Max More | |
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Born | Max T. O'Connor January 1964 |
Occupation(s) | Philosopher and futurist |
Spouse | Natasha Vita-More |
Website | http://maxmore.com/ |
Max More (born Max T. O'Connor, January 1964, with name legally changed in 1990) is a philosopher and futurist who writes, speaks, and consults on emerging technologies. [1] [2] He was the president and CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation between 2010 and 2020. [3]
Born in Bristol, England, More has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St Anne's College, Oxford (1987). [4] His 1995 University of Southern California doctoral dissertation The Diachronic Self: Identity, Continuity, and Transformation examined several issues that concern transhumanists, including the nature of death, and what it is about each individual that continues despite great change over time. [5] In 1996, he married transhumanist Natasha Vita-More; the couple are close collaborators on transhumanist and life extension research. [6]
More founded the Extropy Institute and has written many articles espousing the philosophy of transhumanism and the transhumanist philosophy of extropianism, [7] including his "Principles of Extropy". [8] [9] In a 1990 essay "Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy", [10] he introduced the term "transhumanism" in its modern sense. [11]