X-Message-Number: 33173
Subject: Re: Cryopreservation since 1990
From: David Stodolsky <>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2011 20:54:11 +0100
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On 1 Jan 2011, at 11:00 AM, CryoNet wrote:

> Four of the six patients that CI received in
> 2010 were post-mortem sign-ups, CI policy for post-mortem
> sign-ups has been that they must be on dry ice for two
> weeks while CI ensures that the funding and contracts
> will be received in order, that the next-of-kin arranging
> for the procedure has full legal authority, and that
> there are not going to be other devastating problems.
> CI is not encouraging post-mortem sign-ups, we advise
> and advise and advise people to make arrangements
> in advance, but too many people still only think about
> cryonics post-mortem.



Regardless of the cause, this still means that current social arrangements are 
responsible for poor suspensions. Repeatedly advising people to do the 'right 
thing' is known as 'jaw boning' in the management literature. It is a sign that 
proper incentives are lacking. 


These figures, and probably those covering all recent suspensions, show that 
social limitations, and not any technical/medical limitations, are responsible 
for a majority of poor suspensions. The one sided support for technical research
and the total ignoring of social research is no doubt contributory to this 
state of affairs. 


I have argued elsewhere that suspension organizations are structurally unable to
promote the social/political changes necessary to rectify this situation. An 
industry association could be a solution to this chronic problem.


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David Stodolsky
  Skype: davidstodolsky

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