more generally, the pursuit of science and technology are not unnatural in any way. We humans are, by nature, reasoning beings. We are intelligent beings. We are curious beings. We seek to apply our minds to solve problems. That is what makes us unique among animals. If you think about it, there are so many animals that are more skilled than we are at hunting. There are animals that can fly. There are animals that can climb trees. There are animals that are much stronger than we are. What advantages do we have? We have the advantages of our rational faculty and our ability to harness tools for the improvement of the human condition. We are all doing it already. We are all using clothing. We are all using tools of communication, like the computer, which is broadcasting this video to you. In effect, we are all implicit transhumanists. The transhumanist movement simply asks for people to recognize it explicitly and to pursue these technologies in a more goal-directed fashion so that we can actually solve these problems within our lifetimes. The United States Transhumanist Party espouses three core ideals. The first core ideal is that the transhumanist party supports significant life extension achieved through the progress of science and technology. The second core ideal is that the transhumanist party supports a cultural, societal, and political atmosphere informed and animated by reason, science, and secular values. The third core ideal is that the transhumanist party supports efforts to use science, technology, and rational discourse to reduce and eliminate various existential risks to the human species. It is no secret to all of you that we are currently in a time of turmoil in the world. Transhumanism offers a system of meaning for a new cultural paradigm to overcome that turmoil. It is responsive to real-world conditions and focused on their improvement. It is driven by evidence and rationality and the scientific method, so it is not a dogma. At the same time, it should encourage and inspire people to be confident in the feasibility and desirability of material progress through technology as well as moral progress through rationality. It provides plenty of goals to achieve and problems to solve, overcoming our very mortality within our lifetimes and, of course, in African countries, building up those countries, building up their economies, building up their technological infrastructure, building up their education. So I urge everyone to join us in this quest. Join the transhumanist party for free. No matter where you reside, you can be an allied member. Go to transhumanist-party.org slash membership. Ladies and gentlemen, I urge you to take a look at the transhumanist movement and join us in this greatest of all possible quests to achieve the next and best era of our civilization. Thank you very much.