It’s pretty straightforward, most people don’t believe that cryonics or life-extension techniques have a reasonable chance of success within their lifetimes. As for extinction-risk-reduction, most people doubt that there are serious extinction risks that can feasibly be mitigated.
Given those (perhaps misguided beliefs), then what should they spend their money on other than improving their quality of life to the best degree they know how?
When the first person is brought back from cryonic sleep and the disease that put them there cured, you can expect an enormous surge of interest. When someone lives to 150 due to them practicing some sort of life-extension technique, there will be a massive interest. As for extinction-risk-reduction, it would take a lot to get people interested, because extinction is something that hasn’t happened for what seems like a really long time and we tend to assume dramatic changes are extremely unlikely.
It’s pretty straightforward, most people don’t believe that cryonics or life-extension techniques have a reasonable chance of success within their lifetimes. As for extinction-risk-reduction, most people doubt that there are serious extinction risks that can feasibly be mitigated.
Given those (perhaps misguided beliefs), then what should they spend their money on other than improving their quality of life to the best degree they know how?
When the first person is brought back from cryonic sleep and the disease that put them there cured, you can expect an enormous surge of interest. When someone lives to 150 due to them practicing some sort of life-extension technique, there will be a massive interest. As for extinction-risk-reduction, it would take a lot to get people interested, because extinction is something that hasn’t happened for what seems like a really long time and we tend to assume dramatic changes are extremely unlikely.