Assuming that cryonics has a decent chance of working, then the question boils down to what you will actually be spending your money on if not cryonics. There is no point in saving the money that would be spend on cryonics, and instead spending it on vacations to the tropics or something.
Will sacrificing vacation time, or starbucks visits, or high-speed internet, or something similar for cryonics deplete a pool of willpower that would otherwise all be spent on fighting malaria? Will the knowledge that you’re risking your life to fight malaria more effectively make you feel more altruistic, and satisfy your appetite for altruism faster than just donating non-life-saving money to fight malaria, and therefore make you donate less money to fighting malaria overall?
Assuming that cryonics has a decent chance of working, then the question boils down to what you will actually be spending your money on if not cryonics. There is no point in saving the money that would be spend on cryonics, and instead spending it on vacations to the tropics or something.
Will sacrificing vacation time, or starbucks visits, or high-speed internet, or something similar for cryonics deplete a pool of willpower that would otherwise all be spent on fighting malaria? Will the knowledge that you’re risking your life to fight malaria more effectively make you feel more altruistic, and satisfy your appetite for altruism faster than just donating non-life-saving money to fight malaria, and therefore make you donate less money to fighting malaria overall?