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07.18.08Download Consciousness, Freeze Your Brain: Another SL Workshop While We Await the SingularityI just had to point out a workshop in Second Life advertised under the provocative headline: Fourth Annual Geoethical Nanotechnology Workshop to Explore: What Geoethical Management, If Any, is Appropriate for the Nanotechnology Necessary for Cryonic Revival and/or Downloaded Cyberconsciousness? Actually - um, cyronic - isn't that like freezing yourself? I suppose if the Singularity doesn't arrive on schedule it might start looking like an option, but I'm continuing to hold out hope that while my mind might be numb that I don't need to pack it in ice for the coming millenia. Maybe I'll head over for this discussion of cyronic revival ...
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