X-Message-Number: 31568 From: Mark Plus <> Subject: Re: Cryonics friendly book release Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:15:17 -0700 In Cryonet # 31564, Dani Kollin plugs his book "The Unincorporated Man." I've ordered my copy, even though I've just had to spend over $2,000 on dental work and I need to rebuild my savings. I notice from the book's website, http://www.theunincorporatedman.com/, that it describes the cryonicist hero as a "brilliant industrialist named Justin Cord." Doesn't that reinforce the stereotype, which we keep trying to correct, that only wealthy alpha males resembling Ayn Rand heroes can afford cryonics? "Around 2010 the world will be at a new orbit in history. . . Life expectancy will be indefinite. Disease and disability will nonexist. Death will be rare and accidental -- but not permanent. We will continuously jettison our obsolescence and grow younger." F.M. Esfandiary, "Up-Wing Priorities" (1981). http://www.box.net/shared/static/ay9lub60ha.pdf http://www.scribd.com/doc/10948503/Up-Wing-Priorities Mark Plus _________________________________________________________________ HotmailR is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_70faster_032009 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=31568