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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:25:12 EST
Subject: strategies

DSS wrote in part:
 

>a  change in life philosophy seems to be a precondition for   
>effective promotion of biostasis. A new institutional framework  seems  
>essential, if this is to be  accomplished.




Not necessarily. There is a huge disjuncture between what people say, or  
even what they believe, and what they do. What they do, often, is just follow  
the leader, if there is any intrinsic motivation at all.
 
Most peple, most of the time, want to live. When more life, or a better  

chance of life, is offered through any means, including medical technology,  
some 
will accept that chance. 
 
In any case, we in cryonics have no realistic hope in the near term of  

changing the worldviews of many people. What we can do is alleviate some of the
practical obstacles, e.g. by making participation more nearly a turnkey  
proposition. Many prospective members have been deterred or delayed by the  
complications of sign-up and arrangements. This is where volunteers can  help.
 
R.E.



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