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The transhumanist wager by zoltan istvan, paperback. The novel the transhumanist wager, by zoltan istvan, published earlier this year, raises a number of key questions for futurists, in a way that is intelligent. Zoltan writes futurist and transhumanistthemed blogs for the huffington post, psychology today, and vices motherboard. That said, zoltan has since denied the book comprises such a manifesto.
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