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Comment author: RomeoStevens 09 April 2014 08:20:29PM 9 points [-]

SENS is actively raising money. There is the issue that Calico might be pursuing several of the lines of inquiry SENS is with much more capital. But if this happens SENS will most likely pivot their active research.

The top of my list for organizations to investigate is currently the Brain Preservation Foundation. They administer the plastination prize. Robin Hanson outlines this a bit here. I think that contributing here is different from contributing to cryonics. Learning to preserve brain's structure moves multiple goal posts forward and has the potential to attract more research dollars into the area.

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 10 April 2014 07:19:54AM *  2 points [-]

Also, brain scanning research is likely good differential technological development.

Comment author: fowlertm 10 April 2014 02:54:40PM 3 points [-]

The Brain Preservation Foundation was one of the first charities I thought of, I'll definitely be considering them.