I mean, it’s not a big secret, there’s a wealthy person behind it. And there’s 2 potential motivations for it: 1) altruistic/mission-driven 2) helps improve the service to have more cases, which can benefit themselves as well.
But also, Oregon Brain Preservation cost cost by: 1) doing brain-only (Alcor doesn’t extract the brain for its neuro cases) 2) using chemical preservation which doesn’t require LN2 (this represents a significant portion of the cost) 3) not including the cost of stand-by, which is also a significant portion (ie. staying at your bedside in advance until you die) 4) collaborating with local funeral homes (instead of having a fully in-house team that can be deployed anywhere) 5) only offering the service locally (no flights)
I visited Oregon Brain Preservation, talked with Jordan Spark and exchanged emails, and been following them for many years, and Jordan seems really solid IMO.
Cryonics Germany people seem very caring and seem to understand well how to work with a thanatologist. I also had email exchanges with them, but not as much.
I mean, it’s not a big secret, there’s a wealthy person behind it. And there’s 2 potential motivations for it:
1) altruistic/mission-driven
2) helps improve the service to have more cases, which can benefit themselves as well.
But also, Oregon Brain Preservation cost cost by:
1) doing brain-only (Alcor doesn’t extract the brain for its neuro cases)
2) using chemical preservation which doesn’t require LN2 (this represents a significant portion of the cost)
3) not including the cost of stand-by, which is also a significant portion (ie. staying at your bedside in advance until you die)
4) collaborating with local funeral homes (instead of having a fully in-house team that can be deployed anywhere)
5) only offering the service locally (no flights)
I visited Oregon Brain Preservation, talked with Jordan Spark and exchanged emails, and been following them for many years, and Jordan seems really solid IMO.
Cryonics Germany people seem very caring and seem to understand well how to work with a thanatologist. I also had email exchanges with them, but not as much.
🤷♂️
Concerns about personal s-risks makes sense.