How do you feel about human augmentation?

Heat it up in the microwave first.

 

Actually I think it was CSI or something some enterprising crook took the finger skinned it and used that finger as a "glove" over their actual finger to fool a device.

 

This might be the one instance when all that Kirlian aura crap is worth anything.
A severed finger won't have one.

Hmm. I wonder if the Kirlian aura would remain.

 

What's that?

 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=kirlian+aura

 

Interesting....... Love how things like that became a fad with the whole psychic mumbo jumbo.

 

This may sound controversial, but I would require everyone to be physically augmented, just to make sure that everyone will be normal, i.e. a world full of "Captain America(s)", rather than a world of "Khan(s)", you know. Otherwise, there will be the inevitable "pecking order", and that normal illnesses will be a thing of the past. As for "enhanced augmentations": that might have some restrictions on it, especially on the military applications end.

 

I would have thought enhanced soldiers that can fight better would be a bonus for the military and they'd love that.

 

They would wouldn't they?

Well hey we might have genetic testing of workers in the USA. So that DNA database hmmmmm so many ideas.

 

I happened to be reading a book about this, The Curse of Cash by Kenneth S. Rogoff.

He suggests that governments phase out cash. Coins would still exist, but we would mainly use debit cards and such.

The author does mention cryptocurrencies. I have wondered if one or more of these will become well established.

If you try to envision the future, you may consider what may have disappeared. For example, old fashioned newspapers are a dying industry.

 

I just want one of those fancy glass tablets they have in Deus Ex.

They are completely see through but can be used as a newspaper or a book and have videos on them. The concept looks cool I just wish they were real.

 

I thought most of that was hidden in the edges of the devices where they seem to have some sort of border or darker non clear section.

There's other devices like the pocket secretaries have two metal ends but open to a transparent screen that lights up showing text and graphics. Again I suspect the circuitry is hidden in the ends which are not see through.

 

And guess what Samsung have shown prototype transparent displays.

 

I'm highly receptive to any and all human enhancements that are emerging right now. I've been interested in the subject of transhumanism quite a bit over the course of the last 8 years or so.

The end of the completely biological humans is fast approaching its finale and I'm excited to partake in what's coming. I don't see it any more invasive or strange than using external devices to enhance our abilities. A smart phone in our pockets is just a more efficient and convenient combination of a variety of services we used to obtain through a variety of means, including physically visiting libraries. The next step is complete integration with the prefrontal cortex and we're already seeing this in experimental stage with neural lace experiments coming out of Boston in the last two years.

Whether it's cognitive enhancements, physical prosthetics, artificial organ replacements - I'm all for it. This is the way for humanity to overcome the greatest evil of our existence - mortality.

Most of the prosthetics and organs are still inferior to fully functioning natural equivalents, but as soon as they surpass the latter in every respect - I'll be in line for an upgrade. I'm not disabled in any way, but I'll definitely upgrade any and all parts of my body. This is one of my primary motivations in striving for continuously greater success career wise, because it won't be cheap.

Some of the specific upgrades I'm looking forward to:
* Direct-neural interface, preferably to an internal artificial database as well as enhanced processing capacity, but with an option to update through the cloud (direct to cloud interfaces are a bit too radical of ideas even for me, but we'll see how safe those will be)
* Upgrading every single vital organ to a vastly superior artificial one.
* Upgrading limbs to artificial ones
* Energy use overhaul (nothing specific is on the horizon, but eating can't possibly be the most efficient source of energy)
* Control and option to neutralize specific feelings, traits, instincts. These are mostly outdated considering that I no longer hunt in Africa's savannah.

The ultimate goal is an indefinite lifespan.

 

No, the ultimate goal is maximum quality of life for the maximum feasible lifespan of a human being. Prolonging life at the expense of quality would simply consign people to a living hell that never really ends.

Immortality is a silly pipe dream. We'll probably figure out how to eliminate the need for SLEEP centuries before we figure out how to prevent death.