Max More is an internationally acclaimed strategic philosopher widely recognized for his thinking on the philosophical and cultural implications of emerging technologies. Max’s contributions include founding the philosophy of transhumanism, authoring the transhumanist philosophy of extropy, and co-founding Extropy Institute, an organization crucial in building the transhumanist movement since 1990. He served as President and CEO of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the world’s leading cryonics organization, from 2011-2020 and as Alcor’s Ambassador and President Emeritus from 2020 to January 2023. He has been with Biostasis Technologies since March 2023. Max has been a consistent advocate of life extension since the 1980s. 

Over the past four decades, Max has been concerned that our escalating technological capabilities are racing far ahead of our standard ways of thinking about future possibilities. Through a highly interdisciplinary approach drawing on philosophy, economics, cognitive and social psychology, and management theory, Max developed a distinctive approach known as the “Proactionary Principle”—a tool for making smarter decisions about advanced technologies by minimizing the dangers of progress and maximizing the benefits.

Max More's writings have had a significant impact on the development of transhumanist thought. His influential essay "The Philosophy of Transhumanism" outlines key principles and values associated with the movement.

 As a strategic philosopher, Max More continually engages in discussions about the long-term consequences of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, and genetic engineering. He raises thought-provoking questions regarding the ethical, social, and existential challenges that humanity may face in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. His nuanced and forward-thinking approach to these topics has solidified his reputation as a leading intellectual in the field.

 More has spoken on these topics throughout the USA, and in countries including England, Switzerland, Germany, China, South Korea, Ireland, Finland, Venezuela, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, and Austria.

 More is the editor of and contributor to The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Future. He has contributed chapters to books including Society, Ethics, and Technology, 3rd Edition, Death and Anti-Death, Volume 7: Nine Hundred Years After St. Anselm, Proceedings of Ars Electronica 1997, The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice and Adamantium, The Scientific Conquest of Death. More’s thinking has been discussed in at least a dozen books.

 Television and video appearances include a bioethics debate on Crossfire, two series on The Learning Channel and the Discovery Channel, documentaries in France, Switzerland, Spain, the Netherlands, Russia, Chile, and Belgium, the Terry Wogan Show (then Britain’s top talk show); Documentaries: The Last Generation to Die, Hope Frozen, Into the Night: Portraits of Life and Death.

 More has appeared in Wired, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Russian Today, and numerous scholarly and popular venues. He has appeared on podcasts including This Weekend w/Theo Von, Make People Better, The Future of You, Blood, Sweat, and Coffee with Katee Sackhoff.

 More’s ideas have been discussed in books including Gundolf Freyermuth’s Cyberland, Brian Alexander’s Rapture: How Biotech Became the New Religion, Damien Broderick’s The Spike, Chris Dewdney’s Last Flesh, Mark Dery’s Escape Velocity, Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us, by Rodney Brooks, Erik Davis’s Techgnosis, Mark O’Connell’s To Be a Machine:  Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death.

 Max has a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from St. Anne’s College, Oxford University (1984-87). He was awarded a Dean’s Fellowship in Philosophy in 1987 by the University of Southern California and received his PhD in Philosophy from USC in 1995.