Do people think of cybernetics when they think of transhumanism? I can see the continuum, but I think of transhumanism as being about more fundamental changes
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glitchy_nobody@leminal.space 2 days agoGlasses/contact lenses, pacemakers, insulin pumps, cochlear implants, prosthetic limbs.
Some stuff does help us and isn’t done purely for evil. It is the monkey murdering brain chips you gotta worry about. And maybe some of the listed stuff being taken over by monopolistic corporations like the glasses industry.
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petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Mobile phones, as well. Thing is, though, I wouldn’t describe a mobile phone as “the next step in evolution”—it would seem downright silly to, even.