"Death is coming"

Death is coming. Rest assure. However, some people find death hard to accept. In the quest for eternal life, billionaires are turning to cryonic freezing, the science of freezing bodies with the hope of future revival. Death is inevitable. People understood this centuries ago. The engravement in the old master print published by Philips Galle (Philip) circa 1570 reads "Mors sceptra ligonibus aequat", which means "Death makes sceptres and hoes equal". The latin word ligonibus translates into a mattock, grub-axe or hoe. Under the gaping cranium there's another line "Mors vltima linea rerum", which means "Death, the final boundary of things". The fine print reads "Divitiis flores, et maiorum nobilitate te iactas, et exsultas de pulchritudine corporis et honoribus qui tibi ab hominibus deferuntur. Respice te ipsum, quia mortalis es, et quia terra es, et in terram ibis." which means "You flourish in wealth, and boast of the society of the great and powerful; you rejoice in the beauty of the body and the honours which men pay to you. Consider yourself, that you are mortal, that you are earth, and into the earth you shall go." Early modern people stoically faced the music. That is more than you can say about the vanity-infested people who continue to burn money even after they are gone. Cryonics is a very expensive process. The cost can vary significantly, up to $200 000 or more, depending on the provider, the type of cryopreservation (whole body or brain), and other factors. Annual membership fees and long-term storage costs can add to the overall expense. Cryogenic freezing temperatures are typically defined as at or below -150°C (approximately -238°F). The oldest cryonically preserved person is James Bedford, who was frozen in 1967. His body remains preserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. If he was revived today he would have a shock from which he never recover. When he passed away The Beatles ruled the world. These days a plagiarist band called Oasis are having a reunion tour. That brutal awakening will probably make him want go back into the freezer and never to defrost again.