If I’d taken the time and effort two years ago that I’d taken just now to dig into what signing up for cryonics would cost me, then I feel like I should have done it back then, even though that would mean I would now be poorer by two years of membership fees and insurance without having been actually cryo-preserved. ‘Poorer’ might not be the right word; I’d have shifted my expenditures to buy less transitory stuff, or find cheaper ways to get such things. ‘Akrasia’ might not be the right word; I’m not sure whether ‘willpower’ was directly involved, and don’t feel any need to argue for or against it having been.
‘Cryo-Crastination’ does seem, to me, to be pretty much exactly the right word; signing up for cryo is something that can be put off for a month without any obvious negative consequences; and, when that next month rolls around, ditto, until the month rolls around where it’s too late.
If I’d taken the time and effort two years ago that I’d taken just now to dig into what signing up for cryonics would cost me, then I feel like I should have done it back then, even though that would mean I would now be poorer by two years of membership fees and insurance without having been actually cryo-preserved. ‘Poorer’ might not be the right word; I’d have shifted my expenditures to buy less transitory stuff, or find cheaper ways to get such things. ‘Akrasia’ might not be the right word; I’m not sure whether ‘willpower’ was directly involved, and don’t feel any need to argue for or against it having been.
‘Cryo-Crastination’ does seem, to me, to be pretty much exactly the right word; signing up for cryo is something that can be put off for a month without any obvious negative consequences; and, when that next month rolls around, ditto, until the month rolls around where it’s too late.