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Robin Hanson, PhD: Healthcare Signaling, the Conspicuous Caring Hypothesis, and Prediction Markets in Medicine

The External Medicine Podcast

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The Importance of Cryonics in Medicine

Robin Hanson: I think it's got at least a few percent chance of succeeding and that's all it really needs to be cost-benefit, valuable in our world. The major risk is the social risk that the institution tasked with preserving our frozen remains won't last long enough. Only 3,000 people who've ever signed up for it; only 300 have been frozen since the 60s.

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