Absolutely thrilled that Charles Platt posted two cryonics-related items to Boing Boing during his stint as guest blogger (haven’t seen Mr. Platt since that dark, secret meeting of death aficionados in Las Vegas back back in ‘97 – what a strange and delightful time that was). Disappointed, though, that discussion of it amongst the Boing Boing crowd has been characterized by “ill-informed knee jerk reactions and negativity” – as one reader commented. Definitely not, as another reader mentioned, the same crowd as the original Boing Boing print ‘zine, the early years of Wired, Mondo 2000 or Extropy.
Alcor Foundation, the larger of two companies that maintain people in cryopreservation, stores cryopreserved bodies, heads, and pets in beautifully made stainless-steel cylinders known as dewars. These are vacuum-insulated (like giant thermos flasks) to minimize the boiloff of liquid nitrogen. …
Link to full Boing Boing article…
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[tags]Alcor, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Charles Platt, Cryo, Cryonics, Death, Entropy, Extropy, Freezing, Health, Immortality, Indefinite Lifespan, Life Extension, Mondo 2000, Vitrification, Wellness[/tags]