That there is an as of yet undiscovered loophole to either the no cloning theorem or the more general no broadcast theorem. I can understand the problems that are generated by either being true, but FTL communication and dataships are just so darn cool.
Any of the following:
Redneck General Grievous?
Currently, Hollow Knight, since Silksong finally comes out next week. Before that, a split between Kerbal Space Program and Nine Sols.
Potable water is good, perhaps wheat berries or ibuprofen would be good too.
As for an unorthodox answer, I’m going to say survival guides. Most people have some idea of how they might survive, but it couldn’t hurt to have a resource to fill any knowledge gaps.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (because it was read to me)
Pirate’s Promise (first full book I read on my own)
Most recently, it was probably Rebel Moon. I didn’t have high expectations and thought it was going to be schlocky, but it was not the fun kind of shlock in the end.
Leto II. Deadpool was already taken, so I went with a more controversial example.
The Hydrogen Sonata by Iain M. Banks
The Golem & The Jinni by Helene Wecker
Perfect synopsis for the game Nine Sols?
I believe you are right. I should’ve been clearer in my original post, but I was envisioning getting the memories/upload state into the brain of the new body, not staying as a digital copy. My thought was that if you included memories up until the moment of death for your original self that it could be a semblance of “seamless continuation” because the clone would indeed think it is the original. However, at best, like you pointed out, it isn’t so much extension of life as replacement.
In the scheme of things, my preferences for life extension tech methods in order of “preserving the original” would be: organ replacement -> nanobots/gene tweaks -> cyborgization -> cryonics -> mind uploading to a new body
I suppose a matter replicator could advance tech in each area to make them more likely to occur though given that research would no longer have material constraints.
Beyond the easy answers of replicating the machine itself or covering basic needs, I think it would be interesting to make a super computer with a small form factor capable of mind uploading. Then you print a replacement body in a position that fits within a cubic meter and presumably you can extend your life for a bit. A simpler alternative would be to replicate medicines that have been shown to extend healthspans in the short term and just take them in the recommended dosage when you need to.
My first picks have already been mentioned, but I think these women have also been influential
Flannery O’ Connor, Shirley Jackson, Emily Dickinson