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in this issue >>> 

current topics >>> Speaker Highlights Annual conference heard from Aubrey de Grey 

Dr. de Grey presented "Why it is a sin NOT to

strive to develop medicine that eliminates ag-

ing" at the Association annual conference held

on 5 April 2013. His presentation has by far the

most views on the Association’s YouTube

channel, relative to the other presentations. 

Other keynote speakers included: 

Richard Bushman, author of  Rough Stone

 Rolling , presented: “From Humanity to

Fulness the Mormon way” 

Carl Teichrib, editor of  Forcing Change,

 presented: “A Christian Critique of Chris-

tian Transhumanism” 

Dr. Peter Wicks, presented “An Atheist

Transhumanist Critique of Religious

Transhumanism” 

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 Annual AssociationConference a Success 

Quarterly  Friday April 5, 2013 @ SLC  

 Annual conference report  

 Humanity+ interviews Association president  

 New directors elected  

 Association annual survey results released  

 Presentation videos are found in the “2013 Mormon Transhumanist Association Conference

 playlist on the Association’s YouTube channel, youtube.com/transfigurism. B

Ushers helped sign in and seat at-

tendees, and Association president Lin-

coln Cannon welcomed the group, after 

which he presented Purpose of the Mor-

mon Transhumanist Association.

Chris Bradford, Association vice-

 president, introduced several of the

speakers, whose presentations were live

streamed and video recorded for future

 publication on the Association’s

YouTube channel. Amid the occasional

was positive, collegial, and with a bu

of energy that anticipated not only the

next topic but the potential for action

represented by the assembly.

The Mormon Transhumanist Barber-

shop Sextet caused no small amount o

smiles to crack wide across the room,

regaling the audience with their high-

caliber and occasionally witty rendi-

tions. All told, the conference proved

great success! 

I arrived at the library a few

minutes early, and spoke

with the small crowd of 

MTAers waiting for the

doors to open. Within an

hour, our small group blos-

somed to fill our conference

room on the fourth floor.

Two sides of the room were

made entirely of glass, one

facing the spring sky and the

other facing row upon rowof library shelves.

Within an hour, our 

small group blos-

somed to fill our con-

ference room on the

fourth floor. 

Transfigurist  

A quarterly review of the Mormon Transhumanist Associa

distraction of seating new

comers in the to-capacity

room, presenters deliver

their remarks to an en-

gaged audience, and an-

swered questions. 

Between the morning an

afternoon sessions, at-

tendees networked with

each other, catching up

with friends and meetingnew associates. The ton

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 In annual elections held in April, voting members of the Mormon Transhumanist Association elected three new directors: Carl Youngblood, Don

 Bradley and  Karl Hale.

Carl Youngblood and Karl Hale have served on the association's board of directors previously. They and Don Bradley will fill positions previously

 filled by Bryant Smith, David Foster and Michael Ferguson, who the association thanks for their service. 

 Brad Carmack, Chris Bradford, Dorothy Deasy, James Carroll, Lincoln Cannon, and Nathan Hadfield continue to serve on the board of directors. 

N ew Di r ec t or s E l ec t ed  

Brad Carmack, Director and Secretary

of the Association, represented the As-

sociation at the 87th Annual Meeting of 

the American Philosophical Society in

San Francisco on 27-31 March 2013.

Brad spoke on

the subject of 

"Transfigurism:

a Syncretizationof Mormonism

and Transhu-

manism". His

thesis was that

emerging tech-

nology will

continue to af-

fect the evolution of religion, and Mor-

mon Transhumanism is an early exam-

 ple of the adaptations we might expect

 Association Represents at 

 American Philosophical Association’s 

 Annual Meeting  

 Association update >>> 

 Annual Survey Results The Association released  results of its

2012 member survey. The survey result

 provide aggregate statistics of member

views on religion and politics, satisfac-

tion with the association, and de-

mographics. In 2012, the association

 grew from 143 members to 255 mem-

bers, and 91 members participated in

the survey. Notable statistical changes

 since 2011 include: 

Twelve-month average growth in-

creased from 2.5 to 9 new member

 per month 

 Membership identifying as progres

 sive in economic politics declined 

 from 41% to 32% 

 Membership attributing high im-

 portance to the association in-

creased from 25% to 33% 

 Membership born in the years 197

to 1984 increased from 31% to 44%

 Membership of Caucasian ethnicit

decreased from 94% to 88% 

Adam Ford, a director of  Humanity+, interviewed

Lincoln Cannon, presidentof the Mormon Transhu-manist Association, on thesubjects of Transhumanism

and Mormonism.

Humanity+ and the Mor-mon Transhumanist Asso-

ciation are affiliates. Theinterview was publishedon YouTube May 5th, andis also available at

the Institute for Ethics andEmerging Technologies.

to observe more broadly going forward.

Brad’s remarks were warmly received (as

well as challenged) by the attendees and

other speakers, including Dale Carrico and

Max Moore (CEO of the Alcor Life Exten-

sion Foun-

dation).

Printed

versions of 

the full

 papers are

 published

in Volume

8/2 of Ex-

istenz

(www.existenz.us) an open access journal of 

the Karl Jaspers Society of North America. 

 Humanity+ Director Interviews Association President