[extropy-chat] CBS NEWS: Freezing Their Assets (Cryonics)

[Bret Kulakovich]

This is starting in a direction that has a pretty high potential, and  
it is not a comforting one.

With the religious fervor currently roving the planet in search of  
something to suppress, I don't know how many of these articles we  
will be able to withstand. It is not an enjoyable trend. We will need  
to think through tactical responses to articles like this, and  
cultivate a somewhat protective (but open and honest) strategy until  
a few current cultures mature. The assignment of the notion of wealth  
and thereby superiority is immensely more dangerous than the  
assumption of wealth. This strikes me at a personal level, with my  
surname indicative of my family having gone through all this "once  
before" at the turn of the last century in Russia.

I would like to start by offering that in general, most local  
representations of religious institutions expect a tithe of 3-5% of  
household income. This amount easily covers one's arrangements for  
cryopreservation instead. Being a millionaire/plutocrat is not a  
prerequisite for this option, only a belief in the human capability  
to overcome its greatest obstacles. It could be argued ~ not where I  
stand personally  ~ "How better to do God's work, than continue my  
devout life in the future." Perhaps a meme worth keeping on the  
backburner for some.

Bret K.



On Feb 16, 2006, at 7:59 PM, nvitamore at austin.rr.com wrote:

> Thought you all might find something of interest in this read:
>
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/16/opinion/main1323253.shtml
>
> "But what Christ couldn't or didn't do, our modern American  
> plutocrats are
> readying themselves to accomplish."
>
> Natasha
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