I would argue in favor of further thinking on plastination.

I agree with Mr. Otter that the plastination technique should be examined by everyone in the cryonics community. It's an excellent example of preservation of the fine details of organic structure and could very well lead to some creative thinking as we compare the two processes-- cryonics and plastination.

If there were a company offering plastination services and if the price to have this done in a timely manner as is now attempted by the cryonics companies were less than cryonics, and if I could not afford the cryonics option, then I would probably consider the plastination option as better than rotting and as offering some sort of possible hope of structural and therefore functional recovery of some part of my cognition.

In the same breath, I should also mention that I would consider diary writing, picture taking and other external memory aids to be important-- on a similar level-- in helping to rebuild my personality in the future. To this end, I'm constantly trying to figure out how to make diary writing more effective and efficient.

I like the plastination work a lot. I was aware of it, but I commend you on finding and posting the excellent links. On the matter of elitism and cryonics-- I'll have to think on that a bit more.