Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Max More (born Max T. O'Connor,Template:Efn January 1964) is a philosopher and 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Born in Bristol, England, More has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from St Anne's College, Oxford (1987).<ref>Template:Cite news</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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1996, he married transhumanist Natasha Vita-More; the couple are close collaborators on transhumanist and life extension research.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
More founded the Extropy Institute and has written many articles espousing the philosophy of transhumanism and the transhumanist philosophy of extropianism,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> including his "Principles of Extropy".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Resources for Germline Technology, Washington Post, February 9, 2003.</ref> In a 1990 essay "Transhumanism: Toward a Futurist Philosophy",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> he introduced the term "transhumanism" in its modern sense.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>