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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:16:25 -0700
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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.
12 * Introduction to Cryonics
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.
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.
21 - [[http://alcor.org/Library/index.html][Alcor Library]] :: Lots of material to get started on understanding
22 cryonics.
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.
27 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org][Brain Preservation Foundation]] :: Organization dedicated to
28 scientifically evaluating brain preservation technology.
30 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/faq/][BPF's FAQ]] :: Very intelligent discussion of Brain Preservation as
31 a scientific endeavor.
33 - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/content-2/overcoming-objections/][Overcoming Objections to Brain Preservation]] :: In-depth discussion
34 of common objections to brain preservation.
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]].
42 * Introduction to Neuroscience / Personal Identity
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.
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.
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.
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.
59 - [[http://connectomes.org/][connectomes.org]] :: Page that talks about mapping the entire
60 connectome.
62 - [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open Connectome]] :: Place to see really cool partial connectome
63 datasets.
65 - [[http://www.openworm.org/][Open Worm]] :: Stephen Larson's ambitious project to simulate the
66 entire connectome of a whole /C. elegans/.
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/.
71 * [[http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html][Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]]
73 * Miscellaneous Links
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.
78 - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs.
80 - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading
81 research. I'm in it briefly!
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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>
113 <a class="list"
114 href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html">Introduction
115 to Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC)
116 </a><br>
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>
124 <!-- <a class="list" href="./ASC/html/ASC-images.html">Images -->
125 <!-- of brains preserved with ASC </a><br> -->
127 <a class="list"
128 href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cryobiol.2015.09.003">
129 Journal article in Cryobiology </a><br>
131 <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-motivations.html"> -->
132 <!-- Motivations behind ASC </a><br> -->
134 <!-- <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-limitations.html"> -->
135 <!-- Limitations of ASC </a><br> -->
137 <a class="list" href="http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-full-protocol.html">
138 Detailed ASC protocol </a><br>
140 <a class="list" href="https://nectome.com">Nectome, ASC
141 research company </a><br>
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