“Nectome 2026 retrospective (and our final pre-sale!)” by Aurelia

Earlier this year we ran a discount card sale from our post on LessWrong, and we were delighted by the outpouring of support, critique, and analysis we received. We ended up selling much more than we expected, and after the sale deadline ended people reached out to us saying that they missed the deadline for various reasons. We wanted to offer them (and the rest of the rationalist community) one more chance to get in on the deal before we officially launch in January next year because of all the support and encouragement we have gotten from this community in our last decade of research and development. So we have decided to run one last discount card sale, and this is the last sale we’re ever going to offer to individuals. We want to make sure everyone in the extended rationalist community has a chance to get in on it. The short version: Nectome offers whole body, end-of-life preservation for future revival. We believe that we can and should preserve people such that preservation straightforwardly works according to current neuroscience. Good quality requires real constraints: preservation must start within 12 minutes after medical-aid-in-dying. In March 2026 we announced preservation and our [...] --- Outline: (02:24) Research (03:16) Team Growth (04:10) Preservation Location (04:52) Equipment Upgrades (05:46) Pet Preservation (06:31) Sale details (08:33) Towards a brighter future, together The original text contained 5 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: November 3rd, 2026 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ChbBygjhBgzvjGkQB/nectome-2026-retrospective-and-our-final-pre-sale-1 --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO . --- Images from the article: Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts , or another podcast app.