michaelcurzi comments on If you could take it with you, what would you take? - Less Wrong Discussion
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I'd spend a few weeks writing a set of incredibly convincing essays arguing that the reader should attempt to revive me. They would be aimed at a few major possible future civilizations, based on my best extrapolations of current civilization. I'd try to appeal to future values in as general a way as possible, while remaining convincing. I'd write them in English.
If you get revived, it's going to be because someone decided to revive you; they have total power over you before they revive you, so bringing a weapon wouldn't be very helpful. In fact, I probably wouldn't revive someone who put a weapon in their time capsule, at least without arming myself first!
If future people are so awesome superior to us -- in the time of revival -- its because they share some values with "me/we now" or have managed to create a successful experiment like a simulation to study this curious species.