What happens to poor people who want to be cryopreserved ?
Many people who say they are too poor to afford cryonics manage to afford nice homes or cars, vacations or expensive hobbies. What those people really mean is that cryonics is a marginal expense and they would rather buy the other things than spend money on life insurance. For young or middle-aged people in good health the cost of life insurance is no more expensive than a cigarette habit. A few people have been cryopreserved by charity, but because most cryonicists are not rich − and because we are building our own lifeboats − it is unreasonable to expect that we have enough money to provide cryonics as a charity for very many people. One fund-raising campaign did succeed for a paraplegic man living on welfare who is widely respected for his passionate interest in cryonics. It is heart-wrenching to see people not cryopreserved because of financial limitations − and all who care about this issue are invited to donate money or find ways to raise money to assist with this problem.
