Insurance + cryonics = you are your beneficiary!

Posted by Moezilla at 10:57, 16 Nov 2009

Here's an interesting idea. Finance your cryogenic preservation using life insurance -- and then leave a huge death benefit to your future thawed self!

http://www.hplusmagazine.com/articles/fo...

"Most in the middle class, if they seriously want it, can afford it now. So by taking the right steps, you can look forward to waking up one bright future morning from cryopreservation the proud owner of a bank account brimming with money!"

But there's one important caveat. Some insist that money "will have no meaning in a future dominated by advanced molecular manufacturing or other engines of mega-abundance.

"In this case waking from cryonics rich or poor would be exactly the
same..."

(This article just appeared in the fall issue of H+ magazine...)

http://hplusmagazine.com/digitaledition/...

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caveat #2
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Posted by earthling on 16 Nov 2009 at about 18:27.

A second potential problem is that you won't wake up from cryogenic conservation. That could put a damper on the party.

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Plan B
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Posted by red pill junkie on 17 Nov 2009 at about 21:03.

I came up with plan B after watching "The Bucket list" with my folks: the Bucket list insurance policy.

Instead of leaving all your money to a bunch of ingrate spouses/children/siblings (pick your fave) you instead invest in an insurance policy that will allow you to fulfill your personal "bucket list" —i.e. things you want to do before you become fertilizer for the flowers.

Why wait to see if the Taj Mahal is still standing after the robot rebellion of 2435, when you can go admire it now? ;-)

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