They often enjoy getting together to discuss issues and establish friendships. To enable this, there are regional chapters of Alcor scattered across the country. Most of these groups hold monthly meetings at which visitors are welcome. Some people worry that freezing patients is a waste of resources which could benefit other people who are still alive. In response, we point out that cryonic suspension costs less than some hospital procedures which prolong life by only a matter of weeks or months.
Some people feel that cryonics is a selfish indulgence.
And in a free society, we all have a right to spend our money to protect ourselves from it in any way that we can. Some people fear that cryonics will worsen the problem of overpopulation. However, advances in gerontology in the next 25 to 50 years should have a far bigger impact than the revival of cryonics patients, who are a tiny minority of the whole population. Historically, it has never been possible to suppress scientific discoveries. Sooner or later, the aging process will be defeated.