James_Miller comments on We really need a "cryonics sales pitch" article. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: James_Miller 04 August 2015 07:36:53PM *  2 points [-]

lower utility globally,

Strongly disagree. The more people who sign up for cryonics the less weird it becomes, so your joining Alcor would have a positive externality. Two enormous problems facing mankind are death and short-term thinking. Widespread cryonics membership would mitigate both.