X-Message-Number: 30082 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:53:35 -0800 (PST) From: un person <> Subject: something funny going on at Alcor --0-397307448-1196348015=:5419 finance dept wrote: >>>>>>>>> Something strange has been going on at Alcor for years and I can't quite put my finger on it -- as to why Alcor can't keep good employees, and apparently not even volunteer remote standby people ..... >>>>>>>>>>>>>> FD, I agree with your basic statement here. And you are finally being honest. I like that. Here is my take on it: many or even most cryonicists are failures as human beings. And I do not mean that in a purely negative sense. In some ways, we are NOT human beings, but something better. Homo sapiens are social animals. For a variety of reasons, many most have trouble integrating into society. A lot of it probably has to do with religion, and the fact that we live in a world of ideas, not people. Alcor will likely never be a really successful entity as long as it is operated by cryonicists. Humans form teams to accomplish goals. Cryonicists are not team oriented, not people oriented. But right now, with cryonics being stigmatized and our numbers being so small, we cannot afford to hire good NON cryos, just thieves and misfits. That is why I keep harping on RELIGION. We need to integrate cryonics into the mainstream religious cloth of america. Once we do that, all our problems are over. THen NORMAL, team oriented, people oriented homo sapiens can build a REAL cryonics community, not the pitiful thing we have now, which is inhabited by homo sapiens rationalisticus cryonicus. your fiend, unperson Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. --0-397307448-1196348015=:5419 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=30082