Is is possible cryonic wakers might be treated very poorly? Perhaps stigmatized?
I’m very ignorant of what all is involved in either “end” of cryonics, but what if, say, the cost of resurrecting the frozen person is prohibitively high and future people lobby to stop their waking up? And even the ones who do wake up are treated like pariahs?
It might play out like the immigaration situation in the US: A nation, founded by immigrants, that is now composed of a big chunk of citizens who hate immigrants.
I can already hear the arguments now…
“They won’t know if we don’t wake them up. Besides every one we wake costs us X resources which damages Y lives by Z%.”
A nation, founded by immigrants, that is now composed of a big chunk of citizens who hate immigrants.
How is that any different from saying “a nation, founded by slaveowners, that is now composed of a big chunk of citizens who hate slaveowners”? Certainly the fact that your ancestors benefited from being slaveowners is no reason why you should support slaveowners now.
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Is is possible cryonic wakers might be treated very poorly? Perhaps stigmatized?
I’m very ignorant of what all is involved in either “end” of cryonics, but what if, say, the cost of resurrecting the frozen person is prohibitively high and future people lobby to stop their waking up? And even the ones who do wake up are treated like pariahs?
It might play out like the immigaration situation in the US: A nation, founded by immigrants, that is now composed of a big chunk of citizens who hate immigrants.
I can already hear the arguments now…
“They won’t know if we don’t wake them up. Besides every one we wake costs us X resources which damages Y lives by Z%.”
How is that any different from saying “a nation, founded by slaveowners, that is now composed of a big chunk of citizens who hate slaveowners”? Certainly the fact that your ancestors benefited from being slaveowners is no reason why you should support slaveowners now.