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Re:The Future of Humanity with Elon Musk: Interview by Neil ... by jessaustin on Monday March 23, 2015 @12:22PM (#9251696)
>Brain to computer interfaces

Very, very, very bad idea. Once this works, we've got a massive box of philosophical and psychological issues to deal with--reality becomes suspect and meaningless.

Sure, there are all sorts of bizarre risks inherent in this, but is there any possibility that this won't happen? It seems all the trends point this way?

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Re:The Future of Humanity with Elon Musk: Interview by Neil ... by Ygg2 on Monday March 23, 2015 @12:31PM (#9251737)
Surely, Snowden's revelation point to much darker trends.
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Re:The Future of Humanity with Elon Musk: Interview by Neil ... by jessaustin on Monday March 23, 2015 @01:23PM (#9252092)
I don't think we really disagree, but what do you mean, specifically? I foresee the eager adoption of brain-computer interfaces by significant portions of the population (possibly including myself), and all sorts of problems ensuing from that. I think those problems might well include evil shit devised by our various enforcement agencies, and I won't be surprised if Snowden's whistleblowing successors reveal just that.
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