X-Message-Number: 27529 From: Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2006 11:13:23 EST Subject: HALLELUJAH. Pizer Publicity Breakthrough! And a VITAL REQUEST! In a message dated 1/26/2006 5:00:19 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, writes: Message #27527 From: "Trudy Pizer" <> Subject: Cryonics publicity Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:29:22 -0800 I have been told that the ABC Good Morning America interview that appeared this morning can be seen on their website. I think it is ---- http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/. david (Rudi writing) WOW! The Good Morning America piece is the BEST PR yet! Thank you, Dave and Trudy Pizer! My ONLY concern with this outstanding publicity, AND the WSJ article, is that it would seem abundantly clear from both of these otherwise great articles that cryonics is ONLY for very wealthy business people. I have personally shown both of these items to several people. The result was an increase in the credibility of cryonics. But also a reinforcement of the misconception that "Cryonics is for wealthy old geezers!" PLEASE, PLEASE, folks, when your "fifteen minutes of cryonics fame" occurs...mention and stress that MOST people fund their suspension with life insurance! And that cryonics IS affordable through life insurance for most people at the daily cost of a double latte' at Starbucks! There is going to be enough resentment and resistance to this idea for various reasons we are all familiar with. What we DON'T need is the additional animosity generated by the culture of envy that much is endemic in much populist media and attitudes. Huge numbers of people already don't like or trust the very rich. Admit it, even those of us who think we know better may harbor a bit of envy regarding "rich dudes who have it made." Doesn't it seem possible that notion that the ultra rich are the only ones who have a shot at cryonics will create yet another barrier to popular acceptance of this vital idea? And we can fix this one SO easily, by the simple mention that most folks fund their SUSPENSION and their CRYONICS TRUSTS through the magic leverage of life insurance! Other than that, my personal CONGRATULATIONS to the Pizers, Tanya Jones, and all associated with this enormous publicity "coup". We are going to see some action from this, I believe...! Warmly and Professionally Yours, For Centuries, Rudi Rudi Richard Hoffman CFP CLU Board Member Financial Planning Association fpafla.org Board Member Salvation Army salvationarmy.org Member Alcor Life Extension Foundation alcor.org Certified Financial Planner(TM) CFP Board of Standards Member Libertarian Party libertarianparty.org Member National Rifle Association nra.org Member World Transhumanist Association http://transhumanism.org/ World's Leading Cryonics Insurance Provider rudihoffman.com Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=27529