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Tag Archives: Cryopreservation
How Long Can We Achieve Youthfulness and Defy Death?
Outsmarting mortality makes for big business and bigger questions
In 2003, Zoltan Istvan almost tripped on a landmine in Vietnam working as a reporter for National Geographic. His brush with death convinced him to quit journalism and eventually devote his life to transhumanism or the belief that emerging technologies … Continue reading
How Do Emergency Medical Situations Impact Cryopreservation?
An interview with paramedic and educator Dennis Kowalski, Part Two
Today SevenPonds speaks with Dennis Kowalski, a nationally registered EMT-Paramedic for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the field, Dennis frequently encounters emergency life-or-death situations, and has years of experience attending to those in crisis. In addition to his work as a … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Cryonics, Cryonics Institute, Cryopreservation, Dennis Kowalski, EMT, Firefighter, Medical emergency, Paramedic
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Blurring the Line Between Life and Death
Science and technology are changing Western culture's perspective on death
It wasn’t very long ago that no one questioned the finality of death. A person died when they were no longer breathing and their heart stopped beating — period. There was no such thing as CPR, and mechanical ventilators didn’t … Continue reading