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If humans survive long enough to become highly advanced technologically, we'll almost certainly have a high degree of control over our bodies. Tall, thin and ha
by MikeCapone 17y ago
If humans survive long enough to become highly advanced technologically, we'll almost certainly have a high degree of control over our bodies. Tall, thin and handsome is probably to be expected.
See Iain M. Banks's Culture novels for a fictional depiction of this pushed to the extreme (people there can even chose to switch from one sex to the other whenever they feel like it).
- Periodic 17y agoThat's always been the dream, hasn't it? Eventually technology will become good enough that we won't have to worry about being responsible. One thing I've become annoyed with lately is how little planning anyone does. Who needs to make solid plans when you can can just call someone via cell phones and make the plans as you go? It makes coordinating more than a few people very hard.
- exit 17y agoif we can manipulate neurological details like gender, why not lock ourselves into a happy-loop and be done with history?
- MikeCapone 17y agoA wirehead future is possible (and scary to me). We can do better, though. Check out Yudkowsky's Fun Theory sequence for more on this: http://lesswrong.com/lw/xy/the_fun_theory_sequence/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/xy/the_fun_theory_sequence/
- jafl5272 17y agohttp://www.kuro5hin.org/prime-intellect/ http://www.kuro5hin.org/prime-intellect/