Zoltan Istvan Gyurko, professionally known as Zoltan Istvan, is an American transhumanist, journalist, entrepreneur, political candidate, and futurist. Formerly a reporter for the National Geographic Channel. Istvan now writes futurist and political-themed articles for major media, including The New York Times. He believes transhumanism will grow into a mainstream social movement in this decade. Istvan is the author of "The Transhumanist Wager", a philosophical science fiction novel that was widely reviewed. He is also the original author of the now crowdsourced Transhumanist Bill of Rights, which was piblished in Wired.