The Women Who Shaped Modern Cryonics
I am not a hero. I am a man who keeps a ledger of promises and failures, a man who learned to listen to voices that did not shout the loudest. In the street level quiet of cryonics history, I keep bumping into…
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Cryonics Pioneers and Personalities
4 essays examining this part of cryonics history, practice, evidence, or possible futures.
Jerry Leaf: The Surgeon Who Helped Transform Cryonics
I’ve spent a lot of time with old records and the people who made bold promises in the room where they kept the cold machines humming. Jerry Leaf is one of those people to me. Not because he spoke in grand…
Saul Kent: The Man Who Funded the Fight Against Death
I have learned to listen for the quiet ambitions behind loud promises. I’ve watched men stage battles with death in the open, and I’ve watched them duck behind doorways of funding when the bill came due. Saul…
Hal Finney and Cryonics: Why a Bitcoin Pioneer Chose the Future
The idea of a person choosing cryonics is always a muddle of facts and feelings. It isn’t a tidy story, but Hal Finney’s choices sit at a stubborn crossroads of technology, promise, and what a person owes to…