"I have no interest in trying to take any money with me to the 'other side.' But the way I look at it, if the money is not pooled, then it gives people much greater incentive to put their money under control of the cryonics organization."
I disagree - pooled money means the research & efficient bulk purchases that a large group can provide, it's not bad.
A trust fund system won't save you, but it's guaranteed to embarrass cryonics. It'd be such a blatant attempt at profit through unnatural means that we could literally be the joke of the century.
Dead people making interest for hundreds of years is such an absurd profit scheme that there'd be nothing in history to compare it to.
"What on earth makes that a scam?"
Well... You could wake up one of the richest people on earth purely for gaming the system.
So let me ask you: If you were born in 2100 would you allow some random frozen people to become earth's new financial rulers?
Never. It has zero chance of working but has a %100 chance to embarrass all of cryonics.
It has a %100 chance of making us all look like crooks.
And it has a %100 chance to force the government to regulate us.
This message has been edited by Edward-M on Mar 17, 2008 6:56 PM This message has been edited by Edward-M on Mar 17, 2008 6:49 PM
