I also have the gut feeling that I’d not view a cryonics contract for myself as following my altruistic ideal for helping others, as it would have strong benefits for myself. Maybe one might want to tell Alcor to randomly choose a new customer and pay the contract for them. If I wouldn’t be so excited about cryonics anymore, then probably my excitement came from something else than altruistic impact.
Can you say a little bit more about this? I tend not to think of cryonics as charitable.
Haven’t read into it, but this LessWrong essay contest was about the relationship between EA and cryonics.
I also have the gut feeling that I’d not view a cryonics contract for myself as following my altruistic ideal for helping others, as it would have strong benefits for myself. Maybe one might want to tell Alcor to randomly choose a new customer and pay the contract for them. If I wouldn’t be so excited about cryonics anymore, then probably my excitement came from something else than altruistic impact.