by 2045.com
International Manifesto of the "2045" Strategic Social Initiative
Mankind
has turned into a consumer society standing at the edge of a total loss
of the conceptual guidelines necessary for further evolution. The
majority of people are almost exclusively absorbed in merely
maintaining their own comfortable lives.
Modern civilization,
with its space stations, nuclear submarines, iPhones and Segways cannot
save mankind from the limitations in the physical abilities of our
bodies, nor from diseases and death.
We are not satisfied with
modern achievements of scientific and technical progress. Science
working for the satisfaction of consumer needs will not be able to
ensure a technological breakthrough towards a radically different way of
life.
We believe that the world needs a different ideological
paradigm. Within its framework it is necessary to form a major objective
capable of pointing out a new direction for the development of all
mankind and ensuring the achievement of a scientific and technical
revolution. The new ideology should assert, as one of its priorities,
the necessity of using breakthrough technology for an improvement of man
himself and not only of his environment.
We believe that
it is possible and necessary to eliminate aging and even death, and to
overcome the fundamental limits of the physical and mental capabilities
currently set by the restrictions of the physical body.
Scientists
from various countries in the world are already developing technology
that ensures the creation of an artificial human body prototype within
the next decade. We believe the biggest technological project of our
times will become the creation of such artificial human body and a
subsequent transfer of individual human consciousness to such a body.
Implementation
of this technological project will inevitably result in an explosive
development of innovations and global changes in our civilization and
will improve human life.
We believe that before 2045 an
artificial body will be created that will not only surpass the existing
body in terms of functionality, but will achieve perfection of form and
be no less attractive than the human body. People will make independent
decisions about the extension of their lives and the possibilities for
personal development in a new body after the resources of the biological
body have been exhausted.
The
new human being will receive a huge range of abilities and will be
capable of withstanding extreme external conditions easily: high
temperatures, pressure, radiation, lack of oxygen, etc. Using a
neural-interface humans will be able to operate several bodies of
various forms and sizes remotely.
We suggest the implementation
of not just a mechanistic project to create an artificial body, but a
whole system of views, values and technology which will render
assistance to humankind in intellectual, moral, physical, mental and
spiritual development.
We
invite all interested specialists: scientists, politicians, mass media
personalities, philosophers, futurologists and businessmen to join the
"2045" strategic social initiative. We welcome all who share our vision
of the future and are ready to make the next jump.
THE AVATAR R&D NETWORK OF THE 2045 INITIATIVE
[To the right of the main page, click on “Immortality Button”: “Click this button to start the development of your personalized immortal Avatar”]
The main objectives of our movement are:
1.
To achieve the support of the International community and create
conditions for international co-operation of interested specialists
around the "2045" Initiative.
2. To create an international
research center for cybernetic immortality to advance practical
implementations of the main technical project – the creation of the
artificial body and the preparation for subsequent transfer of
individual human consciousness to such a body.
3. To engage
experts in the selection and support of the most interesting projects in
the quest to ensure technological breakthroughs.
4. To support
innovative industries and create special scientific education programs
for schools and institutes of higher education.
5. To create
educational programs for television, radio and internet, to hold forums,
conferences, congresses and exhibitions, and to establish awards and
produce books, movies and computer games with the view of raising the
profile of the initiative and spreading its ideas.
6. To form a
culture connected with the ideology of the future, promoting technical
progress, artificial intellect, “multi-body”, immortality, and
cyborgization.
REQUIREMENTS:
For the registration of your pre-order, please answer the following questions:
Are you 18 or older?
Are you of sound mind so as to bear legal responsibility for your actions?
Do
you personally -- yourself or as legal representative -- dispose of the
funds required for the development (> $3M) for your avatar?
Have you decided to commission the development of your custom-made immortal avatar?
If you answer “no” to a question, you cannot proceed further
[Note: Guess this is yet another way to de-populate the world -- Russian-style. Note that the Russians charge in U.S. dollars! -- DNI]