So, this is non-canon, but I pictured Grant as black, partially self-taught, middle manager career, some nerdish hobbies but many not, and overconfident in his own abilities. He chose cryogenics, because his overconfidence overrode his absurdity heuristic. But as I said, this is non-canon and subject to change if I ever flesh him out more.
Interesting, I’d like to think/talk more about how different types of people might get into Cryonics, and how they might do on the other side.
One expectation I have is that the people who tend to self-select into cryo are probably the people with the most to gain from it.
I think that the binding constraint on how good paradise can be is the constraint of how much you can modify yourself and still realistically say that it is you. If you are a fairly average person from today with simple tastes and interests, there perhaps not much room for you to grow and still be “you”.
If you have more exotic tastes and more sophisticated ambitions, you have more room to grow. The more frustrated and stifled you feel by contemporary society, the more you’ll benefit from having all those constraints lifted. Dream big.
I suspect that a few people will end up as celebrities for exploring interesting areas of mindspace, and they may spark various fashions among people who would not have expected to change much.
So, this is non-canon, but I pictured Grant as black, partially self-taught, middle manager career, some nerdish hobbies but many not, and overconfident in his own abilities. He chose cryogenics, because his overconfidence overrode his absurdity heuristic. But as I said, this is non-canon and subject to change if I ever flesh him out more.
Interesting, I’d like to think/talk more about how different types of people might get into Cryonics, and how they might do on the other side.
One expectation I have is that the people who tend to self-select into cryo are probably the people with the most to gain from it.
I think that the binding constraint on how good paradise can be is the constraint of how much you can modify yourself and still realistically say that it is you. If you are a fairly average person from today with simple tastes and interests, there perhaps not much room for you to grow and still be “you”.
If you have more exotic tastes and more sophisticated ambitions, you have more room to grow. The more frustrated and stifled you feel by contemporary society, the more you’ll benefit from having all those constraints lifted. Dream big.
I suspect that a few people will end up as celebrities for exploring interesting areas of mindspace, and they may spark various fashions among people who would not have expected to change much.