I second this. Research in the area of cryonics could be an effective intervention, but proposing it in this way achieves nothing, since it doesn’t do the actual work of assessing its impact per dollar. It doesn’t even try.
That’s about the total annual cost of preserving a brain and spinal cord under an Alcor cryonics contract. I assume that the price paid while the patient are alive are roughly the same as the cost of preservation when dead.
I second this. Research in the area of cryonics could be an effective intervention, but proposing it in this way achieves nothing, since it doesn’t do the actual work of assessing its impact per dollar. It doesn’t even try.
I estimate it’ll cost at least $1,000/yr to preserve a brain. That’s about the cost of maintaining a family at global poverty levels.
I should have posted such calculations first before posting the excerpts. Thanks for your comments.
Interesting! How did you arrive at the $1,000/yr figure?
That’s about the total annual cost of preserving a brain and spinal cord under an Alcor cryonics contract. I assume that the price paid while the patient are alive are roughly the same as the cost of preservation when dead.