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Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 01:09:02 +0800 (CST)
From: =?big5?q?kurt2100kimo?= <>
Subject: Non-fear of death

I have to agree with Robert Ettinger. Fear of death is
not the major motivator in cryonics, at least for me.

I used to mountain climb, and got into an avalanche
once. I stepped off a drop-off during a white-out
another time, and still insisted on climbing the
damned mountain.

I've been nearly shot three times (twice in Mexico and
once in the U.S.) and was freaked out about it for
maybe 5 minutes after the situation was defused in
each case. My friends were freaked out alot longer
than I was and they're not even interested in
cryonics.

I've flown on two airliners that have subsequently
crashed several months later (one was with China
Airlines).

I don't climb now because my wife won't let me. I
scuba dive whenever I have the chance (say, if I
happen to be in Hawaii or S.E.Asia).

I remember reading about the cryonics member who was
beaten to death by bandits in Mali while crossing the
Sahara.

No, its not fear of death that drives us. Its having
to live a "set" life of fixed duration that pisses me
off. I don't like the idea of "settling down" and
don't care much for kids. I despise the conventional
"life-cycle" and seek to be free of it.

Yes, I am happily married and we do not have kids. We
like to travel alot, although my wife doesn't like the
budget-style adventure travel (she even hates the
lonely planet books) that I absolutely love. Such is
life.

Perhaps I have peter pan syndrone. I like to live like
young person, going from here to there, trying
different things. If one thing doesn't work out, I go
somewhere else and try something different. Asia is
good for this sort of thing, which is why I'm probably
headed back there by the end of this year. The U.S.
sun-belt is fun too, though not like the 80's when it
was really fun.

Perhaps cryonics people like adventure and don't like
having it cut short by something as inconvenient as
aging and a fixed life-span.

The two traits I would look for in potential cryonics
member are 1) desire for adventure and 2) desire to be
free from a "set life" (i.e. get married, settle down,
have kids, grow old and die; in a set pattern). 

Lonely Planet travellers would be good candidates
except for the fact that many of them are under the
influence of left-wing politics. Any lonely planet
people who are libertarian are definitely good
prospects for cryonics. Many of the gaijin in Japan
and rest of Asia tend to have a pseudo-libertarian
world-view. Others are greens. Religious conservatives
are almost non-existant in this melieu. They don't
deal well with the various Asian cultures.

The traits I would look for in potential
customers/members are:

1) Sense of adventure
2) Desire to be free of "set" life
3) Quasi-libertarian world-view
4) Some knowledge or interest in science and
technology

Sincerely,

Kurt

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