rlm@162: #+title: Big List of Links for Cryonics rlm@162: #+author: Robert McIntyre rlm@162: #+email: rlm@mit.edu rlm@162: #+setupfile: ../../aurellem/org/setup.org rlm@162: #+include: ../../aurellem/org/level-0.org rlm@162: #+options: num:nil toc:t rlm@162: #+keywords: cryonics rlm@162: rlm@162: This is a list of interesting things related to cryonics, prepared rlm@162: initially for Nicholas Juntilla's transhuman meetup group. rlm@162: rlm@162: * Introduction to Cryonics rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html][Why Cryonics Makes Sense (Wait but Why)]] :: very well-written rlm@162: article from the perspective of someone first investigating rlm@162: cryonics. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://www.nickbostrom.com/fable/dragon.html][The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant]] :: talks about death in the context rlm@162: of a dragon that eats everything and seems insurmountable. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://alcor.org/Library/index.html][Alcor Library]] :: Lots of material to get started on understanding rlm@162: cryonics. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://aurellem.org/papers/html/cryo-em.html][Cryobiology / Electron Microscopy Reading List]] :: A list of papers rlm@162: you might be interested in reading. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org][Brain Preservation Foundation]] :: Organization dedicated to rlm@162: scientifically evaluating brain preservation technology. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/faq/][BPF's FAQ]] :: Very intelligent discussion of Brain Preservation as rlm@162: a scientific endeavor. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://www.brainpreservation.org/content-2/overcoming-objections/][Overcoming Objections to Brain Preservation]] :: In-depth discussion rlm@162: of common objections to brain preservation. rlm@162: rlm@163: - [[http://www.alcor.org/Library/html/micrographs.html][Alcor's electron micrographs]] :: These are electron micrographs of rlm@163: rabbit brains which were preserved under ideal clinical rlm@163: settings using a protocol very similar to the one Alcor rlm@163: uses. Compare to the electron micrographs available at [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open rlm@163: Connectome]]. rlm@162: rlm@162: * Introduction to Neuroscience / Personal Identity rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/sebastian_seung][Sebastian Seung's TED talk]] :: Sebastian talks about the rlm@162: "connectome", the pattern of connections in the brain that rlm@162: define an individual's personal identity. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[https://www.ted.com/talks/ed_boyden?language=en][Ed Boyden's TED talk]] :: Ed Boyden, who invented optogenetics, rlm@162: talks about controlling neurons with light. rlm@162: rlm@163: - [[http://cogprints.org/266/1/selfctr.htm][Self as a Center of Narrative Gravity]] :: Some good philosophy by rlm@163: Daniel Dennet on how our understanding of "self" might work. rlm@163: rlm@162: - [[http://connectomethebook.com/][Connectome]] :: A book written by Sebastian the serves as a layman's rlm@162: introduction to neuroscience. Reviews the history of rlm@162: neuroscience, our models of the brain, and even mentions rlm@162: cryonics / brain preservation at the end. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://connectomes.org/][connectomes.org]] :: Page that talks about mapping the entire rlm@162: connectome. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://openconnecto.me/catmaid/][Open Connectome]] :: Place to see really cool partial connectome rlm@163: datasets. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[http://www.openworm.org/][Open Worm]] :: Stephen Larson's ambitious project to simulate the rlm@162: entire connectome of a whole /C. elegans/. rlm@162: rlm@162: - [[https://www.janelia.org/project-team/flyem][Fly EM]] :: Amazing project at the [[https://www.janelia.org/][Janelia Research Campus]] to map rlm@162: the entire connectome of /drosophila/. rlm@162: rlm@162: * [[http://aurellem.org/ASC/html/ASC-introduction.html][Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]] rlm@162: rlm@163: * Miscellaneous Links rlm@163: rlm@163: - [[http://logical.ai/entitle/org/fables.html][The Bright Fables]] :: Whimsical stories about life and death, with rlm@163: a life-positive perspective. By Dylan Holmes. rlm@163: rlm@163: - [[http://logical.ai/songularity/org/playlist.html][Songs for Life]] :: Collection of life-positive songs. rlm@163: rlm@163: - [[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0747199][The Immortalist]] :: BBC documentary about mind-uploading rlm@163: research. I'm in it briefly! rlm@163: rlm@163: rlm@162: #+BEGIN_HTML rlm@162:

rlm@162: A brain-banking technology that can preserve all of the rlm@162: synaptic connections in a whole mammalian brain for rlm@162: longer than a rlm@162: century. Published rlm@162: in Cryobiology rlm@162: and winner rlm@162: of the rlm@162: Brain rlm@162: Preservation Prize. Mentioned in rlm@162: the rlm@162: New York rlm@162: Times, Popular rlm@162: Science, rlm@162: Scientific rlm@162: American, rlm@162: rlm@162: Gizmodo, rlm@162: the Huffington rlm@162: Post, rlm@162: New Scientist, rlm@162: rlm@162: Vice News, rlm@162: and BBC's rlm@162: Horizon.

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