Irrelevant. Whether you want to or not, the option will be foisted upon you. If you hold out, you become obsolete.
How do you feel about human augmentation?
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Irrelevant. Whether you want to or not, the option will be foisted upon you. If you hold out, you become obsolete.
^ Is that a threat?
Because if it is, you're going to be sorely fuckin' disappointed.
So foist THAT.
Because if it is, you're going to be sorely fuckin' disappointed.
So foist THAT.
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It's not a threat, it's exactly what it says on the tin.
I read a novel where people had digitised themselves - when your body dies, a new one is made and the 'soul'/person-content installed. In that world, a lot of people were against that kind of immortality. How was the social unrest solved? The immortals waited for the vintage-people to die out.
I read a novel where people had digitised themselves - when your body dies, a new one is made and the 'soul'/person-content installed. In that world, a lot of people were against that kind of immortality. How was the social unrest solved? The immortals waited for the vintage-people to die out.
Even in a world with virus protection and identity managing, people still get hacked. All you need is someone to put their mind to it. Then there's glitches, bugs, shortcuts businesses take to make profits while using the cheapest materials, and all sort of mistakes that can go wrong.
No thank you, I'm good.
I read a novel where people had digitised themselves - when your body dies, a new one is made and the 'soul'/person-content installed. In that world, a lot of people were against that kind of immortality. How was the social unrest solved? The immortals waited for the vintage-people to die out.
Good for the bloody immortals, then.
I do want eternal life - just not that kind.
Also: What @bbjeg said. How do you think "San Junipero" would survive its first hack?
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I'm torn now.......
Once in a computer the possibilities could be limitless. As your mind expands into the system and you find you can travel anywhere, learn anything, would you want to go back into a body?
Or you could experience a hell you never knew before, for eternity.
That's a good point and for us 2 seconds is nothing but inside a computer 2 seconds could be hell.
Plural "you", not personal "you".
Considering we can't even get everyone to switch to cashless payment systems, much less some doohickey embedded in your brain, I don't expect this will be A Thing anytime soon. Maybe 20 years out, or later, for mainstream adoption.
We're just now getting RFID-based credit cards out there as a commonplace technology.
We're just now getting RFID-based credit cards out there as a commonplace technology.
Being designed to seek power is one thing, augmenting humans so that you slow down the aging process, make humans have a longer life span and increase human strength by a factor of say 100% is another. Compared to our ancestors of 500 years ago who died at 40 and had rotten teeth and were only 5 foot 4 due to bad health. We are augmented!Khan and his ilk were literally designed to seek power. They can't NOT rule. I'm sure you've heard the phrase "superior ability breeds superior ambition"?Given this, I can entirely understand the Federation's ban on genetic engineering.
I mean, what do you think would have happened if the Augments had WON the Eugenics Wars? Genetic engineering would be required for all, and nobody would be able to "opt out". That sound like the kind of world you want to live in?
And compared to Star Trek humans who live to 140 plus and seem a lot more intelligent due to whatever science they came up they are pretty augmented as well. Archer and Kirk Prime held their own against Vulcans and Khan Prime so Starfleet males must be pretty strong.
There is a good Fanfiction story where in order to defeat Khan and his ilk humans created super soldiers who did not turn into meglomaniacs after the war. They went home changed jobs, had kids and died of a good old age. As a result a good deal of humanity DNA was evolved to the level of the average Vulcan. Granted the writer has militarised Starfleet none of this 'we are just explorers' rubbish lol
The writer chose to go down that road another Myriad universe could have an enhanced benevolent Khan where there is no Eugenics War who rescues aliens from the dreaded Klingon empire.
Early 20th century the horseless carriage was a threat to the blacksmith industry. Now cars are as common as mud.
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And?
And the technology band plays on
Keep sitting on that nail...
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