DNA Stewardship as Interim Immortality
Formalizing the existence of your DNA is the foundation of your next lifetime
The purpose of the Humanist Union Society, and its DNA stewardship programs, is to provide a biological and logistical foundation enabling successive lifetimes. That foundation must include viable DNA preserved until the time, technology and circumstances enable regeneration of that human being. Otherwise, that human franchise will be extinguished by death, no matter what happens to one’s brain or memories.
Every living organism has a complete blueprint in each of its livings cells, and given the fact that primates like monkeys have already been regenerated successfully from their DNA, we must assume that the same SCNT process or similar ones can and shall empower any human to enjoy sequential cycles.
The Society offers a four-component program of DNA stewardship as a biological and logistical foundation to support a member’s successive life cycles:
1. Complete genome sequencing of the HU member’s DNA, for all 20,000+ genes along with the online infrastructure and utilities to examine their genome for personalized medicine.
2. A high-strength, purified sample sealed in a stainless steel capsule for ongoing storage at room temperature, for their own safekeeping and reference, or utilization by that member.
3. Cryopreserved whole blood or tissue sample(s) in advanced biobanks, using vitrification in vapor nitrogen, carefully controlled for cooling/thawing, to maintain full viability for reproduction.
4. Logistics - Online smart contracts overseen by the Humanist Union for continuing stewardship, leading to regeneration of that member for one or more successive lifetimes, along with DNA matching verification and disposition of the required funding.
Steps 1 and 2 of the program are funded and included with your HU membership of 1 ETH or its US dollar equivalent, at the time of registration.
Steps 3 and 4 and this newsletter are open only to existing members, and are currently available via private consulting. Once the HU Society has a governing Board (2023) all services will be delivered by the Society (initially by consultant Dwight G. Jones). The intention is to complete the structure of the Society and implement all cryopreservation services by 2023. See the Founders’ Program for more details.
The Society relies on state-of-the-art existing biobanks and genomics service firms for all biological functions and analyses, as it acts as an Oracle on Ethereum within a DAO, in its final structuring. This decentralization frees the HU and its membership from hindrance by virtue of the currencies or countries that may - or may not - support its policies. The Society and eventually the HU DAO must remain a democratic, member-owned and non-profit entity, similar to a club per its Constitution. The HU embraces all faiths, and their legacies of human aspiration.
Once your DNA stewardship is formalized and in place, you have interim immortality.