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Re:Larry King has died by alisonkisk on Saturday January 23, 2021 @09:47AM (#25882566)
If your don't want to be frozen and want to do something useful with your money. If you care about preserving yourself, spread your genes or memes is a more effective way
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Re:Larry King has died by melling on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:16AM (#25882796)
In 500 years when we have the technology to revive him and he can live a few hundred additional years, wouldn’t his investment now be better?

The understanding of aging, disease, and death is progressing slowly but a few centuries of research will likely make significant discoveries.

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Re:Larry King has died by kubanczyk on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:33AM (#25882909)
Spreading your memes for money is known as advertising. Not particularly cheap or effective. Didn't hear about anything similar for genes. These two are much better done by investing your own time and your own effort.

Of the remaining important things that money can buy, I think cryogenics is a very decent gamble.

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Re:Larry King has died by justinclift on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:53AM (#25883081)
> Didn't hear about anything similar for genes.

Probably the most successful at this that I'm aware of (morality aside) are the IVF doctors who use their own sperm to impregnate women.

Some with many biological children from this. Results from a quick online search:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertold_Wiesner

* https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/14/europe/jan-karbaat-fertil...

Oh, this looks relevant too and suggests some other approaches. Harem's and/or being a king seem like winners for those so inclined:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_with_the_most_c...

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