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Is there anything particularly remarkable about being threatened by death? I would find that strange, given that threatening someone with death has historically been such a popular form of intimidation.
Cryonics has been "emerging" for over 40 years. People still choose not to think about it, despite lots of exposure to the concept. There has to be a reason. If you think there are rational reasons, I'm interested in hearing what they are.
Contrary to popular expectation, it's not particularly expensive. But the real problem I'm attacking is unwillingness to think about the issue. I haven't invested money in this myself yet. I have invested the time and energy to understand it, and come to the conclusion that I should endorse and support it. There's no particularly good humanitarian or ethical reason I can think of not to.