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That seems prima facie to be really, really detrimental for the purposes of keeping the informational state unscrambled / recognizable (it may be sensible from a legal / PR POV, but I'm not much interested in that).
In a fun twist, it may well turn out that the "first" reconstituted bodies are worse off (lower-fidelity reconstruction), and you could argue that once mankind (shepharded by an automated sheepdog) reached a stage of thawing the dead, you're better off waiting for the trajectory to continue on, i.e. to stay frozen for a few centuries longer until perfect fidelity is achieved (on the flipside, society may be even less recognizable). One way to do that is to make sure the damage is severe, e.g. by botching the cryonic procedure somewhat, such as staying on dry ice for 2 weeks. Shmart (the 'h' is an artifact)!
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that is a terrible idea. The damage could very easily be severe enough that you just killed yourself such that even a superintelligence couldn't figure out who you'd been.
Well, I'm glad we agree the two week waiting period is bad policy.
That is possible, but I do not think that damaged bodies are any more likely to be last than they are likely to be first.
Why? It seems obvious to me that the first recovered bodies will be those that were frozen shortly before the recovery procedure was available, with the best freezing procedure at that time.