Danila Medvedev
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.
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 in Russian State Duma (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 translate of Robert Ettinger. The Prospect of Immortality (Роберт Эттингер.Перспективы бессмертия.Москва,Изд. «Научный мир», 2003)