What is striking about cryonics is that those who have taken serious efforts to understand the arguments in favor of its technical feasibility generally endorse
Originally published as a Cryonics magazine web exclusive Cryonics is an odd service. When you pay for a service—whether it’s having your car cleaned, your
This article was originally published in Cryonics magazine, 4th Quarter, 2010. Introduction The most important reasons for writing case reports are: 1. To provide a
Imagine that human culture has never experienced sleep, but suddenly must experience it to survive. Would they be apprehensive about experiencing it for the first
The cryonics movement is often thought to have been launched with the publication of Robert Ettinger’s The Prospect of Immortality by Doubleday, which occurred on
The Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence blog features a short interview with new Alcor CEO Max More: Q: Where do you see cryonics in the future? We’ll
The cryonics company Suspended Animation “will sponsor the conference, “Suspended Animation – The Company and The Goal,” which will be held in Fort Lauderdale in
As we start the new year, it is helpful to draw attention to the sobering fact that no credible human rejuvenation therapies are available today,
For life—the life of any sentient creature—to be worth living, there must, as Robert Ettinger has often said, be a preponderance of satisfaction over dissatisfaction.
Review of Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence by David Benatar. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006 “Would that I