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N E W S L E T T PUBLISHED BY THE CRYONICS INSTITUTE ISSUE 04 | 2016 Cryonics insights and information for members and friends of the Cryonics Institute NEWSLETTER cryonics.org • [email protected] • 1 (866) 288-2796 CI BULLETIN Forward Momentum, Elections and the 2016 AGM Center rather than at the facility. For complete details, please see the 2017 AGM article in this issue of CI Magazine. As you know, we elect our annual rotating slate of Directors at the AGM. Congratulations to all the sitting directors who were re-elected as well as our newest Director, Kevin Doyle (Canada.) Welcome aboard Kevin! For those who are interested in the specifics, the vote totals were as follows: Debbie Fleming - 105 votes, Marta Sandberg - 104 votes, Kevin Doyle - 103 votes, Alan Mole - 63 votes, Phillipe Vitu - 56 votes and John Strickland - 55 votes. Thanks go out to all our candidates and a special note of thanks and appreciation to outgoing Director John Strickland for his service to CI and to the Board. Thanks also to Phillipe Vitu for putting his hat in the ring and running for the Board. To the elected Directors, I’m looking forward to working with all of you to keep CI Dennis Kowalski - CI President moving forward with our many initiatives. Hello All, One of those initiatives has been improvements to our facility. I’m proud to announce that we have completed a major milestone I hope everyone had a happy holiday season and that we can all with the completed renovations of our facility’s front office area, file look forward to a prosperous and successful 2017. room and the Boardroom / Tribute Room. The building is looking great and we only have minor upgrades planned for next year. So Recapping 2016, I can’t help but notice that our membership far the feedback has been very positive regarding the new and growth has exceeded expectations and continues to grow at a improved image. This was especially important in relation to the record pace. I certainly want this upward trend to continue and “media blitz” we experienced recently. Folks who have watched look forward to working hard to insure that it does in 2017 and the coverage probably noticed there were a number of reporters beyond. on-site for interviews, so I am very happy that our facility was looking top-notch for the cameras and the public at large. CI’s 2016 AGM was another successful and well-attended event. It was a real pleasure seeing many old friends and meeting new The media attention I mentioned was inspired by the admission ones this year. However, the meetings seem to be growing larger of a young 14-yr old girl from England. This particular case every year while the space at CI grows smaller as we add more caused quite a stir, with renewed interest in cryonics driving media cryostats. With that in mind, we’ve made the decision to host personalities to all the major cryonics organizations for questions the 2017 AGM offsite at the ConCorde Inn Hotel and Conference and interviews. At first, CI was reluctant to even disclose the CRYONICS INSTITUTE MAGAZINE ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS The digital newsletter of the Cryonics Institute Cryonics Institute or cryonics-related articles are 24355 Sorrentino Ct. welcome. Submissions: [email protected] Clinton Township, MI 48035-3239 Phone: 1 (586) 791-5961 Toll-free: 1 (866) 288-2796 (North America) E-SUBSCRIPTIONS FAX: 1 (586) 792-7062 * As a CI member, you are automatically added Email: [email protected] to our email reminder list. To unsubscribe, please use the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom © 2016 Cryonics Institute of your email. 2 CRYONICS INSTITUTE MAGAZINE • CRYONICS.ORG admission of the girl at our facility out of respect for family However, the beauty of cryonics is that we have all the time privacy. However, after proper clearance, we were allowed in the world to wait for scientific breakthroughs. to talk about the fact that the girl was, in fact, a CI patient, but still released very little in terms of personal details about In the field of Genetic engineering there’s a lot of buzz the patient. We recognize how important it is to protect our surrounding the revolutionary new crispr-cas9 technology members’ privacy and to respect their wishes, therefore that has catapulted genetic engineering ahead by making we are always very careful to keep confidential information the process cheaper, simpler and faster than ever before. secure, whether talking to the media or the general public. Basically, scientists have found that they could use the Thanks to the efforts of Cryonics UK and others the girl immune system of bacteria as a very precise engineering received an excellent suspension. This case was also a tool to remove and place DNA within a genome. This is landmark event, protecting the wishes of people to be very exciting news and opens doors to