My first reaction is that this would increase the expected cost of revival, for the same reason that it’s harder to get plane tickets if you’re in a group that wants to sit near each other.
If I am a technician in the future with limited resources deciding who to put in the pilot group of resurrectees, I’m not going to pick the people who have precommitted to haranguing me about waking up their friends.
That seems to be a very… subjective point of view to assume a technician has; and I can think of a variety of other viewpoints such technicians might have. To pick one just example of many, “Here’s a bunch of cryonics people who seem to be completely selfish; and here’s a bunch who have made promises to try to help each other, showing at least some degree of social consciousness. Which group would benefit me more to revive?”.
Of course, it’s iffy to try to generalize from fictional examples, especially ones made up on the spot. Can you think of any way to find out which direction human psychology actually does tend to lean toward?
My first reaction is that this would increase the expected cost of revival, for the same reason that it’s harder to get plane tickets if you’re in a group that wants to sit near each other.
I’m not quite sure I follow your reasoning; would it be possible for you to try rephrasing what you mean?
If I am a technician in the future with limited resources deciding who to put in the pilot group of resurrectees, I’m not going to pick the people who have precommitted to haranguing me about waking up their friends.
That seems to be a very… subjective point of view to assume a technician has; and I can think of a variety of other viewpoints such technicians might have. To pick one just example of many, “Here’s a bunch of cryonics people who seem to be completely selfish; and here’s a bunch who have made promises to try to help each other, showing at least some degree of social consciousness. Which group would benefit me more to revive?”.
Of course, it’s iffy to try to generalize from fictional examples, especially ones made up on the spot. Can you think of any way to find out which direction human psychology actually does tend to lean toward?