even if they do wake up in the future, they will have been cut off from all their social connections. This may not sound like much
Not much? If I don’t get to interact with my friends etc., how is being revived as a cryo patient any better than being revived as a Boltzmann brain or something?
Sill, this makes it sound like a really good idea to get couples and families and even larger groups to sign up together, with ‘thaw us together’ instructions.
People are fully capable of making friends in wildly different cultures—consider the children of military personnel, who move around a lot, or other people who move far from their birth culture for a job.
I expect the future to have a lot more people in it, thanks to uploads. That might translate to a greater variety of culture, which will make it easier to find a place to fit in.
Not much? If I don’t get to interact with my friends etc., how is being revived as a cryo patient any better than being revived as a Boltzmann brain or something?
Well, you can make new friends.
Sill, this makes it sound like a really good idea to get couples and families and even larger groups to sign up together, with ‘thaw us together’ instructions.
In a totally different culture? (Cue EY mentioning how humans from a 1960 movie feel like aliens to him.) Well, in principle I could, but...
People are fully capable of making friends in wildly different cultures—consider the children of military personnel, who move around a lot, or other people who move far from their birth culture for a job.
I expect the future to have a lot more people in it, thanks to uploads. That might translate to a greater variety of culture, which will make it easier to find a place to fit in.