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1 #+title: Big List of Links for Cryonics
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2 #+author: Robert McIntyre
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3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu
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4 #+setupfile: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org
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5 #+include: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org
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7 #+keywords: cryonics
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8
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9 This is a list of interesting things related to cryonics, prepared
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10 initially for Nicholas Juntilla's transhuman meetup group.
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11
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12 * Introduction to Cryonics
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13
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14 - [[http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html][Why Cryonics Makes Sense (Wait but Why)]] :: very well-written
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15 article from the perspective of someone first investigating
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16 cryonics.
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17
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18 - [[http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html][The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant]] :: talks about death in the context
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19 of a dragon that eats everything and seems insurmountable.
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20
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21 - [[http://alcor.org/Library/index.html][Alcor Library]] :: Lots of material to get started on understanding
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22 cryonics.
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23
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24 - [[http://aurellem.org/papers/html/cryo-em.html][Cryobiology / Electron Microscopy Reading List]] :: A list of papers
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25 you might be interested in reading.
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26
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27 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org][Brain Preservation Foundation]] :: Organization dedicated to
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28 scientifically evaluating brain preservation technology.
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29
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30 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/faq/][BPF's FAQ]] :: Very intelligent discussion of Brain Preservation as
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31 a scientific endeavor.
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32
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33 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/content-2/overcoming-objections/][Overcoming Objections to Brain Preservation]] :: In-depth discussion
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34 of common objections to brain preservation.
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35
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36
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37 * Introduction to Neuroscience / Personal Identity
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38
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39 - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_seung][Sebastian Seung's TED talk]] :: Sebastian talks about the
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40 "connectome", the pattern of connections in the brain that
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41 define an individual's personal identity.
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42
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43 - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_boyden?language=en][Ed Boyden's TED talk]] :: Ed Boyden, who invented optogenetics,
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44 talks about controlling neurons with light.
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45
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46 - [[http://connectomethebook.com/][Connectome]] :: A book written by Sebastian the serves as a layman's
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47 introduction to neuroscience. Reviews the history of
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48 neuroscience, our models of the brain, and even mentions
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49 cryonics / brain preservation at the end.
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50
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51 - [[http://connectomes.org/][connectomes.org]] :: Page that talks about mapping the entire
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52 connectome.
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53
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54 - [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open Connectome]] :: Place to see really cool partial connectome
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55 datasets.
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56
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57 - [[http://www.openworm.org/][Open Worm]] :: Stephen Larson's ambitious project to simulate the
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58 entire connectome of a whole /C. elegans/.
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59
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60 - [[https://www.janelia.org/project-team/flyem][Fly EM]] :: Amazing project at the [[https://www.janelia.org/][Janelia Research Campus]] to map
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61 the entire connectome of /drosophila/.
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62
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63 * [[http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html][Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]]
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64
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65 #+BEGIN_HTML
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66 <p class="description">
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67 A brain-banking technology that can preserve all of the
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68 synaptic connections in a whole mammalian brain for
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69 longer than a
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70 century. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">Published
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71 in Cryobiology</a>
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72 and <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">winner</a>
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73 of the
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74 <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/asc_rabbit_fulleval">Brain
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75 Preservation Prize</a>. Mentioned in
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76 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/us/cancer-immortality-cryogenics.html">the
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77 New York
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78 Times</a>, <a href="http://www.popsci.com/researchers-have-preserved-an-entire-rabbit-brain">Popular
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79 Science</a>,
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80 <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-our-minds-live-forever/">Scientific
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81 American</a>,
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82 <a href="http://gizmodo.com/brain-preservation-breakthrough-could-usher-in-a-new-er-1758022181">
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83 Gizmodo</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fully-intact-brain-frozen_us_56bb942ae4b0b40245c51654?4tic0udi">
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84 the Huffington
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85 Post</a>, <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2077140-mammal-brain-frozen-and-thawed-out-perfectly-for-first-time/">
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86 New Scientist</a>,
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87 <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-rabbit-brain-has-been-cryonically-preserved-and-recovered-brain-preservation-prize">
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88 Vice News</a>,
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89 and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199">BBC's
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90 Horizon</a>.</br></br>
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93
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94 <a class="list"
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95 href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html">Introduction
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96 to Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC)
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97 </a><br>
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98
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99 <a class="list" href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">Brain
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100 Preservation Prize Announcement </a><br>
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101 <a class="list"
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102 href="./ASC/html/ASC-FAQ.html">Frequently asked
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103 Questions </a><br>
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104
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105 <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-images.html">Images -->
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106 <!-- of brains preserved with ASC </a><br> -->
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107
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108 <a class="list"
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109 href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">
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110 Journal article in Cryobiology </a><br>
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111
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112 <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-motivations.html"> -->
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113 <!-- Motivations behind ASC </a><br> -->
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114
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115 <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-limitations.html"> -->
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116 <!-- Limitations of ASC </a><br> -->
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117
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118 <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-full-protocol.html">
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119 Detailed ASC protocol </a><br>
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120
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121 <a class="list" href="https://nectome.com">Nectome, ASC
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122 research company </a><br>
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123 </p></td></tr>
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127
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128 * Miscellaneous Links
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129
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130 - [[http://logical.ai/entitle/org/fables.html][The Bright Fables]] :: Whimsical stories about life and death, with
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131 a life-positive perspective. By Dylan Holmes.
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132
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133 - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs.
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135 - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading
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136 research. I'm in it briefly!
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