# Put Them on Pause Until We Can by Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston > "put them on pause until we can, heal them at some point in the future." > **— Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston**, *2025, FuturePod interview* *Verification Status: Editorially quarantined — neither `them` nor the treatment postponed by `until we can` is present. Recover a complete, self-contained passage before promotion.* ## Sources and Context - **Full quotation and context:** [FuturePod episode 224: The Future Loves You](https://www.futurepod.org/podcast/ep-224) — The episode transcript identifies people dying of presently incurable disease as “them” and future treatment as the purpose of the pause. ## 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/Preservation|Preservation]] ## 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 ``` "put them on pause until we can, heal them at some point in the future." — Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston, 2025, FuturePod interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ariel-zeleznikow-johnston-put-them-pause-until ```