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I'd go as far as to say that the Egyptians had their shit together more than that, step 2 was pray to Thetis and step 3 resurrect in the underworld. Step 3 is

I'd go as far as to say that the Egyptians had their shit together more than that, step 2 was pray to Thetis and step 3 resurrect in the underworld. Step 3 is still very much not compatible with known science either, so as far as you can tell the success rate is the same as it was back then

r00fus 3y ago
The goal for step three is to last long enough that a future society where your endowment could pay for it could bring you back with future tech. Ie a hail-mary.
- pavlov 3y ago
  Any future society where this is actually possible wouldn’t give a damn about the dead person’s endowment because they’d be so far beyond property rights at that technology level. That one Star Trek TNG episode from 1987 had this right. The accidentally discovered 21st century cryogenists are stunned to find their former wealth and status are irrelevant in Picard-era Federation. I think the question at that time would be: “Do we bring these likely brain-damaged people into a world they can’t understand and which would cause them pain” — and the answer might be “No, that would be cruel”.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    >“Do we bring these likely brain-damaged people into a world they can’t understand and which would cause them pain” — and the answer might be “No, that would be cruel” Some people already paid to maybe suffer that cruelty in the future, the same way some people already paid to go to the Titanic in an uncertified submarine and die.
  - Chris2048 3y ago
    TNG hand-waves the problems of the economy, property rights etc, and doesn't really explain how they got to were they are. Proclaiming modern capitalist attitudes as "brain-damaged" is a bit smug given this.
- Tangurena2 3y ago
  Many SF stories have parts of their plots involve what happens to the corpsicles - the frozen undead whose endowments/investments went bad. Usually they become organ donors. There's an old saying "you can't take it with you".
Tangurena2 3y ago
The dead were buried with little Barbie sized statues called "shabti". The duty of the shabti were to do your labors for you in the afterlife. Poor people might be buried with one. Wealthy people would have at least one per day of the year. Shabti are so common that they are the only actual artifacts you can export from Egypt without special permission/licenses. Most are going to be fakes or replicas. Some can be rather dull looking. The ones made out of faience tend to be fabulous.

r00fus 3y ago

The goal for step three is to last long enough that a future society where your endowment could pay for it could bring you back with future tech. Ie a hail-mary.

pavlov 3y ago
Any future society where this is actually possible wouldn’t give a damn about the dead person’s endowment because they’d be so far beyond property rights at that technology level. That one Star Trek TNG episode from 1987 had this right. The accidentally discovered 21st century cryogenists are stunned to find their former wealth and status are irrelevant in Picard-era Federation. I think the question at that time would be: “Do we bring these likely brain-damaged people into a world they can’t understand and which would cause them pain” — and the answer might be “No, that would be cruel”.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  >“Do we bring these likely brain-damaged people into a world they can’t understand and which would cause them pain” — and the answer might be “No, that would be cruel” Some people already paid to maybe suffer that cruelty in the future, the same way some people already paid to go to the Titanic in an uncertified submarine and die.
- Chris2048 3y ago
  TNG hand-waves the problems of the economy, property rights etc, and doesn't really explain how they got to were they are. Proclaiming modern capitalist attitudes as "brain-damaged" is a bit smug given this.
Tangurena2 3y ago
Many SF stories have parts of their plots involve what happens to the corpsicles - the frozen undead whose endowments/investments went bad. Usually they become organ donors. There's an old saying "you can't take it with you".

Tangurena2 3y ago

The dead were buried with little Barbie sized statues called "shabti". The duty of the shabti were to do your labors for you in the afterlife. Poor people might be buried with one. Wealthy people would have at least one per day of the year. Shabti are so common that they are the only actual artifacts you can export from Egypt without special permission/licenses. Most are going to be fakes or replicas. Some can be rather dull looking. The ones made out of faience tend to be fabulous.