# Can We Put People Dying Today on Pause Until Future Treatment by Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston > “If we can't treat [the disease of people dying today], [can we] at least put them on pause until we can heal them at some point in the future?” > **— Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston**, *FuturePod, episode 224, June 29, 2025* ## Sources and Context - **Direct transcript:** [FuturePod, episode 224, “The Future Loves You — Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston”](https://www.futurepod.org/podcast/ep-224), published June 29, 2025. The passage appears in the opening exchange and again in the later discussion of brain preservation; the published transcript does not supply a timecode. Zeleznikow-Johnston first says it “seems likely” that some diseases killing people today could be cured or treated in the future. - **Exact original excerpt:** “the question is, can we do anything with people who are dying today to, if we can't treat their disease, at least put them on pause until we can, heal them at some point in the future.” - **Editorial clarification:** `[the disease of people dying today]` replaces “their disease” with the referent stated earlier in the same sentence; `[can we]` restores the governing question after trimming its disfluent opening. The poster also capitalizes the opening word, removes the transcript's pause-comma after “can,” and uses a question mark to reflect “the question is, can we”. These changes do not assert that preservation or future revival is presently possible. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Art is Long|The Art is Long]] - **Article:** [[articles/Information Persistence in Complex Systems|Information Persistence in Complex Systems]] - **Article:** [[articles/Continuity Colonization, Ancestral Reconstruction, and the Archival Absorption of Biological Humanity|Continuity Colonization, Ancestral Reconstruction, and the Archival Absorption of Biological Humanity]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Brain Preservation|Brain Preservation]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Brain Preservation|Brain Preservation]] - [[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 ``` “If we can't treat [the disease of people dying today], [can we] at least put them on pause until we can heal them at some point in the future?” — Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston, FuturePod, episode 224, June 29, 2025 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ariel-zeleznikow-johnston-put-them-pause-until ```