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[–] [email protected] 44 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (3 children)

If anyone is actually interested in learning how this works, this is a great blog post, from an author convinced like many that it's a stupid thing for the rich, until... Well have a read: https://waitbutwhy.com/2016/03/cryonics.html

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Very interesting article. Reminds me of when I read We Are Legion (We Are Bob)

[–] ThePyroPython 7 points 7 months ago

So just to expand upon the article author's one possible future of it being overwhelming which he briefly glosses over, please enjoy this animated reading of one of my favourite graphic novels: Transmetropolitan

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

This article looks really juicy! I didn't even really ever think about the difference between cryonics and cryogenics.