Cryosphere Podcast

Daniel and I have finally managed to dig ourselves out of the great Texan freeze of 2021 to bring you part two of our two-part episode with Cryonics Institute president Dennis Kowalski.
In this part we cover:

• What is preventing people from signing up for Cryonics and how did Kowalski go from a Cryocrastinator to fully signed up? (Hint: a magazine called Omni!)
• How has Kowalski changed the organization since he started having a say over its strategic goals?
• The differences between The Cryonics Institute and Alcor, and how should a consumer select between between them?
• The importance of the Cryonics Institute check-in app for individuals living alone and similar circumstances.

Please note: Like the first part of our interview with Kowalski, the audio in this episode is a bit rough (though better than part one). But also as before, we worked hard to minimize these issues so we could bring you Kowalski's wisdom, and hope you find this discussion on the merits of proper Cryonics planning (among other things) as valuable as we did.
You can find out more about the Cryonics Institute over at their website. And you can find us over on the Cryonics Underground Channel in the Cryosphere Cryonics discord chat server. You can also reach us directly by email at cryonicsunderground [at] the email service provided by everyone's favorite tech company based in Mountain View.

In this episode we’re speaking with Rebecca Ziegler - Product Manager at Tomorrow Bio, a member of the Berlin Standby Team, and the newest moderator on the Cryosphere.

• Why Rebecca chose business over politics
• What it’s like to work at Tomorrow Bio
• Job opportunities in European Cryonics
• Why Tomorrow Bio is expanding to the US
• Profit vs Nonprofit corporate structures in the Cryonics space
• The motivations of Cryonicists
• Tomorrow Bio’s new “Brain Only” cryopreservation
• Alcor’s “Neuro” option vs TB’s “Brain Only” option
• How Tomorrow Bio views marketing cryonics to the public
• Why Tomorrow Biostasis changed their name to Tomorrow Bio
• Why female cryonicists are less common than male Cryonicsts
• The migration of the Biostasis Hub to the Cryosphere Discord Server
• Questions from the Cryosphere on R&D
• Rebecca’s experience hosting a Ukrainian refugee
• Chat GPT and if cryonicists should be worried about runaway AGI?

You can also check out our video version on YouTube.

As can find Max and Daniel and Rebecca over at the Cryonics Underground Channel in the Cryosphere Cryonics discord server. And you can find out more about Tomorrow Bio at tomorrow.bio

In this episode, Max and Daniel are joined by James Arrowood, Alcor's new CO-CEO. Our wide-ranging conversation delves into James's approach to leadership, his views on Alcor as a business and several of his upcoming strategic initiatives.

In this captivating conversation, we explore:

• The upcoming strategic meeting taking place in Estes Park, CO on Aug 25th and 26th (see below for tickets and more info).
• How James views his role alongside Marji Klima as CO-CEO.
• How James separates his approach from his predecessors.
• The new in-house DART approach to SST at Alcor
• Alcor vs the competition
• The for-profit non-profit distinctions in the Cryonics industry
• Managing legal exposure and legal risk in this industry
• Community questions
• And more!

As always, you can find Max and Daniel over at the Cryosphere Cryonics discord server.
Click here for the YouTube video version of this episode.
For tickets to the upcoming strategic meeting in Estes Park, CO, check out this eventbrite page here. The event will be taking place at well known the Stanley Hotel, so be sure to call them for a special member discount on a room for the event.
You can also find the Cryonics Underground Podcast and host Max Marty on Twitter.

In this episode of The Cryosphere podcast, hosts Max Marty and Rebecca Ziegler welcome Dan Held—a serial crypto entrepreneur and Bitcoin educator with over 850,000 followers on social media. As a General Partner at Asymmetric and former Head of Marketing at Kraken, Dan brings a wealth of experience in marketing disruptive technologies. He recently spoke at the Global Cryonics Summit in Miami about how cryonics can market itself and become more mainstream.
Topics Discussed:
•Dan's journey into bitcoin and how the 2008 financial crisis reshaped his worldview.
•The role of open-mindedness in embracing new technologies
•How Dan applies the concept of “return on stress” to choose his projects
•The Japanese philosophy of Ikigai and its influence on his career decisions
•Parallels between the early adoption of crypto and the current state of cryonics
•Challenges in marketing cryonics and shifting the Overton Window
•Strategies for targeting innovators and early adopters in the cryonics space
•The potential synergy between the crypto community and cryonics enthusiasts
•Philosophical discussions on immortality and the future of human experience
•An “Overrated or Underrated” segment covering NFTs, AI existential risk, and university degrees
Plus: Max & Becca's reflections on the conversation.
Relevant Links:
• Dan Held on X: https://x.com/danheld
• Dan Held on the web: https://www.danheld.com/
•Dan Held at the GCS in Miami 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmXR9bQ5cw
Note: We've recently changed the name of the podcast from The Cryonics Underground to Cryosphere Podcast. We also have a new host, Rebecca Ziegler, joining Daniel Walters and Max Marty. With that, more great episodes to come!

Gennady Stolyarov II (G. Stolyarov II) became the second Chairman in the history of the Transhumanist Party in November 2016. Mr. Stolyarov is an actuary, independent philosophical essayist, science-fiction novelist, poet, amateur mathematician, composer, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, a magazine championing the principles of reason, rights, and progress. Mr. Stolyarov regularly produces YouTube Videos discussing life extension, politics, philosophy, and related subjects.

In December 2013, Mr. Stolyarov published Death is Wrong, an ambitious children’s book on life extension. Death is Wrong can be found on Amazon in paperback and Kindle formats, and can also be freely downloaded in PDF format in the English, Russian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese languages.

Mr. Stolyarov is the current chairman of the US Transhumanist Party and Chief Executive of the Nevada Transhumanist Party, established in August 2015.
In today's episode we discuss:

• What is Transhumanism, and what does it have to do with Cryonics?
• The history of Transhumanism as a philosophical movement and as a political party.
• Gennady's personal journey towards Transhumanism.
• The political structure and political goals of the Transhumanist Party.
• Big umbrella vs small umbrella party politics and other political strategy.
• How Cryonics fits into the Transhumanist platform.

And much more...
As always, you can find us over at the Cryonics Underground Channel in the Cryosphere Cryonics discord chat server. You can also reach us directly by email at cryonicsunderground [at] the email service provided by everyone's favorite (or least favorite, as the case may be) search company.
[Note, there are two small audio glitches at 25:00 to 26:00.]