[extropy-chat] the self identity quest - reply to Jef

[Heartland]

> On 11/4/06, david ish shalom <davidishalom1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I do recommend to you Jef and others who really want to check this option
>> of info survival to review carefully my work albeit its imperfection. I am
>> sure you could gather something there. My motivation to spread this notion
>> of info-resurrection comes from my realization that for this procedure to be
>> practical and instrumental, it has to gather some social and memetic
>> spreading. I will be thankful if  you can issue more concrete remarks to
>> be answered.

Russell Wallace:
> Why does it have to gather any such thing? You're just talking about text,
> pictures, sound and video, which we already have the technology to store.
> Just get a nice big chunk of web space and start uploading everything about
> yourself (and whoever you want to preserve who will consent to such) that
> you can get hold of. Lead by example.

I usually file these kinds of "info-ressurection" ideas under "SBA" (suicide by 
abstraction). Just take a picture of yourself and keep a diary - it's the true 
essence of immortality! :-)

Slawomir