why would future humans bother bringing all these people back

i think it's worth reminding why doctors treat people now, in this time and space. they do it mostly because they want to save people. maybe a few do it for money, but past a certain point, the money isn't why you do it. i think it's a safe bet that doctors of a future would see these corpses as patients, and act accordingly. an analogy - think how we see heart attack victims as patients, and not how our medieval ancestors would have seen them (as corpses)

...literally nothing positive to contribute to the utopian future...

true, but, a good chunk of patients in hopsital today have nothing to contribute to society, and cannot contribute any more, whatsoever. we treat them anyway, because that's what we do. humans have consistently cared for others that are sick and have "nothing to contribute" throughout history, and that shows no sign of going away anytime soon

Lmao, remember that revived 80's douchbag business man on star trek TNG?

I think they're frozen before they're dead, so the reason to bring them back would be to not do that murder thing, and also to fulfill contractual obligations, and as a business showcase to the world that you're ready to receive more customers for a freeze and bring you back service instead of a freeze and kill you service.

That's because you're thinking in term of a society that views most people as a burdensome and undesirable liability. Something we wish we could get rid of faster if possible. It might be tgat in the future, human minds aren't as poisoned by clubofrome population omb neoliberal billionaire thinking.

But why the fuck would future humans bother bringing all these people back, even if they could?

There are many valid issues to raise with this bring unlikely to work, but this point seems silly. Why would a road maintenance worker fix a pothole, he's not from around and will never benefit from it? Because it's his job he's paid to do, and he's not having a philosophical discussion about it. Whatever future lab technician will be just going to work in the morning as well, paid by their company, funded by the money the preserved people paid. There isn't much to it.

But it's interesting you said that future humans would kill these people because the preserved people are useless assholes. I'm not that sure you labeled the assholes right in your scenario. Your future humans seem ageist and elitist, thinking only they deserve to live.

There is at least one example I remember from the news of a 20-something girl with cancer being preserved, paid for by pooling money from the family and donations. Unlikely to work but she would have died anyway. So what did she do wrong that she doesn't deserve to be woken up, in your future where the technology is there?

A financial, legal, or even just a tit-for-tat incentive is realistically all it would take. You assume that some utopia that has shed those ideas is the only one capable of such technology.

In reality, it's greed and self-preservation that is running this show, and this is all that is needed to produce awe-inspiring feats.

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Thanks for this. Quite gruesome, but not at all unexpected. I remember having a conversation with a friend of mine a while back, where I made the argument that water expands when frozen and, since humans are mostly water, freezing a human would crack every vital organ. I'm actually upset to discover I was right.

Posting my favorite cryogenics story of all time.

https://www.nydailynews.com/2009/10/02/ted-williams-frozen-head-for-batting-practice-at-cryogenics-lab-book/

What do you call a guy with no arms and no legs taking a bath?

Blocked by stuff or frozen up? If frozen, you may have a defrost timer problem.

Well they're dead

How about being ground up into powder and put into medicine? I'm sure they'd love that one.

destroyed by a tomb raider

And not even a sexy, big breasted one with skintight shirt and very short shorts.

The author tries to disprove that cryonics isn't limited to rich people, while also pointing our the $200,000 upfront cost. Sure, a middle class American could probably swing the $300 annual fees, but most would be hard pressed for the $200k upfront cost.

Mellow greetings, sir. What seems to be your boggle?