This is the single consideration in the cryonics debate that I remain unconvinced of.
It seems very easy for me to imagine lots of futures that others might find worthwhile, that I would find very unpleasant. Off the top of my head: what if society is more regimented? What if one is expected to be very patriotic? What if it is a very collectivist culture? What if I still have to submit to hierarchies of one kind or another, for one reason or another? … …
Are there good reasons to believe that human life in the future will be enjoyable to me? Can I do better than beginning with a bottom line that says “The future will be pleasant”, and inventing justifications for why that’s more likely than not?
This is the single consideration in the cryonics debate that I remain unconvinced of.
It seems very easy for me to imagine lots of futures that others might find worthwhile, that I would find very unpleasant. Off the top of my head: what if society is more regimented? What if one is expected to be very patriotic? What if it is a very collectivist culture? What if I still have to submit to hierarchies of one kind or another, for one reason or another? … …
Are there good reasons to believe that human life in the future will be enjoyable to me? Can I do better than beginning with a bottom line that says “The future will be pleasant”, and inventing justifications for why that’s more likely than not?