As I read the daily papers, and listen to the media I am reminded of FM’s predictions in Upwingers and Telespheres where he wrote- “The stronger mass communications within a country the stronger the people the more vulnerable the government” and Eventually …all dictatorial regimes will have disappeared. They will have receded into history along with tribal systems, monarchies-colonial rule” How right FM was. The internet cannot suppress the desire for change.
The F.M. Esfandiary / FM-2030 papers, spanning 1943-2000, include correspondence, writings, notebooks, book reviews, press releases, clippings, appointment calendars, photographs, and sound recordings documenting the professional career and personal life of the Iranian-American author, lecturer and social visionary F. M. Estandiary, later known as FM-2030. Correspondence includes incoming personal correspondence, 1943-1999, n.d., reflecting his family life, schooling, friendships, and social networks; and professional correspondence, 1956-1969, reflecting his early writing career in fiction and cultural commentary. Later professional correspondence and reader mail is found throughout the collection. Writings consist of drafts, research notes, manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, reviews, clippings, and other materials relating to his published and unpublished works on a variety of topics, among them contemporary Middle Eastern culture, globalization, future trends in technology and their potential impact on society, and the physical transgression of death. Teaching and seminar files include lecture notes, course descriptions, student and participant evaluations, publicity materials, and correspondence documenting his career as a lecturer for the New School for Social Research and the UCLA Extension School, his speaking engagements, and his professional seminars on long-term planning and futuristics. Personal miscellany includes address books, appointment calendars, clippings, notebooks and personal documentation. Research files include notebooks and clippings supporting his later writings. Photographs reflect his personal life from 1947-1999, including participation in the 1948 Olympic Games in London, and student years at the University of California at Berkeley and Los Angeles. Sound recordings document some of Esfandiary’s seminars and promotional radio interviews for his book Are You a Transhuman?
James J. Hughes Ph.D., Executive Director of World Transhumanist Association & Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, highlights the life and work of futurist FM-2030.
In this film, produced by Johnny Boston, futurist FM-2030 discusses optimism, abundance, universalism and immortality. Friends and family share their memories of FM-2030 and his views.
FM-2030 discusses the rate of personal growth and the rapidly changing world. He shares how to make a smooth transition into coming decades and how to be progressive in all major areas of life like values and lifestyles, politics and ideologies, loyalties and levels of humanities.
FM-2030 appears on Larry King Live to discuss his book, Are You A Transhuman?
Bill Griffeth interviews FM-2030 about the future of the financial markets. FM-2030 predicted lifestyles, types of technology and transportation that would be marketable in the 21st century.
David George interviews FM-2030 about life in the 21st century and how to prepare for the future. They also discuss FM-2030’s book, Are You A Transhuman?