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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A lot of transhumanism friends have asked me to write about Bernie Sanders, so here are my thoughts:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The transhumanism movement has been dramatically growing in size\u2014and most of that growth is from millennials and youth joining. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/zoltan-istvan\/a-new-generation-of-trans_b_4921319.html\">Transhumanists<\/a> want to use science and technology to radically improve the human <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/race-and-ethnicity\" class=\"\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at race\">race<\/a>, and the onslaught of new gear and gadgets to do that\u2014like virtual reality, robots, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/opinion\/zoltan-istvan-rfid-chip-implant\/\">chip implants <\/a>\u2014are giving them plenty of ammunition to do that.<\/p>\n<p>But what has caught many people off guard\u2014including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-3379397\/Will-live-forever-Presidential-candidate-claims-technology-transform-immortal-cyborgs-reach.html\">myself<\/a> who probably best fits into the category: left-leaning Libertarian\u2014is the amount of support transhumanists are giving to Bernie Sanders\u2019s presidential campaign. Historically, transhumanism (and its de facto home: Silicon Valley) has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/zoltan-istvan\/transhumanism-and-libertarianism_b_5248966.html\">Libertarian-minded <\/a>\u2014with a hands-off attitude towards the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/politics\" class=\"\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at government\">government<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/religion\" class=\"\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at religion\">religion<\/a>, and basically any authority trying to tell them what to do or how to innovate. But with the demographics of the transhumanism movement sharply changing from older academics and technologists to young people\u2014especially those in college\u2014the push towards more leftist and progressive-leaning ideas is strong. For many young transhumanists, they believe they have found an ideal in Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>While I like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/charisma\" class=\"\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at charisma\">charisma<\/a> of Sanders and his long standing devotion to the people\u2014and that is enough for me to say he\u2019d be a good president for change\u2014the reality is capitalism is still a hallmark of the American way. For the next four and maybe even eight years, capitalism won\u2019t be going anywhere. Afterward, though, within 10\u201325 years, when robots, software, and AI really start dismantling capitalism as we know it (see my latest <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/03\/29\/will-capitalism-survive-the-robot-revolution\/\"><em>TechCrunch<\/em><\/a> article and thoughts on a Universal Basic Income), it will be a totally different story.<\/p>\n<p>Like it or not, millennials and youth obsess over this type of economy stuff\u2014especially machines taking jobs. They know future employment statistics better than many 30-year veteran business executives running publicly traded companies. The dangerous truth is many young people know they likely won\u2019t have jobs in the future. And neither will most of the executives for that matter, since they too can (and will) be replaced by super <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/basics\/intelligence\" class=\"\" title=\"Psychology Today looks at intelligent \">intelligent<\/a> machines programmed to make sound mathematical business decisions.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-transhumanist-philosopher\/201604\/the-bernie-sanders-phenomenon-and-transhumanism\">https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/blog\/the-transhumanist-philo...nshumanism<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of transhumanism friends have asked me to write about Bernie Sanders, so here are my thoughts: The transhumanism movement has been dramatically growing in size\u2014and most of that growth is from millennials and youth joining. 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