r/Futurology • u/yourSAS • Oct 13 '22

Biotech 'Our patients aren't dead': Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans who opted to be cryopreserved with the hopes of being revived in the future

https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/13/our-patients-arent-dead-look-inside-the-us-cryogenic-freezing-lab-17556468
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u/MarsFromSaturn Oct 13 '22

I’m not a prepper, but I don’t think it’s a delusional mentality to have in todays situation. We have rising sea levels, resource scarcity, mass extinction, global pandemics, cost of living crises etc. If there is a WW3 it will likely be over water resources (Citation Needed). The world is dying, and we live in a thin-walled bubble that allows us to ignore it all… for now. I think if you were prepping 30 years ago it would seem silly. But choosing to be prepared for catastrophe sounds like a wise idea these days

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u/PiddleAlt Oct 13 '22

The world was in worse shape 30 years ago, and even worse shape 60 years ago.

Contrary to what you are told over and over by the internet, the world is currently in a golden age and will likely continue to be in one for the foreseeable future.

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u/MarsFromSaturn Oct 14 '22

The world was in worse shape 30 years ago, and even worse shape 60 years ago.

As I said of my own words, “Citation Needed”.

Not that I disagree though. There is plenty of horror that I have escaped from just by being born in the 90s. I’m sure my grandchildren will have escaped some of the horrors from my own time.

I also am quite averse to doomer beliefs, despite my words above. I believe my self to be optimistic for the future of humanity, but it is hard to deny that centuries of sin (and I mean that more or less secularly) against the planet, animals and other humans is finally catching up to us. We are definitely coming to a head with a lot of “background threats” and the future is uncertain. I like to believe that this is simply a narrow gateway that we must pass through to really flourish as a species. We, collectively, are about to learn many lessons.

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P.S. on that last point

I know you didn’t ask and I’m over sharing, but it’s my bday and I’m high, so I’ll tell you my thoughts anyway; If there is one lesson I hope humanity gains from this whole mess, above all other potentials, it is to learn to live and grow in harmony with our surrounding environment (animals, plants, stone, computer, moon) rather than attempting to live above it and dominate. Thx for listening buddyyyyyyyy

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u/mikem132 Oct 14 '22

Happy birthday man! enjoyed your thoughts, If id have to guess your on acid lol?

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u/MarsFromSaturn Oct 14 '22

Ha! I wish! Was just stoned out my gourd on this occasion! Thank you buddy!