[tryfinally]

> Another problem is the lack of guarantees that 100 years later the same company would care about frozen people at all

It’s not like they’re likely to change their business model to online advertisement. And assuming the tech actually becomes available, what do you think the future post-singularity post-scarcity society will do? Keep them old-timer heads frozen out of spite?

Either way, it’s a matter of probability. 0.000000001% of survival is a lot more than 0%. By the looks of it there’s a lot of Everett branches out there, too. It seems worth a shot to some people.

[schwartzworld]

In many countries, including America, there is already hysteria around the idea of having to share resources with people who are perceived as not belonging or deserving it, usually based around arbitrary criteria like color of skin or country of origin. For me, it's not a stretch to imagine Americans not wanting frozen pheezers to come and "steal" jobs or housing.

I can just imagine the anger around the resources spent to acclimate these people. Anybody from 100 years ago is going to require a lot of help to reintegrate, including vocational training, language classes and subsidized housing. We can't even agree on providing meals in school for starving children.

[water-your-self]

Honestly id wager that being "green boots"" is a much more practical way to convince a "post scarcity" society to thaw you