The Bionic You

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Re: The Bionic You

Post by Clinton Huxley » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:42 pm

It'll feel like skis to a giraffe. Mark my words.

It's bound to be horrible.

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Re: The Bionic You

Post by Rum » Tue Sep 19, 2017 4:57 pm

Time for Bakelite to make a comeback?

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Re: The Bionic You

Post by Clinton Huxley » Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:17 pm

Rum wrote:Time for Bakelite to make a comeback?
For some of us, it never went away.

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Re: The Bionic You

Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:59 pm

Rum wrote:Time for Bakelite to make a comeback?
Pah to Bakelite. The poor man's Ebonite. :tea:
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Re: The Bionic You

Post by JimC » Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:06 pm

With the right implants, one could choose each day from a large range of different personas...

But perhaps one could no longer really say one...
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Re: The Bionic You

Post by cronus » Wed Sep 20, 2017 5:52 am

Robots won't take over in one jump, it will be gradual. A imperceptible transition over a couple of centuries until there are only machines in the picture.
What will the world be like after its ruler is removed?

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Re: The Bionic You

Post by von Starnberg » Wed Sep 20, 2017 7:17 am

JimC wrote:With the right implants, one could choose each day from a large range of different personas...
One is a sufficiency, is it not so?

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Re: The Bionic You

Post by Svartalf » Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:04 am

You haven't read the right cyberpunk books... modular parsonas can be a big plus...
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