Danila Medvedev
Encyclopedia
Danila Andreevich Medvedev (born March 21, 1980 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg
)) is a Russian futurologist (specializing in the science and future of Russia), a politician and a member of coordination council of the Russian Transhumanistic
Movement.
He is also one of founders and the general director of KrioRus
(since May, 2005), the first cryonics
company outside of the United States.
Since August 2008 he works as a Chief Planning Officer and a Vice-President of the "Science for Life Extension" Foundation in Moscow, Russia.
He was one of the transhumanist representatives who gave the presentation "Influence of science on political situation in Russia. A view into the future" organised by the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
in Russian State Duma
(parliament) on March 21, 2007.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
)) is a Russian futurologist (specializing in the science and future of Russia), a politician and a member of coordination council of the Russian Transhumanistic
Transhumanism
Transhumanism, often abbreviated as H+ or h+, is an international intellectual and cultural movement that affirms the possibility and desirability of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to eliminate aging and to greatly enhance human...
Movement.
He is also one of founders and the general director of KrioRus
KrioRus
KrioRus is the first Russian cryonics company. Established in 2005 by 8 Russian cryonicists, it is the first cryonics company outside the United States, except for Alcor-UK ....
(since May, 2005), the first cryonics
Cryonics
Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology...
company outside of the United States.
Since August 2008 he works as a Chief Planning Officer and a Vice-President of the "Science for Life Extension" Foundation in Moscow, Russia.
Biography
Danila Medvedev graduated from the International Management Institute of St. Petersburg (IMISP) in 2000. The title of his master's thesis was "Methods of the account of conditions of financing at an estimation of investment projects".He was one of the transhumanist representatives who gave the presentation "Influence of science on political situation in Russia. A view into the future" organised by the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
The Liberal Democratic Party of Russia , Liberal'no-Demokraticheskaya Partiya Rossii is a political party in Russia. Since its founding in 1991, it has been led by the charismatic and controversial figure Vladimir Zhirinovsky...
in Russian State Duma
Duma
A Duma is any of various representative assemblies in modern Russia and Russian history. The State Duma in the Russian Empire and Russian Federation corresponds to the lower house of the parliament. Simply it is a form of Russian governmental institution, that was formed during the reign of the...
(parliament) on March 21, 2007.
Works
- Are We Living In Nick Bostrom's Speculation?(2003)
- The decisive role of science in the development of philosophical ideas in 21st century (2003)
- First Russian translation of Robert EttingerRobert EttingerRobert Chester Wilson Ettinger was an American academic, known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immortality...
. The Prospect of Immortality (Роберт Эттингер.Перспективы бессмертия.Москва,Изд. «Научный мир», 2003)