Originally posted by: starkiller
I don't see the need. In today's society, everything has to be done faster, faster, faster. Is pulling a credit card from your wallet, getting it read, then returning it to the wallet REALLY that wasteful timewise??
To play devil advocate: Credit card can be lost and stolen.
again To play devil advocate: true, it would be more violent, but much more difficult to do, especially without getting caught. Also there many thieves who have no problem with stealing identies and purses, but would have a problen cutting someone's arm off.
Originally posted by: starkiller
As for Warbler's comment about being 'borgafied'...depending on the application of other cybernetic technologies, I would not be opposed to taking advantage of them. as a couple examples, the idea of artery-cleaning nanotechnology is very much appealing. External muscular augmentation (one of those suits that is mimics to your movements and helps do the work) would be very interesting, and if they could develop sensory implants to increase your visual range (imagine seeing a flower in the ultraviolet spectrum the way a honey bee does) and auditory ability, I might be there. Linking to a computer and controlling it with my mind, that would be very interesting, but I'd definitely make sure it was a non-internet equipped machine.
I don't see the need. In today's society, everything has to be done faster, faster, faster. Is pulling a credit card from your wallet, getting it read, then returning it to the wallet REALLY that wasteful timewise??
To play devil advocate: Credit card can be lost and stolen.
Originally posted by: starkiller
Besides, if you had a chip in your hand/arm...you escalate the violence necessary for identity theft.
In the past, you might get your purse snatched. Now, they have to cut off your hand/arm.
Besides, if you had a chip in your hand/arm...you escalate the violence necessary for identity theft.
In the past, you might get your purse snatched. Now, they have to cut off your hand/arm.
again To play devil advocate: true, it would be more violent, but much more difficult to do, especially without getting caught. Also there many thieves who have no problem with stealing identies and purses, but would have a problen cutting someone's arm off.
Originally posted by: starkiller
As for Warbler's comment about being 'borgafied'...depending on the application of other cybernetic technologies, I would not be opposed to taking advantage of them. as a couple examples, the idea of artery-cleaning nanotechnology is very much appealing. External muscular augmentation (one of those suits that is mimics to your movements and helps do the work) would be very interesting, and if they could develop sensory implants to increase your visual range (imagine seeing a flower in the ultraviolet spectrum the way a honey bee does) and auditory ability, I might be there. Linking to a computer and controlling it with my mind, that would be very interesting, but I'd definitely make sure it was a non-internet equipped machine.
If you wish to be assimilated, that is your choice, but it is not mine. True some of these things can help us, but just how far do we go? Until we are more machine than human?
I want to be a human, not a computer.