RE: Is it possible to upload our minds into a computer or in engineered living tissue?
October 13, 2015 at 12:20 pm
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2015 at 12:21 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 13, 2015 at 12:11 pm)Whateverist the White Wrote: There would be repercussions for society if the Koch brothers are never separated from their fortune and they continue to accrue a larger and larger piece of the pie.That consequence, and that scenario already exists, without any fancy smansy clones. Wealth is -and has been- condensing, for some time now, around those already wealthy.
Quote:The first question I wonder about if we accept that it eventually becomes mechanically possible is: would it be desirable?Probably an individual position...for me, no, for someone else, I can see the allure.
Quote:Part of the mind/self which we are considering extending has evolved for a mortal existence. How much drive would anyone feel to accomplish anything if it could just as easily wait another 800 years?We're already procrastinators. If things actually -could- wait another 800 years I bet we'd all end up getting more done, individually. The reason, often enough, that we don;t get those things done is that it -can't- wait another 800 years.
Quote:Personally I don't burn for immortality. Would the world be a more interesting place if no or few new mortal humans were needed since those born with the choice chose to continue themselves instead?Those born with the means...don't forget the means. When they roll out immortobots, guys like the Kochs will get them, not you and I. What do you think...if people like the Kochs condensed and became over-representative in the way that their wealth currently does (and -because- of their wealth, no less)...would that be a more interesting world to you? I don;t think so. I think that it would be a petty and boring world. Our mortality and diversity is the spice of life, imo.
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