developing other cryopreserved in the face of attempted legal opposition technologies that could lead to repairing and reviving to those efforts and those who would attempt to deny us cryonics patients someday. Even more promising is the fact our essential rights to have our last wishes respected and that these types of technologies might someday be used followed. to even hack into and reverse the damage of aging itself. Wouldn’t it be nice to simply solve the problem of death We have a winner in our scale model CI Cryostat contest by shutting down or reversing aging altogether? This type from last issue. This model will be used as an illustrative of technology is very exciting and encouraging, but again, display for CI visitors and can also be used at trade shows the beauty of cryonics is that if these things don’t pan out or conventions to help show how our patients are stored in time for us individually, each of us has a logical hedge in cryonic suspension and some of the features of our and an extraordinary “second chance” life insurance policy cryostat construction. This will be a useful learning tool called cryonics. for the annual science-related field trip we host for high school biology classes looking to understand our world Sincerely and the scientific method. Cryonics provides the perfect Dennis Kowalski - CI President illustration for seeing what is possible by asking questions and running the ultimate clinical trial. In closing, I’ve taken note of some exciting stories in the news regarding potentially game-changing new developments in both AI and Genetic engineering. These are both fields that are of keen interest to cryonicists. It may take a very advanced AI system to work out the monumental challenges we face in cryonics revival, and recent strides show that AI progress is expanding exponentially in power and ability. This makes me think that the first successful cryonics revival may very well be sooner rather than later. 3 CRYONICS INSTITUTE MAGAZINE • CRYONICS.ORG CI NEWS What’s happening at the Cryonics Institute Facility Renovations Our facility is one of the most important and lasting impressions many people have of the Cryonics Institute, especially in regard to media coverage. That said, we’re pleased to report that our planned 2016 facility renovations are now completed. In addition to the new boardroom, we have also completely renovated our office and filing areas. We have also added some cosmetic improvements including lighting features around the cryostats and a series of wall murals. The murals in the cryostat room illustrate the famous science-fiction author and futurist Arthur C. Clarke’s “Three Laws,” which we feel sum up cryonics’ optimistic attitude toward science and the future’s limitless possibilities. • When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is pos- sible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impos- sible, he is very probably wrong. • The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. • Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Special thanks and recognition to Facility Manager Andy Zawacki for the excellent job on the renovations and to Perfusion Specialist and Office Administrator Hillary McCauley for her tasteful interior design recommendations. 4 CRYONICS INSTITUTE MAGAZINE • CRYONICS.ORG CI NEWS What’s happening at the Cryonics Institute “A History of Life-Extensionism In The Twentieth Century” FREE book available online A new book by PhD Ilia Stambler explores the history of life extensionism, examin- ing major lines of thought over the course of the 20th century. The book includes mentions of Robert Ettinger, the Cryonics movement and the Cryonics Institute as well as an expansive historical overview of life extension thought from around the world. The book is available in print or free in PDF and HTML formats HERE (http:// www.longevityhistory.com/index.html) The book’s author is Ilia Stambler, PhD, a researcher at Bar Ilan University, Israel. His research focuses on the historical and social implications of aging and life extension research. He is actively involved in advocacy for aging and longevity research. His website is www.longevityforall.org. New Cryostat Display Scale Model Last issue we put out a call for model-makers to create a scale model CI cryostat to use for trade shows, events and other display purposes. Well, the results are in and we’re pleased to show you the first model. This model was constructed by talented Milwaukee-area model-maker Phil Kershner and stands about 2 1/2 feet high as seen in the illustration left. The liter bottle has been included for scale reference. We are considering having a second model created that can be used as a permanent display, and possibly additional models that can be used at appropriate venues and exhibits to promote cryonics and the Cryonics Institute.
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