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FM-2030 was born Fereydoon M. Esfandiary on October 15, 1930, in Belgium to Iranian diplomat Abdol-Hossein “A. H.” Sadigh Esfandiary (1894–1986), who served from 1920 to 1960. [3] He travelled widely as a child, having lived in 17 countries including Iran, India, and Afghanistan, by age 11. [4]
Apr 29, 2020 · Tarpley Hitt. I n the mid-1970s, the philosopher and former Olympic wrestler Fereidoun M. Esfandiary changed his name to FM-2030—combining the year he would turn 100 years old with an ...
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Jul 11, 2000 · July 12, 2000. : An obituary yesterday about the futurist who took the name FM-2030 rendered incorrectly the names and residences of his surviving sisters in some copies. They are Farideh Sadjadi ...
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Oct 12, 2022 · Technology plays such a large part in our lives, and that was the future that FM-2030 saw. 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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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 on ...
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Jan 9, 2020 · FM 2030 (born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary, Persian: فریدون اسفندیاری) was a Belgian-born American-Iranian futurist, philosopher and transhumanist. The son of a Diplomat, and lived in over 17 countries. His experiences caused him to consider himself a citizen of the world. In the 1948 Olympics, he competed in basketball and ...
The F. M. Esfandiary / FM-2030 papers document the professional career and personal life of the author, philosopher, designer, long-range planner, and lecturer. FM-2030 was born Fereidoun Esfandiary in Belgium in 1930. The dates of the papers span 1943-2000 and include personal and professional correspondence; notebooks; manuscripts ...
