This is a plot point in Niven's "A World Out of Time". The global state views cryogenically frozen people as expendable commodities and uses them for missions t

This is a plot point in Niven's "A World Out of Time". The global state views cryogenically frozen people as expendable commodities and uses them for missions that normal citizens won't be asked to do, or which require their antique perspectives. If they refuse a mission, their host bodies (convicted criminals) are mindwiped and the state starts again. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_World_Out_of_Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_World_Out_of_Time