From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Wed Feb 09 2000 - 03:50:16 MST
QueeneMUSE@aol.com writes:
> I HOPE TO GOD modifications will be adopted to make people *more* of an
> individual and not bring even more soulless clones into existance. Fish eyes
> and feathers, bring it on....
> But more bland female model types, and isipid GQ types and we can all
> ...CONFORM!! CONFORM!!! More more : Monotony, tedium, banality.
I also belong to the hopeful group who think that after an initial
rash of blond blue eyed supermodels/boy band members people will start
to look for the different and individual. But maybe the future is
going to be divided between those who conform and those who change -
does it matter as long as it is a free choice?
What is really interesting to think of is not body modifications but
mental modifications. They could really bring about clonliness - or
make people so wildly individual that the social scene would start to
look like a sitcom (hmm... it already does, from my vantage point :-).
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