The article assumes we can develop a way to convert a person into the information needed to recreate that person as well as a way to reassemble that data into a

The article assumes we can develop a way to convert a person into the information needed to recreate that person as well as a way to reassemble that data into a person while keeping data transfer speeds at today's rates. We've got a long way to go before we can start having conversations like "I can't teleport over, I only have 2.6x10^38b left on my mobile plan!"