X-Message-Number: 28117 From: "Mark Plus" <> Subject: Aaron Spelling's fortune doesn't do him much good now. Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 08:51:35 -0700 TV producer Aaron Spelling, who recently died from a stroke at age 83, reportedly had a net worth on the order of several hundred million dollars. Yet with all his money he couldn't beat the actuarial odds. This demostrates the hard limits of what you can do with "wealth," as currently defined, when it comes to what really matters over the long run, namely, individual survival. The alpha billionaires with net worths an order or two greater than Spelling's won't do any better under current conditions unless they radically change their priorities towards finding solutions to aging and death. Considering that alpha males accumulate and show wealth to advertise their reproductive fitness, it looks ridiculous to persist in that behavior well past your 40's. Manage your risk, not your terror. Mark Plus Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28117