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Luke_A_Somers comments on Cryo and Social Obligations - Less Wrong Discussion

16 Post author: DataPacRat 27 January 2013 07:32AM

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 27 January 2013 03:38:41PM 6 points [-]

Well, you can make new friends.

Sill, this makes it sound like a really good idea to get couples and families and even larger groups to sign up together, with 'thaw us together' instructions.

Comment author: [deleted] 27 January 2013 05:08:29PM *  2 points [-]

Well, you can make new friends.

In a totally different culture? (Cue EY mentioning how humans from a 1960 movie feel like aliens to him.) Well, in principle I could, but...

Comment author: BrassLion 27 January 2013 08:00:25PM 9 points [-]

People are fully capable of making friends in wildly different cultures - consider the children of military personnel, who move around a lot, or other people who move far from their birth culture for a job.

Comment author: FeepingCreature 27 January 2013 09:54:30PM 2 points [-]

I expect the future to have a lot more people in it, thanks to uploads. That might translate to a greater variety of culture, which will make it easier to find a place to fit in.