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     1 #+title: Big List of Links for Cryonics

     2 #+author: Robert McIntyre

     3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu

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     9 This is a list of interesting things related to cryonics, prepared

    10 initially for Nicholas Juntilla's transhuman meetup group.

    11 

    12 * Introduction to Cryonics

    13 

    14   - [[http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html][Why Cryonics Makes Sense (Wait but Why)]] :: very well-written

    15        article from the perspective of someone first investigating

    16        cryonics. 

    17 

    18   - [[http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html][The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant]] :: talks about death in the context

    19        of a dragon that eats everything and seems insurmountable.

    20 

    21   - [[http://alcor.org/Library/index.html][Alcor Library]] :: Lots of material to get started on understanding

    22        cryonics.

    23 

    24   - [[http://aurellem.org/papers/html/cryo-em.html][Cryobiology / Electron Microscopy Reading List]] :: A list of papers

    25        you might be interested in reading.

    26 

    27   - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org][Brain Preservation Foundation]] :: Organization dedicated to

    28        scientifically evaluating brain preservation technology.

    29 

    30   - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/faq/][BPF's FAQ]] :: Very intelligent discussion of Brain Preservation as

    31        a scientific endeavor.

    32 

    33   - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/content-2/overcoming-objections/][Overcoming Objections to Brain Preservation]] :: In-depth discussion

    34        of common objections to brain preservation.

    35 

    36   - [[http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/micrographs.html][Alcor's electron micrographs]] :: These are electron micrographs of

    37        rabbit brains which were preserved under ideal clinical

    38        settings using a protocol very similar to the one Alcor

    39        uses. Compare to the electron micrographs available at [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open

    40        Connectome]].

    41 

    42 * Introduction to Neuroscience / Personal Identity

    43 

    44   - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_seung][Sebastian Seung's TED talk]] :: Sebastian talks about the

    45        "connectome", the pattern of connections in the brain that

    46        define an individual's personal identity.

    47 

    48   - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_boyden?language=en][Ed Boyden's TED talk]] :: Ed Boyden, who invented optogenetics,

    49        talks about controlling neurons with light.

    50 

    51   - [[http://cogprints.org/266/1/selfctr.htm][Self as a Center of Narrative Gravity]] :: Some good philosophy by

    52        Daniel Dennet on how our understanding of "self" might work.

    53 

    54   - [[http://connectomethebook.com/][Connectome]] :: A book written by Sebastian the serves as a layman's

    55        introduction to neuroscience. Reviews the history of

    56        neuroscience, our models of the brain, and even mentions

    57        cryonics / brain preservation at the end.

    58 

    59   - [[http://connectomes.org/][connectomes.org]] :: Page that talks about mapping the entire

    60        connectome.

    61 

    62   - [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open Connectome]] :: Place to see really cool partial connectome

    63         datasets.

    64 

    65   - [[http://www.openworm.org/][Open Worm]] :: Stephen Larson's ambitious project to simulate the

    66        entire connectome of a whole /C. elegans/.

    67 

    68   - [[https://www.janelia.org/project-team/flyem][Fly EM]] :: Amazing project at the [[https://www.janelia.org/][Janelia Research Campus]] to map

    69        the entire connectome of /drosophila/.

    70 

    71 * [[http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html][Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]]

    72 

    73 * Miscellaneous Links

    74 

    75   - [[http://logical.ai/entitle/org/fables.html][The Bright Fables]] :: Whimsical stories about life and death, with

    76        a life-positive perspective. By Dylan Holmes.

    77 

    78   - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs.

    79 

    80   - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading

    81        research. I'm in it briefly!

    82 

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    85 	    <p class="description">

    86 	      A brain-banking technology that can preserve all of the

    87 	      synaptic connections in a whole mammalian brain for

    88 	      longer than a

    89 	      century. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">Published

    90 	      in Cryobiology</a>

    91 	      and <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">winner</a>

    92 	      of the

    93 	       <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/asc_rabbit_fulleval">Brain

    94 	      Preservation Prize</a>. Mentioned in

    95 	      <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/us/cancer-immortality-cryogenics.html">the

    96 	      New York

    97 	      Times</a>, <a href="http://www.popsci.com/researchers-have-preserved-an-entire-rabbit-brain">Popular

    98 	      Science</a>,

    99 	      <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-our-minds-live-forever/">Scientific

   100 		American</a>,

   101 	      <a href="http://gizmodo.com/brain-preservation-breakthrough-could-usher-in-a-new-er-1758022181">

   102 		Gizmodo</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fully-intact-brain-frozen_us_56bb942ae4b0b40245c51654?4tic0udi">

   103 		the Huffington

   104 		Post</a>, <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2077140-mammal-brain-frozen-and-thawed-out-perfectly-for-first-time/">

   105 		New Scientist</a>,

   106 		<a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-rabbit-brain-has-been-cryonically-preserved-and-recovered-brain-preservation-prize">

   107 		Vice News</a>,

   108 		and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199">BBC's

   109 		Horizon</a>.</br></br>

   110 

   111 		

   112 

   113 		<a class="list"

   114 		href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html">Introduction

   115 		to Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC)

   116 		</a><br>

   117 

   118 		<a class="list" href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">Brain

   119 		Preservation Prize Announcement </a><br>

   120 	      <a class="list"

   121 		href="./ASC/html/ASC-FAQ.html">Frequently asked

   122 		Questions </a><br>

   123 

   124 	      <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-images.html">Images -->

   125 	      <!-- of brains preserved with ASC </a><br> -->

   126 

   127 	      <a class="list"

   128 		 href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">

   129 		Journal article in Cryobiology </a><br>

   130 

   131 	      <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-motivations.html"> -->

   132 	      <!-- 	Motivations behind ASC </a><br> -->

   133 

   134 	      <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-limitations.html"> -->

   135 	      <!-- Limitations of ASC </a><br> -->

   136 

   137 	      <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-full-protocol.html">

   138 	      	Detailed ASC protocol </a><br>

   139 

   140 	      <a class="list" href="https://nectome.com">Nectome, ASC

   141 	      research company </a><br>

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author	Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date	Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:52:01 -0700
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