Gabriel Rothblatt

Gabriel Rothblatt (born October 5, 1982) is a technoprogressive political activist, a 2014 congressional candidate, and a writer and speaker in the futurist and transhumanist movements.

[7] He is a Member Delegate of the Space Coast Progressive Alliance and Vice President of the Brevard Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.

[1] In a congressional debate, Rothblatt stated that he believes missions to the moon, Mars, and asteroids should be a priority, and under the right plan a 1,000 people could be in space within a decade.

[15][16] Rothblatt writes and speaks on transhumanist topics, such as seasteading,[17][18] cryonics,[19] religion,[20] mind uploading,[21] and technological discrimination.

[22][23] During the 2014 Midterm elections, Rothblatt ran as a Democratic Party candidate against incumbent Bill Posey in Florida's 8th congressional district.

Jessica Roy, from Time, commented that his status as a member of Terasem may be just as difficult for his campaign as being a Democrat in the Republican majority district.

[34] Alex Leary, from the Tampa Bay Times reported that SpacePAC was not the first PAC to be set up by a wealthy parents to support their child's campaign.