To the New Scientist

From Margaret Kettlewell
Imagine getting a call from Life Extensions R Us in 2116. They have just revived your great-great-great uncle Kevin, who died in 2020. His pancreatic cancer is cured, though he still has some arthritis. Before being frozen, Kevin set up a trust fund on which he proposed to live after his revival, but 90 years of poor investment has left its value after inflation the same as your children’s pocket money. They would like to know when you will be along to collect him. (Bournemouth, Dorset, UK)

Freezing peopleseems to me to be a giant waste of time and resources. Epicurus might have suggested that we look after the living before we freeze the dying.