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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: why is cryonics hard to sell
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:28:11 +0200

On 24 Sep 2006, at 16:40, david pizer wrote:



>
>   If those who put up the money to advertize cryonics can identify  
> the small group who might want to try cryonics but think it is too  
> expensive and havn't signed up yet, and if there is a way to market  
> just to them without having to spend money reaching those who are  
> not in this group, and if that way could be found, and if those who  
> are in charge of cryonics at that time could then create a message  
> that would appeal to this small group, then a cost-effective way to  
> reach this group will have been found.

While some research in this direction would be useful, I doubt if it  
would make a dramatic difference (Other data suggest that about a  
third of individuals in the UK would choose suspension). The approach  
simply doesn't address the problem at the level of the group, which  
is how it has always been solved in human cultures.

The questions that must be asked are:
What kind of societies will accept cryonics as an integral component  
of their culture?
If these don't exist, then how can they be created?


dss

David Stodolsky    Skype: davidstodolsky

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