Cryonics (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson)

Minds Almost Meeting: Season 9, Episode 9.
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Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.
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[@marko-1987]

Its certainly worth taking a spin. ❤ great ep.

[@raphshirley]

The Freudian death drive might be relevant. If we want to die that would explain why we would not intentionally prolong life. Can we take this further to psychoanalyse Robin's desire to be frozen as itself a manifestation of the death wish in him. It could be his fantasised method of suicide.