Okay, the people who promote a certain cluster of ideas centering on skepticism, rationalism, atheism and libertarianism, in the U.S. and culturally connected nations. (Which, yes, is quite close to “people I admire”. I wasn’t trying to claim it was especially surprising, although I am often surprised at just how tight it is.) In particular:
Eliezer
Robin Hanson
Steve Landsburg
Peter Thiel
Patri Friedman
James Randi
Penn Jillette (and Teller)
Adam Savage & Jamie Hynaman
Trey Parker & Matt Stone
Dawkins
Hitchens
and probably some others I can’t think of right now.
How About Eliezer, Peter Thiel, Peter Diamandis, done… I know that Peter Diamandis would NOT be turned away by Hitchens… Now, it is just a matter of getting ahold of a few mullionaire/billionaire types…
This is a tempting approach. I’m guessing, though, that if Diamandis was going to go around promoting cryonics to his friends, he’d have done it already; but maybe he’d be sympathetic enough to pass on a letter, or something?
Some may not know this, Steven Landsburg is a member here since I posted a quotation from his latest book. Here is a highly interesting discussion that resulted from it.
Okay, the people who promote a certain cluster of ideas centering on skepticism, rationalism, atheism and libertarianism, in the U.S. and culturally connected nations. (Which, yes, is quite close to “people I admire”. I wasn’t trying to claim it was especially surprising, although I am often surprised at just how tight it is.) In particular:
Eliezer
Robin Hanson
Steve Landsburg
Peter Thiel
Patri Friedman
James Randi
Penn Jillette (and Teller)
Adam Savage & Jamie Hynaman
Trey Parker & Matt Stone
Dawkins
Hitchens
and probably some others I can’t think of right now.
How About Eliezer, Peter Thiel, Peter Diamandis, done… I know that Peter Diamandis would NOT be turned away by Hitchens… Now, it is just a matter of getting ahold of a few mullionaire/billionaire types…
This is a tempting approach. I’m guessing, though, that if Diamandis was going to go around promoting cryonics to his friends, he’d have done it already; but maybe he’d be sympathetic enough to pass on a letter, or something?
Some may not know this, Steven Landsburg is a member here since I posted a quotation from his latest book. Here is a highly interesting discussion that resulted from it.