Re: Transhuman S&M (Was: Cryonics propaganda)

Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
15 Jul 1999 00:41:16 +0200

"Freeman Craig Presson" <dhr@iname.com> writes:

> whips and featherdusters would become nostalgic props, and
> the real action would happen on the keyboard, or whatever interface we end up
> using (most likely a virtual body with virtual tools).

Voodoo dolls? :-)

> Pure uploads would probably enjoy this even more than the embodied.

Not to mention the ability to change body geometry (although I wonder how to re-map changed topology elegantly onto the somatosensory brain systems).

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