X-Message-Number: 5321 Date: 02 Dec 95 06:56:06 EST From: "Kent, Saul" <> Subject: Growth In Cryonics I agree with John Clark that cryonics can grow very fast. I also think it *will* grow very fast, in part because it's grown so slowly in the past. A common model for growth of new organizations and new ideas is periods of slow growth interspersed with periods of decline punctuated with occasional periods of fast growth until one of these periods of fast growth explodes into *very* fast growth, which can either turn into disaster or phenomenal success. I think we are now in the early stages of the immortalist revolution, that the next 50 years or so will be a very dangerous transition period, and that, if we make it through that transition period, things will get very much better *and* will be very much different than things are today. I also think cryonics will be a very important part of the revolution. This may be the first revolution in which the older participants are likely to be more radical in their actions than the younger ones. The crush of time and impending death is *very* oppressive! And very motivating! At least for me. ---Saul Kent Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5321