On a related note, Carl Shulman has said that more widespread cryonics would encourage more long-term thinking, specifically about existential risk. Is it a consensus view that this would be the case?
I’ve heard similar claims made about reproduction — with one political form being the argument that non-parents should not be permitted to vote, since parents would have more concern for the long term.
I’ve heard similar claims made about reproduction — with one political form being the argument that non-parents should not be permitted to vote, since parents would have more concern for the long term.