X-Message-Number: 32991 From: "John de Rivaz" <> References: <> Subject: Re: response to gerald monroe Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:09:47 +0100 I couldn't agree more. The problem with most slightly wealthy people is that it costs a significant amount to keep their money for themselves through cryopreservation and reanimation -- more money than their apparent wealth suggests or can provide. [the occupation of lawyer often produces "slightly wealthy" people over a lifetime, so they are trying to use their wealth to employ someone similar over significantly more than a lifetime which seems impossible even though it isn't full time.] This is why experimental organisations set up for the purpose can't even keep up with inflation. However with seriously wealthy people, ie billionaires, the cost of legal and fiduciary services is significantly smaller than their wealth, so it would be possible to take money with them through cryopreservation and reanimation. These people are usually industrialists - they have created wealth for which they have received such rewards from the world as a whole, unlikely the slightly wealthy professionals who merely keep the wheels of government turning. It is therefore particularly dissapointing that none of them seem to have taken up the cryonics idea. Of course they could have done with an organisation like the Institute for Preservation of Lenin - just for one person. It would be no different to having a provate jet or yacht. -- Sincerely, John de Rivaz: http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy, Nomad .. and more ----- Original Message ----- From: CryoNet Message #32990 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:57:46 -0700 Subject: response to gerald monroe From: Charles in Arizona <> <del> The first step in signing up wealthy people is to respect their right to keep their money for themselves. Charles Platt Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=32991