# Information-Theoretic Death Marks the Point Beyond Recovery by Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston > "Everything seems to stop, but we see that we can warm them back up again and they restore it to consciousness. So, the question is, what is the absolute limit of when a person can't be brought back, and that's what some people term information-theoretic death." > **— Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston**, *2025, CURIOUS interview published by IFLScience* ## Sources and Context - **Full interview passage and context:** [Can We Live Forever? How Digitizing the Connectome Could Preserve Us Indefinitely](https://www.iflscience.com/can-we-live-forever-how-digitizing-the-connectome-could-preserve-us-indefinitely-77130) — the article connects reversible loss of brain activity, connectome preservation, and the proposed boundary called information-theoretic death. ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Brain Preservation Foundation|Brain Preservation Foundation]] - [[wiki/Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation|Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation]] - [[wiki/Long-Term Digital Preservation|Long-Term Digital Preservation]] - [[wiki/Nectome|Nectome]] - [[wiki/Executable Preservation|Executable Preservation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Everything seems to stop, but we see that we can warm them back up again and they restore it to consciousness. So, the question is, what is the absolute limit of when a person can't be brought back, and that's what some people term information-theoretic death." — Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston, 2025, CURIOUS interview published by IFLScience https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ariel-zeleznikow-johnston-preserving-future ```