I haven’t met Kim or otherwise communicated with her, but I get the impression that she shows some of the signs of the cryonicist personality, however in a female package. For example, anthropologist Tiffany Romain, an outside observer, studied cryonicists using the tools of social science and wrote the paper, “Extreme Life Extension: Investing in Cryonics for the Long, Long Term,” where she characterizes cryonicists as follows:
Cryonics is a particularly American social practice, created and taken up by a particular type of American: primarily a small faction of white, male, atheist, Libertarian, middle- and upper-middle-income, computer engineering
‘‘geeks’’ who believe passionately in the free market and its ability to support technological progress.
Not all cryonicists fit this profile, of course. But Kim, apparently an atheist libertarian who studies cognitive science at university, would probably fit in well with the cryonicist community even if she didn’t feel such urgency to get her suspension arrangements in place. I would certainly welcome her, even if I probably wont’t have the opportunity to become acquainted with her. I might have to wait to do that if we both make it to The Other Side. ; )
Of course, the cryonics movement needs to find ways to break out of its geek ghetto and appeal to the broader society.. Here evolutionary psychology could work to our advantage, because we have a bias towards helping the vulnerable women in our tribe of reproductive age, but in this case without having to use our bodies to shield them from bullets. I question the propriety of calling Kim cryonics’ “poster child,” but her plight humanizes cryonics in a way which doesn’t come along very often.
Here evolutionary psychology could work to our advantage, because we have a bias towards helping the vulnerable women in our tribe of reproductive age, but in this case without having to use our bodies to shield them from bullets.
Can you be more specific about how you’d mobilize this instinct? Do you see examples of cryonics enthusiasts preferentially funding or pitching “vulnerable women in our tribe of reproductive age?”
white, male, atheist, Libertarian, middle- and upper-middle-income, computer engineering ‘‘geeks’’ who believe passionately in the free market and its ability to support technological progress.
I haven’t met Kim or otherwise communicated with her, but I get the impression that she shows some of the signs of the cryonicist personality, however in a female package. For example, anthropologist Tiffany Romain, an outside observer, studied cryonicists using the tools of social science and wrote the paper, “Extreme Life Extension: Investing in Cryonics for the Long, Long Term,” where she characterizes cryonicists as follows:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01459741003715391
Not all cryonicists fit this profile, of course. But Kim, apparently an atheist libertarian who studies cognitive science at university, would probably fit in well with the cryonicist community even if she didn’t feel such urgency to get her suspension arrangements in place. I would certainly welcome her, even if I probably wont’t have the opportunity to become acquainted with her. I might have to wait to do that if we both make it to The Other Side. ; )
Of course, the cryonics movement needs to find ways to break out of its geek ghetto and appeal to the broader society.. Here evolutionary psychology could work to our advantage, because we have a bias towards helping the vulnerable women in our tribe of reproductive age, but in this case without having to use our bodies to shield them from bullets. I question the propriety of calling Kim cryonics’ “poster child,” but her plight humanizes cryonics in a way which doesn’t come along very often.
Can you be more specific about how you’d mobilize this instinct? Do you see examples of cryonics enthusiasts preferentially funding or pitching “vulnerable women in our tribe of reproductive age?”
cough...objectivist...cough