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Up-Wingers: A Futurist Manifesto
A lost, shining example of 70's socio-futurist wondering, Upwingers is a stirring manifesto. Real proclamations are hard to find in this day and age of sound bites and half-hearted cynicism. See why the Village Voice called F.M. Esfandiary "a man so rational, so articulately confident, that he emanates a kind of ultimate optimism--the triumph over alienation and irrationality." He deals in possibilities; he makes the unknown his favorite subject and with Upwingers, he makes the future a revolutionary rendezvous.
146 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
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FM-2030
9books25followersFM-2030 (October 15, 1930 in Brussels � July 8, 2000 in New York) was an author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist and consultant.[1] FM-2030 was born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary (Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری�).
He became notable as a transhumanist with the book Are You a Transhuman?: Monitoring and Stimulating Your Personal Rate of Growth in a Rapidly Changing World, published in 1989. In addition, he wrote a number of works of fiction under his original name F.M. Esfandiary.
The son of an Iranian diplomat, he travelled widely as a child,living in 17 countries by age 11, then, as a young man, he represented Iran as a basketball player in the 1948 Olympic Games[2] and served on the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine from 1952 to 1954.
He became notable as a transhumanist with the book Are You a Transhuman?: Monitoring and Stimulating Your Personal Rate of Growth in a Rapidly Changing World, published in 1989. In addition, he wrote a number of works of fiction under his original name F.M. Esfandiary.
The son of an Iranian diplomat, he travelled widely as a child,living in 17 countries by age 11, then, as a young man, he represented Iran as a basketball player in the 1948 Olympic Games[2] and served on the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine from 1952 to 1954.
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September 11, 2024
Fun manifesto of a fascinating progressive. Published in 1973, his ideas on upcoming technological developments and their benefits were remarkably apt. Also pretty spot-on in citing the pitfalls of educational & economic systems, which have largely held true. Where his predictions really miss is in the ability of bureaucratic institutions - he thought technological growth and knowledge would reduce our reliance on bureaucracies (logical), while in fact they’ve just swallowed up any steps towards forward progress. Despite the changes we’ve seen in human and technological ability, systems haven’t caught up. A strange sort of conservatism.
Finally, his biological advancement predictions were a bit overzealous. But hey.. he gets you thinking, for 148 pages at least, about some alternatives outside of the subjugation of thinking strictly in left/right.
Finally, his biological advancement predictions were a bit overzealous. But hey.. he gets you thinking, for 148 pages at least, about some alternatives outside of the subjugation of thinking strictly in left/right.
September 30, 2019
Complete insanity
February 9, 2023
FM 2030 certainly has some radical forward thinking ideas that can challenge even the fringes of a futurists comfort zone
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