[extropy-chat] LONGEVITY: extreme greens

[Robert J. Bradbury]

Ok, here is an interesting spin on deathist green perspectives:

Seeking Harmony in a Final Return to the Land
Jan 11, 2004 by Julie Dunn
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/11/business/yourmoney/11burial.html?pagewanted=print

It points out a trend for people who want themselves buried in
Nature preserves so their bodies can be consumed by microorganisms
and the molecules in their bodies can "decompose and nourish the earth".

First of all the logic is flawed.  Much of what humans consume in
terms of rarer elements (say phosphorous or sulfur) has been recycled
through feces.  A significant majority of the carbon one has consumed
has been converted to CO2 in the atmosphere through respiration.
So burying oneself au natural probably isn't going to provide
a significant benefit to Nature.

However, from a green/luddite/anti-immortality movement perspective
it may represent some significant resistance to transhumanist/extropic
ideas.

Robert