Danila Andreyevich Medvedev (russian: Данила Медведев) (born March 21, 1980 in Leningrad (now
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
)) is a Russian
futurologist
Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abou ...
and politician. Specialising in the science and future of Russia, Medvedev serves as a member of the coordination council of the Russian
Transhumanistic Movement.
In May 2005 he helped found
KrioRus
KrioRus (russian: КриоРус) is the first cryonics company in Russia. It was founded in 2005 by the ''Russian Transhumanist Movement'' NGO. It's the only cryonic company in Europe to possess an own cryonic storage. The company offers the ser ...
, the first
cryonics
Cryonics (from el, κρύος ''kryos'' meaning 'cold') is the low-temperature freezing (usually at ) and storage of human remains, with the speculative hope that resurrection may be possible in the future. Cryonics is regarded with skepticis ...
company outside of the United States. Since August 2008, he has worked as Chief Planning Officer and Vice-President of the Science for Life Extension Foundation, based in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
.
Education and career
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". On 21 March 2007, he was one of a group of transhumanists who gave a presentation in the
Duma
A duma (russian: дума) is a Russian assembly with advisory or legislative functions.
The term ''boyar duma'' is used to refer to advisory councils in Russia from the 10th to 17th centuries. Starting in the 18th century, city dumas were f ...
titled "Influence of science on political situation in Russia. A view into the future", after an invitation by the
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
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Works
Are We Living In Nick Bostrom's Speculation? (2003)* First Russian translation
of
Robert Ettinger
Robert Chester Wilson Ettinger (December 4, 1918 – July 23, 2011) was an American academic, known as "the father of cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book ''The Prospect of Immortality''.
Ettinger founded the Cryonics Institut ...
. The Prospect of Immortality (Роберт Эттингер.Перспективы бессмертия.Москва, Изд. «Научный мир», 2003
References
External links
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Interview with Danila Medvedev by Sky NewsBlogDanila Medvedev, Accelerating Future People DatabaseDanila Medvedev on frozen heads, multidimensional interfaces and the challenges of immortality
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1980 births
Cryonicists
Futurologists
Life extensionists
Living people
Politicians from Saint Petersburg
Russian transhumanists