<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">On September 24, 2014, Alcor’s membership reached 1000 for the first
time. This is the first time any cryonics organization has had this many
members with full financial and contractual arrangements for cryopreservation.
(Counting all classes of members, total membership is 1255.)<br>
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This represents a tiny fraction of the population of the United States and an
even smaller fraction of global population. Alcor and other cryonics
organizations have a very long way to go until they have persuaded a
substantial portion of the population to make cryonics arrangements. Even so,
this is a milestone worth noting and celebrating.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt">I suspect there are a fair number of people on this email list who accept that cryonics makes sense but haven't yet taken practical action. Let me point out the easy, inexpensive, and important step of Associate Membership:</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><a href="http://alcor.org/BecomeMember/associate.html">http://alcor.org/BecomeMember/associate.html</a><br></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Max More, PhD</div><div>Strategic Philosopher</div><div>Co-editor, <i>The Transhumanist Reader</i></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372225570&sr=1-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372225570&sr=1-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader</a><br>President & CEO, Alcor Life Extension Foundation</div>
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