Cryonics Thought Experiment: Biological Revival Leaves You Eras Behind
matiroy · x · 2026-09-13
A speculative thought experiment: imagine being 1-in-a-million at predicting the future, yet specifying biological revival in your cryonics contract—so by the time you're revived, you're multiple eras behind. Your uploaded friends have become unrecognizable hive-mind gods who've lived a thousand lives and can instantly convince you to upload anyway; they only waited to respect your wishes, because you didn't leave that decision to wiser descendants.
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