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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Ex-Communist and Nordic countries as markets for cryonics
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:25:26 +0200

Ronald Inglehart & Wayne E. Baker
MODERNIZATION, CULTURAL CHANGE, AND THE PERSISTENCE OF TRADITIONAL  
VALUES
American Sociological Review, 2000, Vol. 65 (February:19-51) 19.

http://www.worldvaluessurvey.com/Upload/5_19-51_IN.PDF


"The ex-Communist dummy variable correlates .43 with the traditional/ 
secular-rational dimension and -.74 with the survival/self-expression  
dimension " (p. 34). I interpret this to mean that these countries are  
more individual survival oriented, while less religious. Thus, they  
are likely to be good candidates for the traditional marketing  
strategy of cryonics. It is therefore no surprise that the only new  
cryonics firm in recent history was started in Russia. The fact that  
there are some very wealthy individuals in Russia as a result of the  
transition to capitalism, makes cryonics easily affordable for them.  
So, this is support for my atheist-millionaire criterion for signups.


Sweden, Norway, W. Germany, Denmark are the countries most suitable  
culturally for a group marketing strategy (Fig 3). These countries are  
high on both the traditional versus secular-rational orientations and  
survival versus self-expression values. That is, less religious and  
more collectively oriented. They are also high income countries,  
making cryonics economically accessible.



Finally:
"If any societies exemplify the cutting edge of cultural change, it  
would be the Nordic countries" (p. 49). This finding suggests that if  
the cryonics movement is to be prepared for the future, then some  
initiative in these countries would be appropriate.


dss

David Stodolsky
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