Re: The Timeship project

From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Sat Aug 25 2001 - 02:32:34 MDT


On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, John Grigg wrote:

> Saul and Will are going to spend $180 million dollars of their own
> money to pay for the construction of the Timeship!! These men mean

Excellent. How many megabucks/year is the operational budget of that
facility, and what is the business model?

> business. :) Somehow, I can't envision the Timeship being built if it
> were dependant on donations from us! :(
>
> When completed we will have a magnificent beacon for the entire world
> to see. This will put cryonics and the life extension agenda on the
> map like never before!

If you're operating in a business that people consider pure cookery, you
may not afford one thing: to look like one. Given that gigantic handicap,
one would take great pains to appear extremely vanilla if not boring bland
professional. Searching for arches on top of mount Ararat or building
research facilities that look like a temple or a mandala does not make you
look good.

Until you want to found a cult, of course.

-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a>
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