Cryonics

[ciphergoth]

I'm considering signing up with the Cryonics Institute. Are you signed up? I'd be interested to hear your reasons why or why not. It does of course sound crazy, but when you press past that initial reaction to find out why it's crazy, I haven't heard a really satisfactory argument yet, and I'm interested to hear what people think. There are many reasons it might not work, but are there reasons to think it's really unlikely to work? How likely does recovery need to be for it to be worth it?

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[mooism.livejournal.com]

I don't want to wake up in a future where

• everyone I know is dead (or frozen)
• society has changed enough that taboos and expected behaviour are utterly different from what I'm comfortable with
• language has evolved enough that I have to relearn English
• technology has evolved far enough that I haven't the faintest idea how to use it
• nobody shares my taste in music

Basically, future shock would send me insane.