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Why Cryonics Makes Sense — Wait But Why

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The more I read about cryonics—i.e. freezing yourself after death—the more I realized it's something we should all be talking about.

We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. You’re on an airplane when you hear a loud sound and things start violently shaking. A minute later, the captain comes on the speaker and says: There’s been an explosion in the engine, and the plane is going to crash in 15 minutes. There’s no chance of survival. There is a potential way out—the plane happens to be transferring a shipment of parachutes, and anyone who would like to use one to escape the plane may do so. But I must warn you—the parachutes are experimental and completely untested, with no

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