You know, I had a thought lately, that is sorta kinda related to this. I think you’ve written/wondered/complained about the why cryonic suspension isn’t the standard procedure.
Anyways, lately I’ve been thinking.… Why not? I mean seriously, why not?
I think it was Robin Hanson that suggested that if you want to get stuff done that is potentially political, push in directions perpendicular to the tug of war between the parties.
So… put it together and… really why not?
Sorry, perhaps being a bit unclear here. What I mean is this: Why not actually make a serious push (pester congrescritters or whatever) to try alter the legal standards for “default things done at death when lacking any explicit will/instructions/medical advice/whatever to the contrary” to actively encourage cryonic suspension, or at least to try to seriously push for tweaking of the legalities to at least make it easier. (ie, explicit legal stuff that would take into account the possibility of someone being reanimated, and them being able to reclaim their identity, etc..)
Instead of being on the defensive, jumping through legal hoops, why not at least for this go on the offensive as it were, actively push to have it more accepted/encouraged, and even become standard procedure. The very fact that it’s an issue that’s comepletely out of nowhere compared to the stuff the regulation writers are, well, regulating and arguing about may be enough to help a push for it work. (That is, a push for it to become SOP)
Maybe not a very good chance, but perhaps a better chance than it seems on the surface.
(If this sort of thing belongs in the Open Thread, let me know, or move it if the software is set up to make it easy to do that. But it seemed appropriate here)
You know, I had a thought lately, that is sorta kinda related to this. I think you’ve written/wondered/complained about the why cryonic suspension isn’t the standard procedure.
Anyways, lately I’ve been thinking.… Why not? I mean seriously, why not?
I think it was Robin Hanson that suggested that if you want to get stuff done that is potentially political, push in directions perpendicular to the tug of war between the parties.
So… put it together and… really why not?
Sorry, perhaps being a bit unclear here. What I mean is this: Why not actually make a serious push (pester congrescritters or whatever) to try alter the legal standards for “default things done at death when lacking any explicit will/instructions/medical advice/whatever to the contrary” to actively encourage cryonic suspension, or at least to try to seriously push for tweaking of the legalities to at least make it easier. (ie, explicit legal stuff that would take into account the possibility of someone being reanimated, and them being able to reclaim their identity, etc..)
Instead of being on the defensive, jumping through legal hoops, why not at least for this go on the offensive as it were, actively push to have it more accepted/encouraged, and even become standard procedure. The very fact that it’s an issue that’s comepletely out of nowhere compared to the stuff the regulation writers are, well, regulating and arguing about may be enough to help a push for it work. (That is, a push for it to become SOP)
Maybe not a very good chance, but perhaps a better chance than it seems on the surface.
(If this sort of thing belongs in the Open Thread, let me know, or move it if the software is set up to make it easy to do that. But it seemed appropriate here)