X-Message-Number: 30007
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 23:47:47 -0800 (PST)
From: un person <>
Subject: re: names not listed in Alcor membership directory

Ah, Finance Dept...er....I mean, flavonoid, thanks for
the very appropriate Pink Floyd lyrics there. The
lunatic is on the grass, indeed....
Pink Floyd and Led Zep forever, right, dude?


And in that same vein, looking at my alcor membership
directory, there are about 350 names in it. Alcor has
over 700 members. So about half opted for making their
membership public. And BTW, flav, there are almost as
many members listed for New mexico as for New York
state. Curious, no?


I feel sorry for "philossifur" if he has indeed lost
his Alcor membership. As his public posts have made
clear over the years, his financial situation is not
all that great. I question whether he could get
another membership with alcor if he let this one
lapse. But then there is always CI...if he still has
his insurance policy. And being 50 years old, getting
more insurance could be a problem.


As for other names that are not there, NONE of the
Extropians are listed in the book, except for one who
now lives in Central AZ and has repudiated the
extropian era.

Also missing from the listing are the names of the
once very high profile extropian couple who now live
in texas, one of whom was still active in cryonics
until very recently. Was this just an oversight on
their part, or have they parted ways with Alcor or
cryonics itself? Or are they (and others) leery of
having their names associated with cryonics? My real
life name is fairly common, so it would be hard to
google me up. I wonder if this list is googleable?

Which leads me back to another pet topic of mine.
Cryonicists seem to get interested in cryonics and
sign up at a certain stage of life, one in which they
are afraid to die. I was frightened of death in the
mid 90s when I signed up. I no longer am that
frightened of death. I think my body has changed and
as a consequence, I have lost much of my fear of
death. I think this change is something that happens
to maybe all people and to cryos of course. I think
this change may have a genetic cause and have a
beneficial societal effect with respect to improved
survival of the species etc, and that it is an evolved
characteristic of humans. 

I still have my alcor membership and plan on being
cryopreserved. I am in the Alcor listing. I want to
live. I want to see the future. I want to live
forever. But I have lost the urgency. I have lost my
fear of death, or at least I have lost much of my fear
of death. 

I can see this same thing happening to other Cryos
over the years. Or at least I suspect it is behind
their actions. Paul Wakfer? Platt? Philossifur? The
Extropians? Are their actions based on their changing
fear of death, perhaps driven by biological changes?

Maybe this is why there are over 2000 Alcor member
numbers assigned, but less than 1000 current members. 


-unperson



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