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Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 13:54:33 EST
Subject: relatives

In a previous post I mentioned that many of us know we will be reunited with 
at least some of our relatives and friends, if cryonics works. This reminds us 
of an obvious but unappreciated statistic--that relatives and friends of 

cryonicists are much more likely than others to become cryonicists in their 
turn.

I could look at the database, but maybe Ben will tell us how many members are 
additional family members of the first to join or the head of the family. In 
my own family, my mother and both my wives are patients, and my son and 

daughter-in-law are active members, Connie being a director and David being a 
member 
and our chief counsel, who led the recent successful negotiations with the 
state. My brother Alan was a member for many years, although in his final 

illness he became depressed and rescinded his arrangements, despite everything I
could say or do. Statistically, if I had not been involved in cryonics, it is 
extremely unlikely that even one of them would be involved, let alone six. 

I also recall that, at one time in the past, Thomas Donaldson in Australia 
signed up a surprising number of people for Alcor, just by cold-turkey 

salesmanship. There are other examples as well, including the Chamberlains. 
Nobody has 
been sufficiently successful in selling cryonics to make a career of it or a 
living, although Rudi Hoffman may be closing in on it, but it is very clear 
that the right people, working with those they know, have enormously improved 
odds in recruitment.

The moral--keep working on your friends and relatives. Don't expect many or 
magic conversions, but tact and persistence will pay off, if combined with 
brains and personality.

Robert Ettinger


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