Anticipating tomorrow's politics - Introducing Transpolitica

Anticipating tomorrow’s politics featuring

Amon Twyman

and David Wood

How should politics change?


Amon Twyman

and David Wood

How should politics change, so that the positive potential of technology can be

safely harnessed to most fully improve human society?

What are the topics that politicians generally tend to ignore, but which deserve much

more attention?

How should futurists and transhumanists regard the political process?

Which new political movements are most likely to catalyse these needed changes?

Anticipating tomorrow’s politics

Tomorrow’s solutions to today’s

most pressing political problems

http://transpolitica.org/

Transpolitica Anticipating tomorrow’s politics

By David W. Wood, Executive Director

Opportunities

Threats

The set

of

possible

futures

Foresight…

… is hard

http://londonfuturists.com/

… but we can learn to do it better!



most pressing political problems • Envisaging the positive qualities and characteristics of

future social structures (as enabled by better technology)

• Taking steps towards achieving these qualities and

characteristics, sooner and more reliably

• Identifying and managing risks of negative

characteristics of potential future social structures

Today’s most pressing political problems

https://yougov.co.uk – 4 Mar 2015

Which (of 13 issues) do you think

are the most important issues

facing the country at this time?

Which (of 13 issues) do you think

are the most important issues

facing you and your family?

1. Immigration (50%)

2. Economy (46%)

3. Healthcare (42%)

4. Welfare (30%)

1. Economy (43%)

2. Healthcare (38%)

3. Pensions (29%)

4. Tax (21%)

Party leader approvals? Doing badly: 50%, 66%, 70%

https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/ss0m2jmr6y/YG-Archive-Pol-Sun-results-030315.pdf


Doing badly: 50%, 66%, 70%

How to afford healthcare, old age, other necessities of life? • Especially when many new people are migrating into the country

• And when there are many pressures on the national health service

• And when politicians seem unable to make any real changes

1. Immigration (50%)

2. Economy (46%)

3. Healthcare (42%)

4. Welfare (30%)

1. Economy (43%)

2. Healthcare (38%)

3. Pensions (29%)

4. Tax (21%)

Party leader approvals?






1. Overwhelmed by pace of change & uncertainty

2. Government often seems to be a hindrance (not enabler)

3. Politicians are caught up in their own systems (inertia)

4. Strong vested interests: finance, companies, politics(!)

5. Voting often ends up being tactical or ineffective

6. No compelling big vision for the future (just GDP++)


The Transpolitica solution





Technology Electronics revolution

Computer revolution

Digital revolution

Automation revolution

+ Healthcare revolution

+ Brainscience revolution

+ Manufacturing revolution

+ Sustainability revolution

+ Governance revolution

Abundance

The Transpolitica timescale


There could be bigger changes in the next 10 years

than in any previous 10 year period…

Technology Nanotechnology (atoms)






Abundance

Biotechnology (genes…)

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics Greentech





Technology

Abundance

Development

& Deployment

Politics

?





Technology Nanotechnology (atoms)






Abundance

Biotechnology (genes…)

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics Greentech

…providing these technologies receive sufficient funding, focus, and regulatory support – a positive political climate

The Transpolitica manifesto headline



than in any previous 10 year period… …providing these technologies receive sufficient funding, focus, and regulatory support – a positive political climate

Transpolitica calls upon politicians of all parties to help

define and support:

“Apollo-scale projects”

“Moonshot projects”

Bold, regenerative projects

to take full advantage of accelerating technology

Bold, visionary projects that will galvanize

huge collaborative endeavours,

via providing a new sense of profound

purpose and shared destiny “Manhattan projects”

“Marshall plans”

Mini regenerative projects (EU)


Understanding the human brain is

one of the greatest challenges facing

21st century science. If we can rise to

the challenge, we can gain profound

insights into what makes us human,

develop new treatments for brain

disease and build revolutionary new

computing technologies. Today, for

the first time, modern ICT has

brought these goals within sight.

https://www.humanbrainproject.eu http://graphene-flagship.eu/

The Graphene Flagship’s overriding

goal is to take graphene, related

layered materials and hybrid systems

from a state of raw potential to a point

where they can revolutionize multiple

industries… and put Europe at the heart

of the process, with a manifold return

on the investment as technological

innovation, economic exploitation and

societal benefits.

Six Transpolitica regenerative projects


Rejuvenation biotech Longevity dividend

Clean tech Sustainable growth Abundance for all

Risk awareness & management Avoid existential threats

Improved rationality New democratic governance

Automation New social contract Universal income

Improved brain science Super well-being for all

Building a positive feedback network


Technology

Abundance

Governance Education

Four Transpolitica regeneration enablers


Education transformed in readiness for a radically different future

Proactionary regulatory system to fast-track innovative breakthroughs

A progressive transhumanist rights agenda

Risk awareness & management Avoid existential threats

Improved rationality New democratic governance

Automation New social contract Universal income

Improved brain science Super well-being for all

Rejuvenation biotech Longevity dividend

Clean tech Sustainable growth Abundance for all

How to fund and resource these projects


1. Tap into the well-spring of positive motivation and discretionary (volunteer)

effort which these projects will unleash

2. Benefit from the longevity dividend, in which less budget will be consumed

by end-of-life healthcare (prevention is cheaper than cure)

3. Smarter forms of international cooperation, reducing costs from efforts

duplicated between different countries

4. When international cooperation enables it, divert funding from military

budgets to regenerative budgets (peace dividend)

5. Eliminate the loopholes which allow multinational companies to shuffle

revenues between countries and avoid paying due taxes

6. Apply the principle of “the polluter pays” with targeted new taxes such as

when greenhouse gases are emitted

7. Savings from applying principles of automation and Information Technology

wherever applicable (AI dividend)

Projects funded by smart positive feedback


Sustainable

evolving

well-being

Green tech -> Material abundance

Rejuvenation biotech -> Super health

Brain tech -> Super mental health

Tech-savvy

proactive risk

management

New social contract alongside automation

Existential risk awareness and solutions

Better democracy via revived rationality

Enablers of

regeneration &

transcendence

Education for a radically different future

21st century regulatory framework

Progressive transhumanist rights agenda

Projects funded by positive feedback

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Transpolitica influence & inspiration


Publications

Videos

Memes

Research

Campaigns

Existing politicians

New political parties

Apolitical activists


Publications Collection of ten essays

E-published Fri 20th March

US$ 3.50

First of intended series of books

Thanks to:

• Alberto Rizzoli (cover design)

• Alexander Karran (reviews)

• All authors & other reviewers…

Next volume published 21st June

Submit chapter proposals

by 21st April


Contents:

1. An introduction to tomorrow’s politics (David Wood)

2. Democratic Intelligence (Stephen Oberauer)

3. The case for Universal Prosperity (Michael Hrenka)

4. Catalysing the development of AI tools (Roland Schiefer)

5. Anarchy beyond socialism and capitalism (Waldemar Ingdahl)

6. Political Transhumanism and the Transhumanist Party

(Amon Twyman)

7. The Vision Thing (René Milan)

8. The Zeitgeist of change (Stuart Mason Dambrot)

9. Mediated patent equities for accelerated biomedical research

(Maximo Ramallo)

10.Accelerating Politics (Sally Morem)



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By David W. Wood, Executive Director

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