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This is an example of "Charon's obol", a coin placed in the mouth of the dead, intended as ferryman fare to cross the river Styx... Did you know an early motivation for digital money was as a means for Extropian transhumanists to pay for their cryopreservation? A "brain wallet", like the coins in the mouth of dead Romans, would be motivation for future scientists to resurrect you with "brain intact."
Source: "Digital Cash" by Finn Brunton... see my review here: https://coracle.social/nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzptujz495l5qzjfqrzwr0wyenkzhajaq6qah4cuutcfsr5k6e6eclqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9uq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwd4hhxarj9ec82c30qqsgpprv9lu8a9lps2muk4ar6qz2h0fkhmkxurw70y820x28d0dta8sgcfff6
Image source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon%27s_obolhttps://coracle.social/nevent1qvzqqqqqzspzptujz495l5qzjfqrzwr0wyenkzhajaq6qah4cuutcfsr5k6e6eclqqsxzdm4mltd79l9dcd0jjptl6ne6w4dljrryx0eahwh7cxwkxzklhqumya22 -
Extropainism was (is?) a huge influence on my thinking especially as a young person. The transhumanist philosophy integrated cypherpunk cryptography, cybernetics, free-market economics, cryonics, nanotechnology, AI and space futures into a coherent ethos for the future.
Now ~30 years later, it's something of a disappointment to see how much these ideas have become silo'ed off into corners that don't really talk to one another. See more in comments...
https://mtabarrok.com/extropia-archaeology
#transhumanism #extropy #cryonics #futurism #ai #space #cypherpunk