From: Christopher Whipple (crw@well.com)
Date: Thu Dec 12 2002 - 20:10:55 MST
I'm about 10 days behind on this list, but my Mail.app search of the
emails doesn't show any mention of this. Upon inspection of the link,
I'd be very, very surprised if this slipped under your collective
radars.
(via BoingBoing.net)
Building the transhumanist temple
Timeship: a grandiose project to build an extropian temple of
life-preservation and transhumanism.
The design of the Timeship Building, a six-acre structure that will be
the world's largest facility for life extension research and for the
cryopreservation of DNA, biological tissues, and over 10,000 human
patients, has been completed by architect Stephen Valentine with both
its functional and its symbolic importance in mind.
We see the Timeship as the "Fort Knox" of biological materials. DNA,
tissue samples and cryopreserved patients will be housed in Timeship,
and their safety and security against all threats, both natural and
human-made, will have to be maintained for hundreds of years. Timeship
has been designed to provide that security at every level, from defense
against terrorist attack, to sea level changes due to global warming,
to interruption of energy supplies due to any catastrophe.
Enjoy,
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