X-Message-Number: 12745
From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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Subject: Re: Funding Options
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 11:17:32 -0000

Douglas Skrecky made some comments on funding options based on current
expert thinking on long term investment.

Whereas I am sure his comments are an accurate reflection on what is a
reasonable consensus of opinion of these professionals, they don't take into
consideration the special situation of cryonicists. This is that without a
prolonged period of technological advance, there will be no revivals to
spend the money on.

Therefore the only universe cryonicists can observe is one where long term
technology growth is present. Any other universe, such as those that may be
observed by *successive generations of* pension fund and life insurance
managers, may well require the type of procedures that Mr Skrecky found in
the literature and  commented upon.

If the technology growth universe does not exist, neither will we.

It is pertinent to discuss whether long term technology growth can occur
without stock market investments benefiting and when ideas suggest
themselves I will come back to this topic. At the moment the idea of
technology growth without investment gains being available seems an unlikely
even absurd possibility.

It is important to realise that I am talking long term here - if the
technology index is driven down for a few months because of "Microsoft vs.
the Lawyers" that is completely irrelevant. No doubt plenty of commentators
will say that such an event heralds the end of the American Dream, the
Dollar will collapse, we will go back to the middle ages, and so on. Such
comments sell articles rather than reflect reality.

--
Sincerely, John de Rivaz
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