The problems in cryonics organizations come from both the people at the top and from operational weaknesses.
Published in Organisations.
Look at what happened with KrioRus. And what would happen to the Cryonics Institute if Andy were to die? I believe that power in most organizations is too centralized. Too often, people with important titles contribute little to actual operations. They may project a good image, but they are not truly useful where it matters most: in execution.
Alcor and other cryonics organizations need to become much stronger at the operational level. In my view, Alcor has the best team in cryonics, but the entire field should move toward common standards for core tasks and procedures. There should be serious, structured training for operational roles, with many more people trained across all organizations.
A chief operating officer in cryonics should receive the same high-level training, regardless of the organization. That training should include how to respond when a new cryonics patient comes in, how to coordinate operations, and how to maintain consistent standards. The more people within each organization who are trained to a common standard, the more resilient and trustworthy that organization becomes.
Ideally, the best training system should be adopted across the entire cryonics field to create a true operational standard. But where would that standard come from? From Alcor? From 21CM? From a new school or independent training institution?
In Oregon, there is an organization, but it does not follow the same standards of cryonics medicine as Alcor, for example.
And in the case of KrioRus, I think they had a problem with power and governance. So how do we prevent that in the future? How do we build more trust in the cryonics industry? Right now, I do not have a complete answer.
In China, they received training from a former Alcor employee, and that is a positive step. But the problem is that this kind of training is very expensive. Training should be far more affordable and much more accessible.
The future of cryonics will not be secured by titles, image, or centralization. It will be secured by standards, training, redundancy, and operational competence.