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author | Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu> |
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date | Sat, 23 Apr 2016 18:01:05 -0700 |
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1 #+title: Big List of Links for Cryonics2 #+author: Robert McIntyre3 #+email: rlm@mit.edu4 #+setupfile: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org5 #+include: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org6 #+options: num:nil toc:t7 #+keywords: cryonics9 This is a list of interesting things related to cryonics, prepared10 initially for Nicholas Juntilla's transhuman meetup group.12 * Introduction to Cryonics14 - [[http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html][Why Cryonics Makes Sense (Wait but Why)]] :: very well-written15 article from the perspective of someone first investigating16 cryonics.18 - [[http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html][The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant]] :: talks about death in the context19 of a dragon that eats everything and seems insurmountable.21 - [[http://alcor.org/Library/index.html][Alcor Library]] :: Lots of material to get started on understanding22 cryonics.24 - [[http://aurellem.org/papers/html/cryo-em.html][Cryobiology / Electron Microscopy Reading List]] :: A list of papers25 you might be interested in reading.27 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org][Brain Preservation Foundation]] :: Organization dedicated to28 scientifically evaluating brain preservation technology.30 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/faq/][BPF's FAQ]] :: Very intelligent discussion of Brain Preservation as31 a scientific endeavor.33 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/content-2/overcoming-objections/][Overcoming Objections to Brain Preservation]] :: In-depth discussion34 of common objections to brain preservation.37 * Introduction to Neuroscience / Personal Identity39 - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_seung][Sebastian Seung's TED talk]] :: Sebastian talks about the40 "connectome", the pattern of connections in the brain that41 define an individual's personal identity.43 - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_boyden?language=en][Ed Boyden's TED talk]] :: Ed Boyden, who invented optogenetics,44 talks about controlling neurons with light.46 - [[http://connectomethebook.com/][Connectome]] :: A book written by Sebastian the serves as a layman's47 introduction to neuroscience. Reviews the history of48 neuroscience, our models of the brain, and even mentions49 cryonics / brain preservation at the end.51 - [[http://connectomes.org/][connectomes.org]] :: Page that talks about mapping the entire52 connectome.54 - [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open Connectome]] :: Place to see really cool partial connectome55 datasets.57 - [[http://www.openworm.org/][Open Worm]] :: Stephen Larson's ambitious project to simulate the58 entire connectome of a whole /C. elegans/.60 - [[https://www.janelia.org/project-team/flyem][Fly EM]] :: Amazing project at the [[https://www.janelia.org/][Janelia Research Campus]] to map61 the entire connectome of /drosophila/.63 * [[http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html][Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]]65 #+BEGIN_HTML66 <p class="description">67 A brain-banking technology that can preserve all of the68 synaptic connections in a whole mammalian brain for69 longer than a70 century. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">Published71 in Cryobiology</a>72 and <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">winner</a>73 of the74 <a href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/asc_rabbit_fulleval">Brain75 Preservation Prize</a>. Mentioned in76 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/us/cancer-immortality-cryogenics.html">the77 New York78 Times</a>, <a href="http://www.popsci.com/researchers-have-preserved-an-entire-rabbit-brain">Popular79 Science</a>,80 <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-our-minds-live-forever/">Scientific81 American</a>,82 <a href="http://gizmodo.com/brain-preservation-breakthrough-could-usher-in-a-new-er-1758022181">83 Gizmodo</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fully-intact-brain-frozen_us_56bb942ae4b0b40245c51654?4tic0udi">84 the Huffington85 Post</a>, <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2077140-mammal-brain-frozen-and-thawed-out-perfectly-for-first-time/">86 New Scientist</a>,87 <a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-rabbit-brain-has-been-cryonically-preserved-and-recovered-brain-preservation-prize">88 Vice News</a>,89 and <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199">BBC's90 Horizon</a>.</br></br>94 <a class="list"95 href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html">Introduction96 to Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC)97 </a><br>99 <a class="list" href="http://www.brainpreservation.org/small-mammal-announcement">Brain100 Preservation Prize Announcement </a><br>101 <a class="list"102 href="./ASC/html/ASC-FAQ.html">Frequently asked103 Questions </a><br>105 <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-images.html">Images -->106 <!-- of brains preserved with ASC </a><br> -->108 <a class="list"109 href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">110 Journal article in Cryobiology </a><br>112 <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-motivations.html"> -->113 <!-- Motivations behind ASC </a><br> -->115 <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-limitations.html"> -->116 <!-- Limitations of ASC </a><br> -->118 <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-full-protocol.html">119 Detailed ASC protocol </a><br>121 <a class="list" href="https://nectome.com">Nectome, ASC122 research company </a><br>123 </p></td></tr>125 #+END_HTML128 * Miscellaneous Links130 - [[http://logical.ai/entitle/org/fables.html][The Bright Fables]] :: Whimsical stories about life and death, with131 a life-positive perspective. By Dylan Holmes.133 - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs.135 - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading136 research. I'm in it briefly!