Given the choice between resurrecting Hitler and resurrecting and random cryonically person, who would you choose? There may be compelling reasons to choose Hitler-maybe we are in need of some information which Hitler knew-but the probability that the random person was more bad than Hitler is extremely low, a proposition I can make in the absence of a rigid definition of badness. Nevertheless, this is an edge case-I would need a very compelling case about preservation of resources to even consider the question of who we should save, much less advocate preserving one person over another.
Given the choice between resurrecting Hitler and resurrecting and random cryonically person, who would you choose?
I think any society advanced enough to do cryonical revival won't have to do random resurrections. They can analyse the bodies.
This month's media thread includes a short article on some people's idea to have Ayn Rand frozen, which ultimately didn't happen. My first reaction was a shudder. I thought, I definitely wouldn't want Ayn Rand preserved forever. My second thought was, What right do I have to say who can and who can't get frozen?
Whatever your thoughts on Ayn Rand, I think this can spark an interesting conversation: What, if anything, should humankind do about people who are widely seen as harmful for the whole? For example, if the Castro dynasty in Cuba or the Kim dynasty in North Korea decide to freeze themselves to ensure they will continue oppressing their countries forever, should that be prevented? (And yes, my opinion of Ayn Rand is such that these examples came to mind.)