[extropy-chat] cryonicist's nightmare

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

spike wrote:
> 
> Martinot Junior appears to me to have made a most unfortunate decision here.
> I want to set up my cryonics contract in such a way that my descendants have
> *no say* in what happens.  They may have too much vested interest, or more
> precisely, vested disinterest in my future.

Spike, it's probably fair enough and wise enough that there be *no* 
person - descendant or otherwise - who both has the power to defreeze 
you, and benefits from your defreezing.  That's just common sense.  No 
need to impute such horrible motives to your kids.

Trust but verify; better yet, avoid the need for trust.  It doesn't mean 
you suspect someone.  It's not an insult.  Just Standard Operating 
Protocol for any security-conscious person.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence