Insolvent tenants openly defied the collector of the waterrate from their ten-roomed strongholds, and existed for weeks without any visible means of procuring that necessary fluid.
Even here, though, stem-cell therapists talk openly of treating brain diseases such as Parkinson's with specially grown nerve cells, so some form of partial immortalisation might be on the cards.
The key difference between this type of trust and other trusts is that the beneficiaries must be willing to talk openly with their grantors regarding how they want the money invested or handled.