X-Message-Number: 32629
Subject: Re: The Enduring Myth... 
From: David Stodolsky <>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:07:46 +0200
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On 15 Jun 2010, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:

> 

> Looking forward to having about a 1/3 of the population signed up? Have you 
really thought about what might happen then? Many sorts of ventures will jump on
the cryonics bandwagon then, offering many competitive ways of cryonics to all 
kinds of customers anywhere.


The model I propose is cooperative, not competitive. A Research Center would 
help local groups establish their own service organizations. Once the level of 
development reached the point where there were multiple service organizations in
a geographical area, there might be a type of competition - but cooperation 
between groups would always be maintained through the Research Center, at least.


Competition could occur among cryonics organizations offering suspension. 
Standby and preparation for shipment would occur in a local hospital.


> 
> Are you sure? 


The recent history of the 'West' has been dominated by a series of secular 
'religions.'  I discuss this in detail in my (in preparation) paper. Its 
original intro is here:



<http://cosmism.blogspot.com/2010/05/existentialism-today-terror-management.html>


We have an opportunity to take advantage of that tendency, since the currently 
popular, 'global warming,' religion is now in decline.



> For e.g., the cryonics business would also start to care about a customer 
group that includes someone like me!


Membership would be economically neutral for anyone living in a 'high tax' 
country. This means most of the industrialized world. 


> 

>  Such a pack, only imagine, might contain two boxes of anti-aging pills plus a
contract for last-ditch cryonics becoming valid after sending an easy-to-sign 
1-page paper form back by postal mail to an address already imprinted on it! 


Supplements would be supplied to members of the local group gratis, as would 
suspension. Member sign up, collecting donations, etc. would be a local activity
requiring a single signature by new members.



> Wouldn't this be something like loosing a perfectly flying private jetplane 
for a ride in public buses?


No, it would be like loosing a DIY hang glider for a jumbo jet. Instead of 
standby in a garage attempted by amateurs, you would get prepared in a hospital 
with all the latest equipment and the same highly trained staff that perform 
open-heart surgery. 


dss

David Stodolsky
  Skype: davidstodolsky

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