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You mean I can get all kinds of sweet augs and not even have to pay for them? Where do I sign?] Also, military will do it WAY before private corps if they are

You mean I can get all kinds of sweet augs and not even have to pay for them? Where do I sign?] Also, military will do it WAY before private corps if they are still using human soldiers at the time. If you can give people enhanced strength and eyesight, with less sleep required and resistance to all kinds of diseases, you'd be a fool not to.

VLM 11y ago
The assumption is always that only individually positive mods will happen. Also "give" sounds a little optimistic, in a culture where some stitches and a band aid at an emergency room is like $3500. Obviously someone anxious and timid would make a better underling WRT primate dominance rituals, correct? So lets lower the testosterone level to nil, mess with the brain biochemistry to make them extremely anxious all the time ... This is before we get started on short vs long term. So we got 100 applicants for every warehouse job, well, we'll only hire applicants with the Arnie S. muscle mod. Oh you say in five years they'll all be crippled for life due to skeletal and ligament problems, well, hey, manual labor has always been a tough life and we still got 99 applicants left for every job, so tough luck ... Then there's morally questionable stuff... you can guess the genetic mods that will be mandatory at strip clubs and breasturants, but for women in corporate sales positions, things will be morally ambiguous. Of course things happen already with plastic surgery, and its assumed genetic engineering would be cheaper and more convenient... anyway people (well, men, mostly) make some hiring decisions for somewhat questionable physical characteristic reasons, and the situation will only get worse.
- caskance 11y ago
  If your point is that people rarely evaluate the long term consequences of their life choices, you've failed to engender any sympathy from me.

VLM 11y ago

The assumption is always that only individually positive mods will happen. Also "give" sounds a little optimistic, in a culture where some stitches and a band aid at an emergency room is like $3500. Obviously someone anxious and timid would make a better underling WRT primate dominance rituals, correct? So lets lower the testosterone level to nil, mess with the brain biochemistry to make them extremely anxious all the time ... This is before we get started on short vs long term. So we got 100 applicants for every warehouse job, well, we'll only hire applicants with the Arnie S. muscle mod. Oh you say in five years they'll all be crippled for life due to skeletal and ligament problems, well, hey, manual labor has always been a tough life and we still got 99 applicants left for every job, so tough luck ... Then there's morally questionable stuff... you can guess the genetic mods that will be mandatory at strip clubs and breasturants, but for women in corporate sales positions, things will be morally ambiguous. Of course things happen already with plastic surgery, and its assumed genetic engineering would be cheaper and more convenient... anyway people (well, men, mostly) make some hiring decisions for somewhat questionable physical characteristic reasons, and the situation will only get worse.

caskance 11y ago
If your point is that people rarely evaluate the long term consequences of their life choices, you've failed to engender any sympathy from me.