From: avatar (avatar@renegadeclothing.com.au)
Date: Sat Feb 08 2003 - 23:00:35 MST
According to one TV programme, MJ has approximately $300million US under his
actual control. The rest is debted out.
I don't know how serious he is about life extension. Another
millionaire -turned- cyber artist/wacko with 10 million $ US makes specific
reference to Mind Children as his "go" card for the future (see Wired, Nov.
2000 (Josh Harris) : "Having read Hans Moravec's seminal book Mind Children,
Harris believes that the human race will, within the next century, replace
itself with intelligent machines or human-electronic hybrids. 'We're in the
middle of an evolutionary shift,' he says... 'I want to guide [the imminent
transition] it,'...") Someone should send him a copy of Engines of Creation!
As an end note: the only good plastic surgery is that which cannot be
distinguished from the real thing. Current plastic surgery is only partial
in that there is no detailed control of the skin surface or scarring. Also,
skeletal alteration is very limited and extremely crude by forthcoming
standards. Genetic therapies can potentially alter skeletal structures
(100,000 genes). This will enhance surgery, along with nanotech
instruments/devices and techniques.
Towards Ascension
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Miller" <garymiller@starband.net>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 6:14 PM
Subject: RE: world's most famous face says,"I want to live forever" on
national TV
> >> The last I heard Michael Jackson had a net worth of several hundred
> million dollars. Not to say that could not evaporate through business
> dealings. However, even if he has total control over say 100,000,000$ to
> spend on the sole purpose of keeping himself youthful, and functionally
> conscious for an indeterminate period of time in excess of 200 years
> that is akin to a manhatten project to fight aging.
>
> ====
>
> I have read that Michael Jackson was on the verge of bankruptcy due to
> the large burn rate or the Neverland ranch upkeep. He's playing zoo
> tycoon and theme park tycoon with real money and he's the only paying
> customer. Sure there's enough money for a hyperbaric chamber and some
> experimental pharmaceuticals but I've yet to hear of any medical
> research funded by his wealth like the Bill and Melisa Gates foundation.
> While Bill is not publicly pushing the life-extension agenda at this
> point. You can bet with the existing infrastructure the foundation is
> building that he will bring resources to bear on aging as he gets older.
>
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