X-Message-Number: 13966 Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:44:11 -0400 From: Thomas Donaldson <> Subject: what if a society disappears? This is a comment for (his real name isn't available). You do raise a good question, but I'll have to say that (other than in the very early days of cryonics, when they applisoring of their men of the few people that existed then) the current groups have now existed for decades. And the different groups haven't made any attempt to deal with the problem you describe (unfortunately). I would say, knowing people in each group, that the most likely event if one group really looked as if it would go out of existence, is that one or more of the other groups would take over its patients. They might turn whole body patients into heads, but they'd still take them all on. Someday this kind of thing will really happen, and we'll see what really happens. I would hope that by then some arrangements to deal with such events would have been developed --- it seems a very simple thing to do, but everyone has been busy with other issues. I will add that if you are really concerned by such possibilities, it's far better that you join one of the societies and try and work toward such arrangements than that you simply stand to one side without signing up because of what MIGHT happen. Sure, you may lose out; but your risk of losing out if you're signed up is much less than your risk if you aren't. Best and long long life, Thomas Donaldson Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13966