From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Tue Apr 14 1998 - 04:34:27 MDT
Eugene Leitl <eugene@liposome.genebee.msu.su> writes:
> > 1. Do you have a high-tech body? In other words, does your body
> > comprise any implants--transplants--smart limbs--electronic monitors,
> > etc.?
>
> It should be noted that currently you have to be pretty sick to have
> these in the first place. Which makes your life span probably shorter
> than average, unless you have signed up with a cryonics outfit, and
> that cryonics works. So you probably won't remain a trans for very long.
Actually, I have heard that pacemaker patients have a life expectancy
that is slightly better than normal people (a likely explanation is of
course that they monitor their cardiovascular system better).
> > 5. Are you connected to people and services via onbody (portable)
> > telecom?
>
> Trivial property. Pagers and cellulars are pretty ubiquitous.
Not when FM wrote that. I think most people would have regarded the
idea of widespread cellular phones as Star Trek sf rather than a
likely extrapolation.
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