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Re:Human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer inter... by PicassoCTs on Sunday April 04, 2021 @11:55AM (#26690473)
That attitude will have to go, cause that space for that attitude is need for some upgrade. I dread this world. One could glimps it in the Firefall novels of Peter Watts. "Experts" who upgraded themselves into crippled "savants", able to outperform all baselines, but incapable of feeling there own fingertips.

One can already feel that pressure, regarding substance abuse to stay awake longer and perform better with amphetamines and be more creative with hallucinogenics.

Imagine having to sacrifice ever more parts of yourselves, to stay relevant. What a horrific freak-show we will become..

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Re:Human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer inter... by soulofmischief on Sunday April 04, 2021 @12:29PM (#26690801)
> Imagine having to sacrifice ever more parts of yourselves, to stay relevant

The Little Gods by Jamie Wahls explores this very notion, in the context of a parent and her child, and how each respond to expectations of an augmented society.

http://compellingsciencefiction.com/stories/thelittlegods.ht...

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Re:Human use of high-bandwidth wireless brain-computer inter... by PicassoCTs on Monday April 05, 2021 @04:48AM (#26696687)
That was a interesting read - thank you.
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