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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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Subject: Re: funding cryonic suspension 
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:25:46 +0100

> 4.  Some individuals who are not yet able to afford whole life start with
a
> 20 year term, which guarantees upgradability to whole life without medical
> qualifications.   This is super cheap at younger ages, although the
renewal
> premiums go up dramatically over time.

This could be a good option for a young person wanting to go via the route
of building a trust in technology shares and ditching his insurance as soon
as possible in order to make his money work for him. If the trust building
does not work out (or more likely) the huge sum generated is instead spent
on a house or whatever, then he could still continue on the whole life route
after the 20 years.

Incidentally, have any of the life companies produced a scheme that combines
life insurance with investing in a technology mutual fund? That would be the
ideal scheme for new cryonicists.

The point with cryonics is that without technology it will not succeed.
Therefore in a world observed by a revived cryonicist, technology *must*
have been successful. A revived cryonicist could not observe a world without
very substantial technological progress. That would be physically
impossible.

--
Sincerely, John de Rivaz
my homepage links to Longevity Report, Fractal Report, music, Inventors'
report, an autobio and various other projects:
http://www.geocities.com/longevityrpt
http://www.autopsychoice.com - should you be able to chose autopsy?
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> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 23:30:56 EDT
> Subject: Re: funding cryonic suspension
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