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I was rereading HP Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu lately, and the quote from the Necronomicon jumped out at me as a very good explanation of exactly why cryonics is such a good idea.
(Full disclosure: I myself have not signed up for cryonics. But I intend to sign up as soon as I can arrange to move to a place where it is available.)
The quote is simply this:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/1pq/rationality_quotes_february_2010/1js5
(Full disclosure: I myself don't intend to sign up for cryonics.)