Contents
Chapter 1. Frozen Death, Frozen Sleep, and Some
Consequences
Suspended Life
and Suspended Death
Future and Present
Options
After a Moment
of Sleep
Problems and
Side Effects
Chapter II. The Effects of Freezing and
Cooling
Long-term
Storage
Successes in
Freezing Animals and Tissues
The Mechanism of
Freezing Damage
Frostbite
The Action of
Protective Agents
The Persistence
of Memory after Freezing
The Extent of
Freezing Damage
Rapid Freezing
and Perfusion Possibilities
The Limits of
Delay in Treatment
The Limits of
Delay in Cooling and Freezing
Maximum and Optimum
Storage Temperature
Radiation
Hazard
Chapter III. Repair and
Rejuvenation
Revival after
Clinical Death
Mechanical
Aids and Prostheses
Transplants
Organ Culture and
Regeneration
Curing Old Age
Chapter IV. Today's Choices
The Outer Limits of
Optimism
Preserving Samples
of Ourselves
Preserving the
Information
Organization and
Organizations
Emergency and Austerity
Freezing
Freezing with Medical
Cooperation
Individual
Responsibility: Dying Children
Husbands and Wives,
Aged Parents and Grandparents
Chapter V. Freezers and Religion
Revival of the Dead:
Not a New Problem
The Question of God's
Intentions
The Riddle of
Soul
Suicide Is a
Sin
God's Image and Religious
Adaptability
Added Time for Growth
and Redemption
Conflict with
Revelation
The Threat of
Materialism
Perspective
Chapter VI. Freezers and the
Law
Freezers and Public
Decency
Definitions of
Death; Rights and Obligations of the Frozen
Life Insurance and
Suicide
Mercy Killings
Murder
Widows, Widowers, and
Multiple Marriages
Cadavers as
Citizens
Potter's Freezer and
Umbrellas
Chapter VII. The Economics of
Immortality
The Solid Gold
Computer
The View from Olympus:
How Rich Can We Get?
The View from Olympus: How
Fast Can We Spawn?
The Cost of Commercial
Freezers
The Cost of Emergency
Storage
Trust Funds and Security
World Relations
Chapter VIII. The Problem of Identity
Chapter IX. The Uses of Immortality
You, Better than
New
The Purpose of Life
Chapter X. Manners, Modes, and Morals of
Tomorrow
Beyond
Beowulf
Stability and the
Golden Rule
Possibilities of Stagnation
and Decadence
An Eye for an Eye
Sex Morals and Family
Life
The Question of Non-human
Intelligent Entities
Some Near-term
Developments
Chapter XI. The Freezer-Centered
Society
Inevitability
of a Freezer Program
No Generation of
Martyrs
The Long View as
Panacea
Time to Go Sane
Fools, Madmen, and
Heroes
The Fallacy of
Just-Freeze-the-Elite
Beginning of the Freezer
Era - 1964?
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