I'll add one point I just thought of that no one else has mentioned:
CI is so much cheaper than Alcor that, on the off chance I could convince a dying loved one to agree to be frozen, there is a chance in hell that I would be able to pay for it. I hope not to be in that situation, but the probability that everyone I care about will even survive until the earliest possible time the singularity could occur is extremely low.
Joining CI and then switching to Alcor later on to take advantage of perceived greater financial stability seems like defecting in the PD, unless the fact that people will do this is already priced into their admittedly quite high annual dues.
Considering that this is just a back-up plan, that I probably have as great of chance of surviving to see the singularity as of cryonic suspension working, the low cost of CI seems very attractive, but I think I should weigh that against the decreased chance that they'll survive the next 100 years or so.
Do you guys think Alcor is twice as likely to not fail as CI? Three times? More? They're 6-8 times as expensive.
Joining CI and then switching to Alcor later on to take advantage of perceived greater financial stability seems like defecting in the PD
I would hope their maintenance function is funded in a way that doesn't depend on new contracts. Otherwise I'd have very low confidence in their long-term viability. So if switching contracts undermines CI, you don't want to be registered with CI to begin with and your actions will have little likelihood of affecting someone who is already maintained by CI.
I want to sign up for cryonic suspension. I haven't done so yet because I haven't been able to decide which organization to use. I'm not expecting you guys to choose for me, but it would be very helpful if those of you who are signed up (or will sign up) would say which organization you went with and why.
I've found the following three organizations. Did I miss any that I should be considering?
I'm in the US midwest area, if that will make a difference. My goal would be to maximize the chance of this working. My sub-goal would be to spend the least amount of money. I'm not old yet, so I expect to be able to get funding from life insurance.