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  • At Any Cost: A Guide to The Transhumanist Wager and the Ideas of Zoltan Istvan

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At Any Cost: A Guide to The Transhumanist Wager and the Ideas of Zoltan Istvan Kindle Edition

by Chris T. Armstrong (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
5.0 out of 5 stars (8)
The Transhumanist Wager is the controversial philosophical novel published by Zoltan Istvan in 2013. It was A Top 5 Amazon book; #1 Bestseller Science Fiction and Fantasy; #1 Bestseller Philosophy; and Winner Visionary Fiction - International Book Awards. It “tells the story of transhumanist Jethro Knights and his unwavering quest for immortality via science and technology.” In this guide, we will explore all aspects of its philosophy, characters, and plot, featuring insights from Zoltan himself, including:

* In-depth character profiles
* Transhumanist philosophical foundations: real-world and fictional
* Pitfalls of misinterpretation to avoid
* Timeline information
* Transhumania’s advanced technology and what made it possible
* Detailed analysis of Jethro’s speeches and dialogs with “questions to ponder” at the end of each section
* Jethro’s pre-war strategy
* Drivers of the post-war economic and technological boom
* Nietzschean connections
* Philosophical, thematic, and stylistic kinship with Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead
* Transhumanist libertarian vs. techno-progressive perspectives
* Parallels with real-world proto-transhumanist, FM-2030
* Materialistic vs. Spiritual Transhumanism
* and more…
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    January 18, 2021
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08TBC3K6W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MindFile Publishing
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 18, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.8 MB
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 437 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1735339115
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  • Best Sellers Rank: #4,860,450 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • Customer Reviews:
    5.0 out of 5 stars (8)

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Chris T. Armstrong, a former software engineer, now writes about transhumanism and related topics. Even God Herself is his first novel, which he describes as ultra-utopian Science Fiction. His nonfiction work includes At Any Cost: A Guide to The Transhumanist Wager and the Ideas of Zoltan Istvan and a chapter in The Transhumanism Handbook, published by Springer and edited by Newton Lee. His transhumanism-related essays have been published by IEET, Humanity Plus Magazine, and the India Future Society, among others. Chris studied computer science at Arizona State University, focusing on artificial intelligence, and ethnomusicology/systematic musicology at UCLA. He has a BFA and MFA from California Institute of the Arts in World Music.

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Meticulous, illuminating roadmap to a revolutionary treatise
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Meticulous, illuminating roadmap to a revolutionary treatise
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  • Giulio Prisco
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great analysis of a great novel.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2021
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    All fans (and critics) of Zoltan Istvan's "The Transhumanist Wager" will want to read "At Any Cost: A Guide to The Transhumanist Wager and the Ideas of Zoltan Istvan" (2021), by Chris Armstrong. Chris has done a wonderful job at analyzing and clarifying many aspects of the novel. I especially appreciated the passages on spirituality. Chris shows that Zoltan is not entirely closed to spirituality or even religion - an impression that many readers had. In Zoltan there's less of Jethro Knights than a first-time reader of the novel might suspect, and more of Zoe Bach.
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  • Lincoln Cannon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Companion to The Transhumanist Wager
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
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    Chris Armstrong's work is an essential companion to The Transhumanist Wager by Zoltan Istvan. It is well-written, thoughtful, and insightful. In particular, Armstrong leverages extensive personal communication with Istvan to illuminate the meaning of the text and the evolution of its author. For example, I was particularly pleased to learn from Armstrong that Istvan's view of religion has evolved away from expectation of hostility toward interest in collaboration.
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  • David J. Kelley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Understanding The Larger Picture of the Transhumanist Wager
    Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2021
    Format: Paperback
    There has been a lot of drama over the book "The Transhumanist Wager" in the 'transhumanist' community and this book helps you wade through a lot of that. The original novel is good but does get a bit preachy and some of the ideas in the book are very 'controversial' and one tends to assume the author might believe a lot of that stuff. The reason this book is great is that helps you through a lot of the ideas behind Zoltans book and helps you contextually understand it. If anyone is going to break down the Transhumanist Wager and try to understand everything in the book it is a good idea to read this book right after reading Zoltans novel.
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  • Alexander
    5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
    Format: Kindle
    At Any Cost is Chris Armstrong's guide to The Transhumanist Wager by Zoltan Istvan. Because Zoltan's best seller deals with ideas and technologies that aren't familiar to the general public, a book like this one is helpful. It gives you the background you need to fully understand the novel.

    It serves as a standalone. Even if you have no intention of reading Zoltan's work, Chris's guide will bring you up to speed on some of the most pressing questions of our age. It'll definitely expand your mind.
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  • Sojabactrz
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Guide to The Transhumanist Wager
    Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2021
    Format: Kindle
    Chris Armstrong delivers an insightful and fascinating look into The Transhumanist Wager. This is the first book that I have read that is an exploration of another work, that I consider as fascinating as the work it explores. Any individual who enjoyed The Transhumanist Wager is bound to find Armstrong’s guide a thorough and thought-provoking pleasure.
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  • Hank Pellissier
    5.0 out of 5 stars Meticulous, illuminating roadmap to a revolutionary treatise
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
    Format: Kindle
    Chris Armstrong provides a thorough background, rich with insight, into the philosophical and literary foundation of Zoltan's novel.
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    Meticulous, illuminating roadmap to a revolutionary treatise

    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
    Chris Armstrong provides a thorough background, rich with insight, into the philosophical and literary foundation of Zoltan's novel.
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