[extropy-chat] ImmInst Update - Video: Alcor's Joe Waynick

[Bruce J. Klein]

IMMINST VIDEO

Tour Alcor's Cryonics facility with Alcor Pres/CEO - Joe Waynick:
http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=111&t=4879


IMMINST EVENT

Potential ImmInst + NYTA meeting and dinner - Sat Feb 5, New York
http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?s=&act=ST&f=159&t=4850


IMMINST NEWS

The Prophet Of Immortality - Aubrey de Grey
http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=69&t=4767


IMMINST CHAT

Who Want to Life Forever? Chat: Sun Dec 19 @ 8 PM Eastern
http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=67&t=4121


IMMINST BOOK

The Immortality Institute (ImmInst.org), a 501c3 non-profit educational 
organization, has brought together nineteen scientists, doctors and 
philosophers to share their perspective on what may be the most 
significant scientific development that humanity has ever faced – the 
eradication of aging and mortality.

(PRWEB) November 6, 2004 -- Titled “The Scientific Conquest of Death - 
Essays on Infinite Lifespans,” this anthology is both a gentle 
introduction to the multitude of cutting-edge scientific developments, 
and a thoughtful, multidisciplinary discussion of the ethics, politics 
and philosophy behind the scientific
conquest of death.

Essays included (296 pages):

• Biological Immortality - Michael Rose, Ph.D.
• The War on Aging - Aubrey de Grey, Ph.D.
• The Dream of Elixir Vitae - João Pedro de Magalhães, Ph.D.
• Therapeutic Cloning - Michael D. West, Ph.D.
• Nanomedicine - Robert A. Freitas Jr., J.D.
• Human Body Version 2.0 - Raymond Kurzweil, Ph.D.
• Progress Toward Cyberimmortality - William Sims Bainbridge, Ph.D.
• Will Robots Inherit the Earth? - Marvin Minsky, Ph.D.
• Medical Time Travel: A Question of Science - Brian Wowk, Ph.D.
• Some Ethical and Theological Considerations - Brad F. Mellon, Ph.D.
• Superlongevity without Overpopulation - Max More, Ph.D.
• Upsetting the Natural Order - Mike Treder
• The Self-Defeating Fantasy - Eric S. Rabkin, Ph.D.
• Time Consciousness in Very Long Life - Manfred Clynes, Ph.D.
• Confessions of a Proselytizing Immortalist - Shannon Vyff
• Some Problems with Immortalism - Ben Best
• An Introduction to Immortalist Morality - Marc Geddes
• Should We Fear Death? - Russell Blackford, Ph.D.
• Who Wants To Live Forever? - Nick Bostrom, Ph.D.

All profits donated to the Immortality Institute in support of its 
mission - conquer the blight of involuntary death.

ISBN: 9875611352 Price: $17.60
http://www.imminst.org/book1

ABOUT IMMINST

Immortality Institute: "For Infinite Lifespans"
501c3 Mission: "Conquer the Blight of Involuntary Death"
Members: 1,883 - http://www.imminst.org/fullmembers