So you're saying the later we go cryo the better
Well, being preserved means effectively dying by all definitions except information-theoretic. So I would say it is best to wait as long as you can anyway. :D
Also, it is funny that you mention the "cheap version." What you are talking about exists. The head is disembodied and preserved on its own, and it is cheaper. Also, I see what you did there, you might say I was a step or to ahead of you ^_^
You are creating a bit of a game theory problem with your "skip time" idea, though. If everyone wants to be frozen waiting for a better world, who is gonna stick around and build it while we are gone, and deal with all the suck? Those who cannot afford elective preservation? Oh, but acid, what if they decide not to wake anyone up? :P
Rofl, that went way too deep quick.
That'd be a fun twist though: "hey how about we don't wake up those rich assholes?" while everyone else in a world that has legalized weed is like "ye man that sounds like a lot of work, let's leave it for the next generation, lol".
lol... not waking up the cryopreserved rich people sounds a bit like forking them out xD
:D irl fork