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- A futurist who changed his given name to something a little more forward looking, FM-2030 to be specific, died Saturday night at a friend's Manhattan apartment. An author, teacher and consultant to corporations, he was 69 and lived in Miami. The FM might have stood for Future Man, Future Modular or Future Marvel, but he never said.
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Apr 29, 2020 · Arguably the most confusing aspect of 2030: The Film is that the real story of FM-2030’s life needed no elaboration. Born to an Iranian diplomat in Belgium in 1930, the transhumanist...
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FM-2030 (born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary; Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری; October 15, 1930 – July 8, 2000) was a Belgian-born Iranian-American [1] author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist, consultant, and Olympic athlete.
Oct 14, 2015 · FM-2030 died just a decade and a half ago of pancreatic cancer, aged 69. He was frozen by the folks at Alcor using a new method called vitrification. But his proposed political ideas have lived...
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Oct 12, 2022 · FM-2030’s transhumanist beliefs were influenced by his world travels and the social, economic, technological, and political changes across the United States from the 1950s to the 1990s. Many of his beliefs were incredibly progressive for his time.
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Mar 7, 2020 · Who Is FM 2030? The son of an Iranian diplomat, FM was born in Belgium on October 15, 1930. His original name was Fereidoun M Esfandiary. In early adulthood, FM competed as a basketball player for Iran in the Olympic Games.
Jul 11, 2000 · An author, teacher and consultant to corporations, he was 69 and lived in Miami. The FM might have stood for Future Man, Future Modular or Future Marvel, but he never said. He also did not like...
Mar 30, 2020 · 2030 is a film about the futurist and early transhumanist FM-2030. FM believed we had a glorious future. Can we still get there?
