X-Message-Number: 12090 From: "Marty Kardon" <> References: <> Subject: Marketing Cryonics Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 08:49:41 -0400 To George Smith: At least as far as I am concerned you are not a "voice alone in the wilderness." I don't presume to tell anyone how to spend their money nor would I suggest that money should be diverted from research. I do believe that the overall goal of reversible cryonic suspension would be enabled by increasing the ranks of interested parties. More money + more brain power will inevitably = more momentum and speed of deployment. The question, of course, is how to accomplish this. I would agree that considering the effort has been going on now for 30 plus years there remains a relatively paltry sum of people engaged. Perhaps it has been better to build a solid base slowly. I certainly don't think, however, that it would be counter productive to try to expand the client base and "spread the word" on the ideas expounded here. The overall brain structure/information preservation concept seems so simple and logical that I think if more people heard of it there would be less immediate knee jerk rejection of cryonics. Success in the science is one but not the only way to persuade those resistent or ignorant. Of course we all sit in our armchairs pointing this way and that. Sooner or later if its such a great idea somebody will have to roll up their sleeves, write a check or get started. First, however, must come some consensus. Marty Kardon Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12090