On the topic of scholarship, I’d like to mention that if one takes the notion of surviving cryopreservation seriously, it’s probably a good idea to read up on cryobiology. Have at least a basic understanding of what’s going to happen to your cells when your time comes. There is a rich and complex field behind it which very few individuals have much grasp on.
If the bug bites you to do so, you may even be able to go into the field and make some breakthroughs. Huge advances have been made in recent decades by very small numbers of cryonics-motivated scientists, suggesting that there is probably a lot of low-hanging fruit remaining. Even if there’s not, it seems like relatively small amounts of incremental progress in this field could have a large total utility if cryonics somehow catches on and becomes widespread in the near future.
Note that Aschwin de Wolf has published a good deal of high quality technical information on his blog Depressed Metabolism, which is a good starting point. Leading cryobiologist Brian Wowk has also been answering all kinds of questions over on the Immortality Institute Cryonics Forum. Many of his publications are to be found here.
On the topic of scholarship, I’d like to mention that if one takes the notion of surviving cryopreservation seriously, it’s probably a good idea to read up on cryobiology. Have at least a basic understanding of what’s going to happen to your cells when your time comes. There is a rich and complex field behind it which very few individuals have much grasp on.
If the bug bites you to do so, you may even be able to go into the field and make some breakthroughs. Huge advances have been made in recent decades by very small numbers of cryonics-motivated scientists, suggesting that there is probably a lot of low-hanging fruit remaining. Even if there’s not, it seems like relatively small amounts of incremental progress in this field could have a large total utility if cryonics somehow catches on and becomes widespread in the near future.
Note that Aschwin de Wolf has published a good deal of high quality technical information on his blog Depressed Metabolism, which is a good starting point. Leading cryobiologist Brian Wowk has also been answering all kinds of questions over on the Immortality Institute Cryonics Forum. Many of his publications are to be found here.