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I hope technology such as this can help make the world of body modification a little more palatable to average folk. The vast majority of people go only as far
by evincarofautumn 15y ago
I hope technology such as this can help make the world of body modification a little more palatable to average folk.
The vast majority of people go only as far as some piercings and maybe a tattoo. We need to get away from the absurdity of contemporary body mod culture: tooth sharpening, scarification, branding, horn implants, sclera tattoos, gauging, suspension, tongue bifurcation, lip discs, genital modifications…it’s too much.
That kind of modification is a dead-end because it doesn’t fulfill its nominally transhumanist goals. But regular people could warm up to things like magnets and RFID tags, or, say, internal sensors to let you know of impending health problems. That sort of body modification provides actual value in the form of information that would otherwise be unavailable or inconvenient to obtain. I think that’s where we’re headed in the next couple of decades.
- sukuriant 15y ago> We need to get away from the absurdity of contemporary body mod culture: tooth sharpening, scarification, branding, horn implants, sclera tattoos, gauging, suspension, tongue bifurcation, lip discs, genital modifications…it’s too much. ... why? > That kind of modification is a dead-end because it doesn’t fulfill its nominally transhumanist goals. Does art have to?
- evincarofautumn 15y agoNo, as an art form it’s great! But there are also plenty of mods that serve practical purposes. People who are put off by the artistic culture won’t see the benefits of other mods. For their sake, we should show that there is another side.
- sukuriant 15y agoOh, I see. I didn't read that in your earlier post. Yes, I could see the benefit; though I can understand why people would be very concerned about a few of these, especially the RFIDs, for religious reasons (Mark of the Beast)