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Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by zeroxfe on Saturday September 01, 2018 @09:31AM (#17891744)
Now that many new cars are coming with have high-def wide-angle rear view cameras, I don't really need my neck muscles anymore. At some point we'll "evolve" to rocks... rocks with wifi.
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by dx87 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @11:30AM (#17892271)
That reminds me of a TED talk I saw where the speaker was saying that something he's noticed with a lot of academics and tech types is that they only care about flexing their mental muscles; their bodies are only useful for moving their brain from one place to another, so a lot of what they build is done to make it so they have to use their bodies less.
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by jacobolus on Saturday September 01, 2018 @11:52PM (#17895434)
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by closeparen on Saturday September 01, 2018 @06:29PM (#17894232)
My experience in Silicon Valley is that tech workers are drastically more fit than the general public.
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by icc97 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @03:36PM (#17893560)
Except for the brain works better when the body is healthier.
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by phakding on Saturday September 01, 2018 @10:27AM (#17891978)
I am thinking, evolve more like people in WALL-E. Blobs of flesh with no muscle definition or ability to use them.
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by a3n on Saturday September 01, 2018 @03:10PM (#17893445)
"In The Year 2525," from the year 1969: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Year_2525 (youtube link in "External" section is weak, try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew01FGfOZdE)
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by JoshMnem on Saturday September 01, 2018 @12:20PM (#17892520)
I picture something more like floating, life-extension vats where people spend their whole lives, getting entertainment, VR images, and drugs piped into their brains. Robots will do everything else.

Living involves the acts of experiencing the real world and doing things for yourself.

Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by 20after4 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @09:45AM (#17891806)
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by CM30 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @10:29AM (#17891983)
So basically like the people in WALL•E .
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by muse900 on Saturday September 01, 2018 @09:40AM (#17891781)
as much as "rocks with wifi" made me giggle, it also made me sad cause its very true.
Re:Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among th... by Animats on Saturday September 01, 2018 @04:58PM (#17893843)
That's where fat acceptance has brought us.