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Aside from other issues (virtual senses might well be good enough), one solution might be cohorts from different eras building their own cultures-- there'd be some meme exchange, but it wouldn't be awful if a lot of what you're paying attention to is relatively close to your home culture.
As a model, look at expat communities in e.g. China, where people who are willing living in a strange environment get the relief of sitting down and relaxing with people who have a shared cultural background. If the cryonics thing works out, I wouldn't be surprised if Alcor clients became a very tight-knit social group in the far future.
It's an idea which hasn't been used in science fiction as much as I think it deserves. Offhand, the only example I can think of is "The Flowered Thundermug" by Alfred Bester.
It's within spitting distance of the Revivals in Warren Ellis' Transmetropolitan, although that's a much more cynical take on it.