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The absolute worst book I have attempted to read in my entire life. I purchased only because I wanted to better understand outspoken leaders of the Libertarian party. Clearly if the Libertarian Party embraces a fringe crazy like this, it will never get enough support to achieve its platform.


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The Transhumanist Wager Zoltan Istvan 9780988616110 Books Reviews

I enjoyed this book and kudos to Zoltan Istvan -- I recommend it. I found it to be a more readable version of Atlas Shrugged (which I loved in my youth but find unreadable today). I found this inspirational in Istvan's drawing up the character of Jethro Knights. The cynical view of large governments towards Knights' utopia also resonated with my current cynical view of large governments! The story started strong, however the flaws of the story as it unfolds are huge -- the dismissiveness of religion is most troubling. One can denigrate the underpinnings of any religion, but it's undeniable that there are admirable and smart, thinking people who base their good works on their faith. And that faith is nothing like the simplistic notions railed against in the story. The 'enemies' are stupid beyond belief. And, to borrow a term from 'The Incredibles', there is just way too much monologuing. Justin's restatement of Galt's speech - really? And of course, utopia into totalitarian state. Societies are messy, even utopias -- too much is glossed over there Could that society continue? -- that would be an interesting sequel.
I am very critical with science fiction books so 3 and a half star (rounded to 4 in ) is way above my average rating. This book provokes some important thoughts which are worthwhile for everyone to follow through and also exhibits very good literary skills. I am convinced that Zoltan will write a much better book in the future because of his apparent writing talent and dedication to this topic.

I felt that this book tries to strike an unfortunate compromise between a philosophical essay, an adventure science fiction book and a sociological study ending up to be mediocre in each. The length of the book is not suited for such purpose on this topic; for that one needs the breath of a Foundation-like super-book.
Nevertheless, the book is very enjoyable, even capturing at certain sections, but you may find yourself either flipping through pages if you don’t care about the philosophy or shaking your head on some of the inconsistencies of the science in the book if you care about science fiction.
In general I like books relating to the Singularity but I do not have a strong interest in Transhumanism. This book is written in a manner that is in the style of and in some ways parallel to Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged". I liked the first three quarters of the book in which the focus is the life of Jethro Knights and his personal growth through the Transhumanist way of life. The final quarter then goes into a fictional fantasyland where the Jethro retires from the world and eventually goes to war with it. I felt this did not fit with the earlier parts of the book. I also did not like his rant on Transhumanism although it does remind me of Ayn Rand's rants on Objectivism. I give the author credit for using the Atlas Shrugged methodology to communicate his beliefs but Ayn Rand was the first and she did it much better, I also do not buy into these Transhumanist arguments as much as I do into Ayn's message about the virtues of selfishness and capitalism.
An amazing novel. Definitely worth the read if you are interested in Transhumanist philosophy.
I'm a "futurist" - what ever that means. I believe that we have to adapt and grow as individuals, as communities, as societies and as civilizations to make the world a better place for everyone who's in it, and will be in it...

With that, I'm willing to listen to, cater and entertain radical ideas about the future and how we should live it.

Transhumanism as a concept and practice is fascinating to me. The concepts and ideas that we can be so much more, if we just adopt technology and practice above morality and tradition has a lot going for it...

Transhumanism, I'll even say _IS_ a viable way for our society and world to adopt to our current crisis, and move forward in a progressive way that empowers and elevates all of us...

But this book is nothing even remotely resembling a dissertation or even 8th grade essay on the possibilities of Transhumanism to change our world.

From what I can gather, this is a fictional autobiography of the author meant to make him seem like an ubermensch rather then present a story of a hero who is relunctantly drawn in to trying to change the world.

At each turn, the protagonist is presented as an even greater cliche with nothing but his iconoclast attitudes landing him success after success, having never faced anything greater then a fist fight before he somehow survives a disaster at sea, his romantic presentation of the world allows him to get a job writing 'journalism' for a fake representation of national geographic (which hardly seems like it takes much, considering who the current owner is)... All while set on a despotic presentation of the real world...

The secondary characters are 2 dimensional, and there appears to be only 1 primary female character in the book, his love interest, who he abandons, and then rescues... Defining her as the antithesis of everything the protagonist stands for, by the way...

I got lost in this book, and not in a good way.

Shallow characters. Arrogant and idiotic protagonist progression, a bumbling Villian, and cliched situations does not make for a good copy or re-write of Siddhartha... Which is the only thing I think I can see the author going for, and landing on his face before he even gets past the first half of the book.

If you want a character study in ego and self aggrandization, of the author... Give this a read, Other wise, it's not even good science fiction.
The absolute worst book I have attempted to read in my entire life. I purchased only because I wanted to better understand outspoken leaders of the Libertarian party. Clearly if the Libertarian Party embraces a fringe crazy like this, it will never get enough support to achieve its platform.