X-Message-Number: 3932
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1995 23:06:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Robin Helweg-Larsen <>
Subject: campus speakers; SCI.CRYONICS


Joseph Strout recently solicited comments on bringing in cryonics 
speakers for university campuses.

I'm greatly in favor of the idea, and I believe university students 
should be the most receptive of all to the message, and are essential for 
the long-term health of cryonics.

I travel and give seminars for a living, and was in San Diego  
in January to teach "Finance in 1 Day" for Hewlett-Packard; I expect to 
be back later in the year.

However, I am comparatively new to cryonics, and am not confident I could 
answer all the questions that might be thrown at me.  (The presentation 
itself should be no problem, I have assembled and assimilated enough 
material to be able to present cryonics interestingly and coherently, if 
not with as much depth as key figures in each of the organisations.)

I'm actually working on an idea with a doctoral student here at UNC 
Chapel Hill to present cryonics to his medical philosophy class, and he 
will help with the unexpected questions.  If this works out, it should be 
feasible for me to do it anywhere.

My upcoming stops are booked for Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill; the Bay area; 
Atlanta; Dallas; Boston; New York/New Jersey; Toronto; and Washington DC; 
that's by the end of June.  I'll also be Victoria, BC, and I could 
presumably stop over when changing planes in Chicago, Seattle, etc, or 
could change my routing with minimum hassle.

I am extremely interested in this idea, and was already starting to work 
towards it.

My biggest drawback is: I'm not as knowledgeable or experienced in 
cryonics as I should be.

But on the plus side: I do something similar for a living already, and 
travel a lot; and I am sufficiently sympathetic to all cryonics groups 
that I have not been able to choose sides and join one - ie, I'm a 
reasonably detached observer, while committed to the movement.

I would like to be thought of as a possible resource to call on, anyway!

And if there is anyone else who would like to either link up on a 
presentation, or just share ideas, I'd be glad to hear from them!

Always optimistically,


Robin

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