X-Message-Number: 6093 Newsgroups: sci.cryonics From: (hEpCaT) Subject: Re: "investing in cryonics" Message-ID: <> References: <4kj5d9$> <> <> Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:45:50 GMT Brian Wowk said: > I agree with John de Rivaz that investing in the cryonics > company that cares for you (or even a diversified portfolio of > cryonics companies) for the purpose of funding your cryonics > care is a bad idea. Yes, it is probable (but not absolutely > necessary) that your cryonics organization will have grown and > prospered if you are ever revived. It is even more probable > (but again not absolutely necessary) that the cryonics industry > as a whole will have grown if you are ever revived. But neither > assumption is certain-- not certain enough to bet your life > on. > This recognition is what is behind the recent trend in > cryonics for cryonics organizations to create an "arms-length" > relationship with the funds that pay for their patients' care. > Ideally, you want patient care funds sufficiently distanced from > your cryonics organization that the organization could fail > completely, and your funds would still remain intact and able to > continue maintenance payments to a successor organization. It is dangerous to assume that suspension funding alone would be enough continue a suspension. "Successor organizations" might just as well be interested only in the continued payments. The false premise is that money is enough to buy "loyalty" and "caring". It isn't. Investing in your own cryonics organization makes the probability of its survival, and therefore your own revival, much more likely than to count on the integrity of future vendors simply because at least in your organization the people in charge are in the same boat. What commonality of self-interest exists between a frozen patient and a "successor organization" that might make a bid for the business of continuing her care? I'm not saying that the money factor isn't important, only that if you're attempting to ensure that your suspension continues until revival is possible, your priority should be building your suspension organization. Of course it's a lot harder to envision an organization made up of successive generations of members that care about its patients than it is to envision piling up cash for a rainy day. But a pile of cash is a whole lot more vulvernable than a strong organization is. Ever forward, David -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Cosenza 1264-bit Key fingerprint = BF 6C AA 44 C6 CA 13 3F 4A EC 0A 90 AE F3 74 6D 4096-bit Key fingerprint = A4 79 15 79 D2 73 7D 3F 34 88 2E ED 93 6F 46 B1 "When encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will have encryption." Public Keys available by finger Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6093