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Whenever this kind of thing makes it to human trials, I will be the first in line. Injections, blood treatment therapy, uploading my consciousness to the internet... Whatever. More time to learn all those JavaScript frameworks. ;)

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I'll let you alpha test, I'll sign up for the beta.

If at all possible I'll wait version 2

Theres already 7 new frameworks to learn by the time 1.0 is released.

Are you signed up for cryonics?

I am not, actually, because the damage for me personally is above a threshold I'm willing to accept. I am experimenting with rapamycin, but I'm not so sure cyronics are going to actually work. I 100% respect that other people find the prospect acceptable, and I am totally supportive of people that want to push this technology further. The other facet of this gem is that I cannot afford it. :P

damage?

the freezing process is not gentle.

Apparently they moved on past freezing now, in an attempt to combat just that.

> The other facet of this gem is that I cannot afford it.

Life insurance policy that pays out upon death to Alcor.

Would death payouts really yield the right incentives?

"Cashflow is getting low... let's distribute batch #47."

I'm not sure I understand. When you "die", your life insurance policy pays out, which is used to fund your cryogenic procedure.

That's interesting, I hadn't even thought of that. Maybe this is a thing among the cryo community. I'm just that ignorant of cryonics (and by proxy Alcor) to begin with, barring a brief period of novelty interest previously.

I only know about it because I'm exploring it as a serious end of life option in the event biomedical advances don't come quickly enough.

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