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     1.4 +#+title: Big List of Links for Cryonics
     1.5 +#+author: Robert McIntyre
     1.6 +#+email: rlm@mit.edu
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    1.10 +#+keywords: cryonics
    1.11 +
    1.12 +This is a list of interesting things related to cryonics, prepared
    1.13 +initially for Nicholas Juntilla's transhuman meetup group.
    1.14 +
    1.15 +* Introduction to Cryonics
    1.16 +
    1.17 +  - [[http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html][Why Cryonics Makes Sense (Wait but Why)]] :: very well-written
    1.18 +       article from the perspective of someone first investigating
    1.19 +       cryonics. 
    1.20 +
    1.21 +  - [[http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html][The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant]] :: talks about death in the context
    1.22 +       of a dragon that eats everything and seems insurmountable.
    1.23 +
    1.24 +  - [[http://alcor.org/Library/index.html][Alcor Library]] :: Lots of material to get started on understanding
    1.25 +       cryonics.
    1.26 +
    1.27 +  - [[http://aurellem.org/papers/html/cryo-em.html][Cryobiology / Electron Microscopy Reading List]] :: A list of papers
    1.28 +       you might be interested in reading.
    1.29 +
    1.30 +  - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org][Brain Preservation Foundation]] :: Organization dedicated to
    1.31 +       scientifically evaluating brain preservation technology.
    1.32 +
    1.33 +  - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/faq/][BPF's FAQ]] :: Very intelligent discussion of Brain Preservation as
    1.34 +       a scientific endeavor.
    1.35 +
    1.36 +  - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/content-2/overcoming-objections/][Overcoming Objections to Brain Preservation]] :: In-depth discussion
    1.37 +       of common objections to brain preservation.
    1.38 +
    1.39 +
    1.40 +* Introduction to Neuroscience / Personal Identity
    1.41 +
    1.42 +  - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_seung][Sebastian Seung's TED talk]] :: Sebastian talks about the
    1.43 +       "connectome", the pattern of connections in the brain that
    1.44 +       define an individual's personal identity.
    1.45 +
    1.46 +  - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_boyden?language=en][Ed Boyden's TED talk]] :: Ed Boyden, who invented optogenetics,
    1.47 +       talks about controlling neurons with light.
    1.48 +
    1.49 +  - [[http://connectomethebook.com/][Connectome]] :: A book written by Sebastian the serves as a layman's
    1.50 +       introduction to neuroscience. Reviews the history of
    1.51 +       neuroscience, our models of the brain, and even mentions
    1.52 +       cryonics / brain preservation at the end.
    1.53 +
    1.54 +  - [[http://connectomes.org/][connectomes.org]] :: Page that talks about mapping the entire
    1.55 +       connectome.
    1.56 +
    1.57 +  - [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open Connectome]] :: Place to see really cool partial connectome
    1.58 +       datasets.
    1.59 +
    1.60 +  - [[http://www.openworm.org/][Open Worm]] :: Stephen Larson's ambitious project to simulate the
    1.61 +       entire connectome of a whole /C. elegans/.
    1.62 +
    1.63 +  - [[https://www.janelia.org/project-team/flyem][Fly EM]] :: Amazing project at the [[https://www.janelia.org/][Janelia Research Campus]] to map
    1.64 +       the entire connectome of /drosophila/.
    1.65 +
    1.66 +* [[http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html][Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]]
    1.67 +
    1.68 +#+BEGIN_HTML
    1.69 +	    <p class="description">
    1.70 +	      A brain-banking technology that can preserve all of the
    1.71 +	      synaptic connections in a whole mammalian brain for
    1.72 +	      longer than a
    1.73 +	      century. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">Published
    1.74 +	      in Cryobiology</a>
    1.75 +	      and <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">winner</a>
    1.76 +	      of the
    1.77 +	       <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/asc_rabbit_fulleval">Brain
    1.78 +	      Preservation Prize</a>. Mentioned in
    1.79 +	      <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/us/cancer-immortality-cryogenics.html">the
    1.80 +	      New York
    1.81 +	      Times</a>, <a href="http://www.popsci.com/researchers-have-preserved-an-entire-rabbit-brain">Popular
    1.82 +	      Science</a>,
    1.83 +	      <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-our-minds-live-forever/">Scientific
    1.84 +		American</a>,
    1.85 +	      <a href="http://gizmodo.com/brain-preservation-breakthrough-could-usher-in-a-new-er-1758022181">
    1.86 +		Gizmodo</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fully-intact-brain-frozen_us_56bb942ae4b0b40245c51654?4tic0udi">
    1.87 +		the Huffington
    1.88 +		Post</a>, <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2077140-mammal-brain-frozen-and-thawed-out-perfectly-for-first-time/">
    1.89 +		New Scientist</a>,
    1.90 +		<a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-rabbit-brain-has-been-cryonically-preserved-and-recovered-brain-preservation-prize">
    1.91 +		Vice News</a>,
    1.92 +		and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199">BBC's
    1.93 +		Horizon</a>.</br></br>
    1.94 +
    1.95 +		
    1.96 +
    1.97 +		<a class="list"
    1.98 +		href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html">Introduction
    1.99 +		to Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC)
   1.100 +		</a><br>
   1.101 +
   1.102 +		<a class="list" href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">Brain
   1.103 +		Preservation Prize Announcement </a><br>
   1.104 +	      <a class="list"
   1.105 +		href="./ASC/html/ASC-FAQ.html">Frequently asked
   1.106 +		Questions </a><br>
   1.107 +
   1.108 +	      <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-images.html">Images -->
   1.109 +	      <!-- of brains preserved with ASC </a><br> -->
   1.110 +
   1.111 +	      <a class="list"
   1.112 +		 href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">
   1.113 +		Journal article in Cryobiology </a><br>
   1.114 +
   1.115 +	      <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-motivations.html"> -->
   1.116 +	      <!-- 	Motivations behind ASC </a><br> -->
   1.117 +
   1.118 +	      <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-limitations.html"> -->
   1.119 +	      <!-- Limitations of ASC </a><br> -->
   1.120 +
   1.121 +	      <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-full-protocol.html">
   1.122 +	      	Detailed ASC protocol </a><br>
   1.123 +
   1.124 +	      <a class="list" href="https://nectome.com">Nectome, ASC
   1.125 +	      research company </a><br>
   1.126 +	</p></td></tr>
   1.127 +
   1.128 +#+END_HTML  
   1.129 +
   1.130 +
   1.131 +* Miscellaneous Links
   1.132 +
   1.133 +  - [[http://logical.ai/entitle/org/fables.html][The Bright Fables]] :: Whimsical stories about life and death, with
   1.134 +       a life-positive perspective. By Dylan Holmes.
   1.135 +
   1.136 +  - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs.
   1.137 +
   1.138 +  - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading
   1.139 +       research. I'm in it briefly!
   1.140 +