Top Ten Cybernetic Upgrades Everyone Will Want


	Top Ten Cybernetic Upgrades Everyone Will Want
Silkweaver
10-27-2008 8:01 PM
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future, augmentation, transhuman
Silkweaver says:
Cool! And I would add a few of my own....
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c3ba7bbc-4133-4985-a546-593f69ecfd7c/E3874E33-2767-4E26-B5CB-0942E2C48167/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/" href="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.acceleratingfuture.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/ED061A1D-62CD-402B-8152-0038C47F7E7F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><P><STRONG>#10.  Disease immunity.</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/63750C36-158B-4A73-8AF3-AEAC5D42A55D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>
#9.  Telemicroscopic, full-spectrum vision.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/B7FBC205-4D1E-4C04-A46A-1602D44C48A6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/4995C42A-FD02-4C5C-AFE2-72F76CC0A41E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>#8.  Telepathy/Brain-Computer Interfacing.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/2545DBDE-4D46-4058-A543-8C8756614B03" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>
#7.  Super-strength.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/E1256076-2FAC-450A-A35A-A8F9D40E59E2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>#6.  Improved appearance.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/D9D15CF7-F554-4551-8BB0-F24C86F968AF" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>#5.  Psychokenesis.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/DA2DC804-87E4-46EE-828B-F1D91176CAFB" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>#4.  Autopoiesis/Allopoiesis</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/84BAC41A-0FAB-420C-8FD6-38154E77758D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><P><STRONG>#3.  Flight.</STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/6D80CD72-0B9C-4DDA-B6A9-A1E2DD9D71A3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>#2.  Superintelligence.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/80D20629-2B0A-4923-B13B-5AF6449662ED" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><STRONG>#1.  Immortality.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.acceleratingfuture.com/img/837B3021-A6CB-4685-A73A-BE93B5FEA34D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><P>Science fiction, computer games, anime… cyborgs are everywhere.  <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism" linkindex="4">Transhumanists </A> are philosophers who believe that one day, cybernetic upgrades will be so powerful, elegant, and inexpensive that everyone will want them.  This page lists ten major upgrades that I think will be adopted by 2050.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.acceleratingfuture.com/michael/blog/2007/01/ten-transhumanist-upgrades-everyone-will-want/"><P>Well then, that just about wraps up our list.  See you in 2050, alright?</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E3874E33-2767-4E26-B5CB-0942E2C48167/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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