X-Message-Number: 33146 From: David Stodolsky <> Subject: Re: Just a thought Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:12:32 +0100 References: <if8ife+> --Apple-Mail-19--538943154 On 27 Dec 2010, at 12:18 AM, chris wrote: > There are many possible scenarios in which revival from cryopreservation will be technically possible but problematic for other reasons, e.g. revival may be outlawed due to overpopulation. This is fallacious and considering it would be a concession to our ideological opponents. <http://www.againstthegrain.org/program/364/id/441518/wed-11-03-10-overpopulation-cause-environmental-degradation> https://sites.google.com/a/cosmism.info/cosmism/faq While it is widely acknowledge that human labor is a critical input to wealth production, neoliberal economic theory undervalues this input, since it focuses upon the capital inputs. There are many negative effects of this form of social organization, including the massive expenditures on military production - the production of death. > I am surprised that these possibilities aren't being canvassed more in the cryonics community. Anyway, the thought I had is as follows: > > > More generally, I think readers ought to be asking themselves in what possible future circumstances they do or do not wish to be revived. This needs to be framed as improved possibilities, however, the uncertainty involved makes this more of an exercise in fantasy than anything else. There is a risk that restriction on revival would tie the hands of those trying to do the best for cryonicists in the future. dss David Stodolsky Skype: davidstodolsky --Apple-Mail-19--538943154 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=33146