X-Message-Number: 16014 From: "john grigg" <> Subject: aesthetics in regard to cryonics Date: Sat, 07 Apr 2001 07:26:50 Natasha Vita-More had a piece entitled "considering aesthetics in our highly technological culture" in the latest issue of Cryonics magazine. She explained the importance and sometimes unseen facets of aesthetics in various forms of art, tech and culture in their daily effect on us. I enjoyed her comment, "today we view ourselves as information designers and memetic engineers. Each time we express a thought or view we decide if, when, and how to transmit it and to whom it will be transmitted. Therein, we are like sculptors before a mound of clay or code poets before an algorithmic ode." Natasha went on to discuss how the transformation of human body capacities and appearances may cause a great deal of social anxiety. She explained how her Primo 3M+ 2001 work was meant to prod our imaginations into realizing the current limits of our bodies and what could lie in store for us in coming decades. Reading her article made me wonder how exactly aesthetics and cryonics relate to each other. Any ideas from anyone here? I wonder to what extent aesthetics were taken into consideration as various cryonics organizations developed. I have read how the upcoming Timeship structure had very serious and lengthy thought devoted to the aesthetics of it. The creators realized aesthetics would have a powerful effect on how the world would view cryonics. best wishes, John _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16014