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Re:The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (2005) by ogennadi on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @01:50PM (#24779431)
The blocker now is getting brain preservation equipment in every hospital; we already have techniques that will preserve brains for centuries until uploading tech is perfected.

See the BPF's article [1] or video series [2] if you prefer.

[1] https://www.brainpreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2scSuw0om8

Disclosure: I volunteer for them.

Re:The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant (2005) by chosen1111 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @01:55PM (#24779480)
I know Nectome is a YC company. Altman has signed up I believe.

Vitrification is better than cryo as a last resort as I understand it, due to market risk.