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{{Short description|English-American philosopher and futurist}}
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| name               = Max More
| image              = Max More, Stanford 2006 (square crop).jpg
| caption            = More at the 2006 Stanford [[Singularity Summit]]
| birth_name         = Max T. O'Connor
| birth_date         = {{birth year and age|1964|1}}
| birth_place        = 
| death_date         = 
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| education          = [[St Anne's College, Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Southern California]] ([[PhD]])
| occupation         = [[Philosopher]] and [[futurist]]
| years_active       = 
| spouse             = [[Natasha Vita-More]]
| children           = 
| website            = http://maxmore.com/
}}
'''Max More''' (born '''Max T. O'Connor''',{{efn|With name legally changed in 1990}} January 1964) is a [[philosophy|philosopher]] and [[futurists|futurist]] who writes, speaks, and consults on [[emerging technologies]].<ref>Alex Heard, "Technology Makes us Optimistic; They Want To Live," ''New York Times'', September 28, 1997</ref><ref>Joel Garreau, The Next Generation; Biotechnology May Make Superhero Fantasy a Reality, ''Washington Post'', April 26, 2002.</ref> He was the president and CEO of the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]] between 2010 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff |url=https://alcor.org/AboutAlcor/meetalcorstaff.html |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513032808/https://www.alcor.org/library/alcor-staff/ |archive-date=2021-05-13 |access-date=2024-03-16 |publisher=Alcor}}</ref>

Born in [[Bristol]], [[England]], More has a degree in [[Philosophy, Politics and Economics]] from [[St Anne's College, Oxford]] (1987).<ref>{{cite news|last=Regis|first=Ed|title=Meet the Extropians|url=https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/extropians_pr.html |newspaper=Wired}}</ref>  His 1995 [[University of Southern California]] doctoral dissertation ''The Diachronic Self: Identity, Continuity, and Transformation'' examined several issues that concern transhumanists, including the nature of death, and what it is about each individual that continues despite great change over time.<ref>{{cite web|last=More |first=Max |title=The Diachronic Self: Identity, Continuity, Transformation |url= http://www.maxmore.com/disscont.htm |publisher=A. Bell & Howell |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20040610182354/http://www.maxmore.com/disscont.htm |archivedate= 2004-06-10 }}</ref> In 1996, he married transhumanist [[Natasha Vita-More]]; the couple are close collaborators on transhumanist and [[life extension]] research.<ref>{{cite web |title = People: Natasha Vita-More |url= https://iamtranshuman.org/2019/11/14/natasha-vita-more/ |website=I am transhuman |date=14 November 2019 |access-date= 2021-05-20 }}</ref>

More founded the [[Extropy Institute]] and has written many articles espousing the philosophy of [[transhumanism]] and the transhumanist philosophy of [[extropianism]],<ref>{{cite web|last= More|first=Max|title=The Philosophy of Transhumanism|url= http://media.johnwiley.com.au/product_data/excerpt/10/11183343/1118334310-109.pdf|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Oxford|accessdate=16 May 2013}}</ref> including his "Principles of Extropy".<ref>{{cite web |last=More|first=Max|title= Principles of Extropy|url= http://www.extropy.org/principles.htm |work=Extropy Institute|accessdate=16 May 2013|url-status= dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015142449/http://extropy.org/principles.htm |archivedate=15 October 2013}}</ref><ref>Resources for Germline Technology, ''Washington Post'', February 9, 2003.</ref> In a 1990 essay "Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy",<ref>{{cite web |last=More |first=Max |title= Transhumanism: Towards a Futurist Philosophy |url= http://www.maxmore.com/transhum.htm |accessdate=16 May 2013 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20051029125153/http://www.maxmore.com/transhum.htm |archivedate=29 October 2005 }}</ref> he introduced the term "transhumanism" in its modern sense.<ref>{{cite journal|last= Bostrom|first=Nick|title=A history of transhumanist thought|journal= Journal of Evolution and Technology|date=April 2005|volume= 14|issue=1|pages=1–25|url= http://www.jetpress.org/volume14/bostrom.pdf}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[FM-2030]]
* [[Futures studies]]
* [[Humanity+]]

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==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://maxmore.com/ Personal website]

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