Death is the negation of all the dying individual stood for"

I heard that somewhere. A cryonist said it. Cryonists freeze their bodies upon death, thus concluding what they call their "first life cycle". The idea is that they will be defrosted and revitalized when technology has made it possible. They say:

"Death is the negation of everything the dying individual stood for".

I say that is a load of crap, unless the dying person stood for more of everything for himself, in which case I say good riddance.

Are there anyone who's not crazy who thinks the claim in the headline true?

It's greedy. Not neccesarily buying a car, but that is often greedy as well.

One thing is to consume the resources needed to live in general comfort.

Another thing is to err on the side of excess in all areas of life. If a battery powered smart-car is enough for your purpose,
why buy a gas guzzling monster?

I think I am of the opinion that preserving the influence of people that are that selfish and ignorant is like preserving cancer or HIV. Our time is now.
The future belongs to our decendants, and I think our short sighted and egotistical behaviour has already cost them too much. But maybe that's just me.

I lovingly endorse selfishness
and consider any non-selfish person
to be a possibly dangerous oddball,

Quote:

I lovingly endorse selfishness
and consider any non-selfish person
to be a possibly dangerous oddball,

If it floats yer boat, fine I guess. But everyone realizes sooner or later
that trinkets and all kind of self indulgencies fall short
in providing a happy life. Only other people can give you that.

How can an entirely self centered mind ever fully accept that?

I find the headline rather weak. I could agree with it, but would have to use my liberal tongue for that.

Really? I have no idea what the sentence is even supposed to mean, grammatically. It makes no sense.

The less wealthy cryonists would not preserve their entire bodies. Just the heads...

By extension of this argument it would be generously within my means to feed 5 african villages and 500 children more deserving of life than myself and still live a comfortable life,
but im not gonna do that, and that makes me not any more selfish relative to anyone else in this forum or the first world.

i am going to eat a chicken that died involuntarily
i am going to drive my suv and contribute to a rising sea level that will displace millions of refugees.
i am going to buy nike merchandise and add to the market for child labour factories
i am going to use plastic bags in the supermarket and choke a turtle with it

i am in a fortunate enough of a position to do many things to make the world a better place but like most of you i wont, this cryonics business just takes the selfishness to a new level and all the bad ethics around it will be negated by a millions of dollars of donation to charity which most of them end up doing.