It would probably depend significantly on a number of factors, such as the cost, safety, number of adopters, the politics involved and how various friends and family members felt about it.
In general, I would say the uncertain risks of being an early adopter of an entirely new branch of technology for uncertain rewards are probably not for me at this time. But there are other times in my life where I would have pressed that button without a second thought. Certainly I’m not going to deride anyone else who wants to take the first steps towards guaranteeing a technologies usability for other people. I appreciate their efforts to help grant this field a chance.
It would also be a very useful field to have. Specifically if you have suspended animation, you have probably solved one of the key difficult problems of sending people to distant planets. So if it seemed like someone was making real progress in the field, I would probably be happy to help invest money even if I wasn’t willing to take the risks of suspension myself.
It would probably depend significantly on a number of factors, such as the cost, safety, number of adopters, the politics involved and how various friends and family members felt about it.
In general, I would say the uncertain risks of being an early adopter of an entirely new branch of technology for uncertain rewards are probably not for me at this time. But there are other times in my life where I would have pressed that button without a second thought. Certainly I’m not going to deride anyone else who wants to take the first steps towards guaranteeing a technologies usability for other people. I appreciate their efforts to help grant this field a chance.
It would also be a very useful field to have. Specifically if you have suspended animation, you have probably solved one of the key difficult problems of sending people to distant planets. So if it seemed like someone was making real progress in the field, I would probably be happy to help invest money even if I wasn’t willing to take the risks of suspension myself.