Category Archives: Culture & Propaganda

Doing the Time Warp

By Mike Darwin   It’s astounding; Time is fleeting; Madness takes its toll. But listen closely… Not for very much longer. I’ve got to keep control. I remember doing the time-warp Drinking those moments when The Blackness would hit me … Continue reading

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Fortune and Men’s Eyes

When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, … Continue reading

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The Kurzwild Man in the Night

Ray Kurzweil with a portrait of his father. “It’s as if you took a lot of very good food and some dog excrement and blended it all up so that you can’t possibly figure out what’s good or bad. It’s … Continue reading

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Fucked.

By Mike Darwin Have I got your attention now? Good. Most people say my writing here is far too long and not nearly to the point. Today I’ll remedy that. [Though you’ll still have to read this http://wp.me/p1sGcr-1h for what … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature, 2: Part 3

Introduction & Tour of the Alcor-B Foundation’s Mobile, Arizona Patient Care Facility & Existential Colony  Address given to Alcor-B Foundation Cryopreservation Members and Staff Alcor-B Cryopreservation Research Foundation (ABCRF) 15 September, 2012 By Gorton Carpenter, M.D., Ph.D., President of the … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature, 2: Part 2

Introduction & Tour of the Alcor-B Foundation’s Mobile, Arizona Patient Care Facility & Existential Colony  Address given to Alcor-B Foundation Cryopreservation Members and Staff 15 September, 2012 By Gorton Carpenter, M.D., Ph.D., President of the Alcor-B Foundation Alcor-B Cryopreservation Research … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature…

By Mike Darwin I used to love science fiction. The trouble is that it simply became too believable to be any fun anymore. Space travel? Sure, everybody knows that’s possible, and thanks to Industrial Light & Magic, we all know … Continue reading

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Status Report: 28 July, 2011

Figure 1: Chronosphere performance data from 29 June through 28 Jul, 2011. The large bump up in views on 07-29-2011 represents the effect of the posting of Robert Ettinger’s passing into cryopreservation and the impact from targeted mailings of a … Continue reading

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Would You Like Another Plate of This?

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere –Tracy Chapman By Mike Darwin The mAD Men Cryonics has a history, beginning at almost Day 1, of … Continue reading

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Robert C. W. Ettinger: News Media Obituaries, the Raw Feed

Introduction Reproduced below is the raw feed of obituaries for Robert Ettinger. There are many more, most repetitive and based on the same primary sources (i.e., news services and THE WASHINGTON POST). Examining a representative of the raw feed is … Continue reading

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