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> But maybe it's not crazy. If given the choice; would you choose to live now, or in the future? There aren't many people I know who aren't cynical about the present. The more I think about it, the more I wonder just how _many_ people might do it.

If you're truly cynical about the present, I actually think stasis would be a far worse option:

1) If you're really cynical about things like climate change, thermonuclear war, etc. the future could easily be much, much worse than the present. Imagine waking up out of stasis to find yourself in the world from "The Road".

2) If you're cynical but with a glimmer of hope, you're essentially banking on the idea that not everyone like yourself will go into stasis. Otherwise, how would things ever get better?

I've seen point 2 covered before...https://xkcd.com/989/

It would certainly be a good alternative to suicide

This was the plot of Marooned in Realtime, an award-winning Vernor Vinge novel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marooned_in_Realtime

I'm cynical about the present largely because I figure the future will be worse. Humanity is not going to face up to the ecological disaster we've caused, so our grandchildren (or our defrosted selves) will have to live with the droughts, famines and wars that result.

> I can see plenty of people in the valley being rich enough and crazy enough to stasis themselves so they can see the future and reap its benefits.

Invest money in stocks, bonds and the like and automatically reinvest dividends. Sleep for 10-20 years, wake up in a potentially better financial position.

(depending on maintenance costs for cryo sleep...)

I've always wondered this too. Could we use Therapeutic Hypothermia (as it's called in the article) to increase our life spans? At least until more advanced medical procedures can cure aging?