[extropy-chat] Robert Ettinger's new book: Youniverse

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Youniverse, the new book of the "founding father of Cryonics" Robert 
Ettinger, will be published soon. From the book's website at 
youniverse.net: "The measure of all things is you - or I or she, as the 
case may be. The only valid value system for the individual is built 
around his own needs or wants. The problem is that she seldom knows 
what she really wants, or ought to want. And it’s hard to get there, 
or plan the trip, if you don’t know where you want to go. All 
previous philosophers have been failures at best, and sad clowns at 
worst. Many of them were smarter than I am, and some did useful work, 
but none came within shouting distance of the primary goal of 
philosophy, which is to provide guidelines for real life - especially 
life in the face of death. "
 From the table of contents: Introductory Notes - Overview - Premodern 
philosophy - Modern philosophy - Apostasy, Anyone? - Science as Savior 
- Determinism and Free Will - Me-First and Feel-Good - The Science of 
Living - Tits and Tats - Identity & Survival 1, Meat - Identity & 
Survival 2, Silicon - Immortalism & Cryonics - Superman in the First 
and Second Person - Makeovers - Miscellaneous Issues - Paradoxes - 
Godel's Error - Quantum Questions - Strategies - Personal Notes - 
Appendix: The Probability of Revival after Cryostasis - References.
Now this is a book that I want to read asap. Readers can pre-order an 
autographed copy by following the instructions given at youniverse.net.
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