X-Message-Number: 32108 From: Mark Plus <> Subject: Cryonicists helping one another was Re: A new defense of "Me ... Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:49:28 -0700 In Cryonet #32104, Steve Bridge writes: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/dsp.cgi?msg=32104 >May I also note that, while "Me First" is important for getting people started in cryonics, many cryonicists have too narrow of a world view and unconsciously (or perhaps *consciously* in some extreme cases) interpret that as "Me Only." In other words, once they have set up arrangements for themselves, they don't care what happens to anyone else. It's pretty clear that this results in no one else caring about them. >*Successful* cryonics organizations and successful outcomes can only come from a large number of people saying "Me, and my family and my friends and a lot of other people first, all together." The Venturists, despite weird allegations made about us lately by He Who Must Not Be Named, did something along those lines earlier this year by raising money for William O'Rights's suspension with CI: The Cryonics Institute's 93rd Patient http://www.cryonics.org/reports/CI93.html Mark Plus _________________________________________________________________ Windows 7: Simplify your PC. Learn more. http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows-7/default.aspx?ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_evergreen1:102009 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=32108