6 – Cryonics

The Conspirators talk cryonics. Spoiler alert, they are signed up (and signing up soon) for the big freeze. Katrina is a cryocrastinator. The in-depth cryonics article that sparked this conversation, “Why Cryonics Makes Sense” by Tim : Wait But Why Essay Steven mentioned the agent he went through: Rudi Hoffman’s Website The two major US companies: Cryonics Institute FAQ Page; Alcor FAQ page One of many stories of 23-yr-old Kim Suozzi getting last-minute cryo funding (yay!) Gwern focuses on Plastination in his usual super-comprehensive style (also, I guess we were mispronouncing it in this episode. Doh!) At the top of Gwern’s post he links to several estimates for calculated probabilities of revival, but we specifically called out Robin Hanson’s, so here’s a link to his ~6% reasoning. Eliezer’s referenced post about cryonics being a bad way to erase a person. That’s really just a small part of it though. This post is amazing and fairly short and Eneasz in particular cannot recommend it highly enough. This American Life’s episode on Testosterone. Phil Goetz on Why People Want To Die Rudi Hoffman‘s profession site – great guy who has helped many of us with our Cryo-funding insurance. If you’re in Colorado, shout-out to Shani Sorensen for cryo-friendly Life Insurance Bunnicula?