One thought is that it's tempting to think of yourself as being the only one (presumably with help from natives) trying to deal with the changed world.

Actually I think it's more likely that there will be many people from your era, and there will be immigrants' clubs, with people who've been in the future for a while helping the greenhorns. I find this makes the future seem more comfortable.

The two major reasons I can think of for wanting to be in the future is that I rather like being me, and the future should be interesting.