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Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:16:07 -0700
From: anthony <>
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Recently I have talked about cryonics (in rather non-technical  terms) 
to a few
work colleagues. This is partly because I do not think it is a good  idea
to "hide" these kinds of plans, and in airing them, they should  seem more
normal. I was also interested in their responses. During the 
conversation their
main concern was "but what about your loved-ones/family - mightn't  they 
be dead
by the time you're resuscitated?" I then let them know that my wife 
intends to
have cryonics treatment, and our children will be encourage to  also. 
But their
concerns made me realise that this is probably the biggest problem  for most
people - most people who probably expect to be reunited with their 
loved-ones
in some sort of after-life when they die.

Taking this into account, it seems to me that the "cryonics  movement" would
benefit from encouraging families to opt for cryonics (rather than  aiming
cryonics at individuals), by offering a financial incentive, or  making this
message more clear in the small amount of advertising involved. (I 
believe that
CI offers reduced rates for children.) Maybe in the near future it  might be
possible to arrange cryonics patients in cryostats so that the  bodies share
their space with other family members rather than strangers? This  could 
be a
service offered for family sign-ups. As a father of 4 (soon to be  5 :) 
I think
my immediate family (should they hopefully choose cryonics) would  be 
able to
take up a small cryostat all by ourselves :)

Just a thought.

BTW, I recently won the Immortality Institute essay contest. Please  see
<http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=202&t=8267&s=> if 
you'd like
to read it and/or make comments.

Anthony

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