X-Message-Number: 10350 Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 12:46:29 +0100 From: (John de Rivaz) Subject: Re: donation of time and enjoyment of life I have been away from cryonet for a few days and have done some catching up. I have noticed some discussion about people enjoying life or whether they consider it a burden, and whether life can be seens as a war against death making it burdensome. Although war is a horrible thing and few people can be said to enjoy it, often now elderly people who were involved in the last world war have found, woith hindsight, that it was the most interesting and exciting thing that happened to them. The war against death appears far less risky than the wars between major authoritarian government systems that have involved most of the world on two occasions this century. Everyone, without excepotion, is conscripted into the war against death. Many chose not to fight, others chose to fight on the side of death, and others seek to profit from the struggle (see below). But those who fight against death are not being fired upon in the same way as soldiers, sailors and airmen were fired upon during wars organised by governments. In fact those who fight against death can lead pretty ordinary lives (in comparison) whilst so doing. So it is not unreasonable to consider a lot of the activity as a sort of fun fun also. The same sort of fun as solving a problem in a computer system, a problem in a computer game or indeed any intellectual problem. In article: <> writes: > Sign your cryonics documents in front of witnesses and a notary public > (small fee for notary). I am sure the fee will not change the notary's way of life nor the prospective suspension members'. But it would seem to me that the puhblic imnage of the cryonics movement in general would be improved if there are some cryonicists that have the social standing to enable them to charge these fees, if they waived them for these occasions. I am sure that every cryonics organisation expects and gets professionals from other professions to donate time. -- Sincerely, * Longevity Report: http://www.longevb.demon.co.uk/lr.htm John de Rivaz * Fractal Report: http://www.longevb.demon.co.uk/fr.htm **************** Homepage:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR In the information age, sharing can increase world wealth enormously, because giving information does not decrease your information. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10350