If you could become "augmented"...would you?
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Absolutely.
Simply for a right cyborg arm.
Punching things, writing things, and doing ANYTHING sounds a lot more fun with a cyborg arm than it would be with a fleshy breakable piece of bone.
Simply for a right cyborg arm.
Punching things, writing things, and doing ANYTHING sounds a lot more fun with a cyborg arm than it would be with a fleshy breakable piece of bone.
I have bad vision and a deteriorating back. I'm not sure which I'd augment first, but I'm pretty sure I'd get both repaired with the technology if it were available.
If Neuropozyne isn't covered through health care and the withdrawal symptoms are as bad as they sound then hell no.
But, if I can manage to be put on a plan for Nupoz shots, assuming this is still early DXHR and not trending into DX territory with the nano augs, then I'd probably get my lungs reworked.
I've had horrible lungs since I was born and I'd like nothing more than to be able to breathe without feeling like there's an hour glass slowly ticking away before I need to take something to clear them up again.
As for anything else? Maybe my eyes. My vision sucks, so I'd get some fuckin Jensen tier sunglasses and shit.
But, if I can manage to be put on a plan for Nupoz shots, assuming this is still early DXHR and not trending into DX territory with the nano augs, then I'd probably get my lungs reworked.
I've had horrible lungs since I was born and I'd like nothing more than to be able to breathe without feeling like there's an hour glass slowly ticking away before I need to take something to clear them up again.
As for anything else? Maybe my eyes. My vision sucks, so I'd get some fuckin Jensen tier sunglasses and shit.
I'm boring so I'd only get augments when my body starts to crap out on me.
Bionic heart, to pump blood faster without risk of heart attack!
Bionic spine, when the Parkinson's sets in!
Things like that.
Bionic heart, to pump blood faster without risk of heart attack!
Bionic spine, when the Parkinson's sets in!
Things like that.
I would take a cybernetic arm or both and one eye. I had laser corrective surgery done a couple years back so I don't want it to be a total waste of money. Just one eye for targeting and all those fun features. Probably also get lungs and heart augmented to handle damage to me mostly mortal shell.
Totally, transhumanism and posthumanism ftw!
Those people making the cyborg bodies gotta get cracking though, so we can have the events of Ghost in the Shell happen on time.
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Those people making the cyborg bodies gotta get cracking though, so we can have the events of Ghost in the Shell happen on time.
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I don't put much value in my "humanity" so I'd probably replace as much as I can afford. I've always wanted a cybernetic eye...
One of my greatest fears is having a mind that my body cannot keep up with (ie. being healthy in mind but deteriorating in body). When my grandfather died he was clear in the head, but his body was almost dead before he was. He was fully self aware, he could listen to and understand others but he couldn't move or speak or eat by himself. If there's anything that can offer me a chance not to end up like that I'll take it.
Also, on the subject of "becoming something other than human"... is that a bad thing? If we can become non-human by chancing ourselves what's stopping us from being... better?
One of my greatest fears is having a mind that my body cannot keep up with (ie. being healthy in mind but deteriorating in body). When my grandfather died he was clear in the head, but his body was almost dead before he was. He was fully self aware, he could listen to and understand others but he couldn't move or speak or eat by himself. If there's anything that can offer me a chance not to end up like that I'll take it.
Also, on the subject of "becoming something other than human"... is that a bad thing? If we can become non-human by chancing ourselves what's stopping us from being... better?
I would augment myself, but only for the purpose of fixing my medical problems, specifically my disabling ones. I wouldn't indulge in augmentation for its own sake, i.e., I wouldn't augment anything that wasn't broken or deficient as compared to a healthy human being/the norm.
I would prefer genetic augmentation, as I'm pretty sure most or all of my problems come from an immune system that likes to assault me instead of/in addition to doing its actual job. However, there's probably enough extant damage in my body that genetic augmentation wouldn't be enough; if nothing else they'd probably need to replace some nerves in my arms, and maybe some joints in my legs and wrists.
If I had to, I'd be willing to go for complete robot hands or arms. Healing the hands/arms I've got or just replacing the damaged parts would be better, though.
I would prefer genetic augmentation, as I'm pretty sure most or all of my problems come from an immune system that likes to assault me instead of/in addition to doing its actual job. However, there's probably enough extant damage in my body that genetic augmentation wouldn't be enough; if nothing else they'd probably need to replace some nerves in my arms, and maybe some joints in my legs and wrists.
If I had to, I'd be willing to go for complete robot hands or arms. Healing the hands/arms I've got or just replacing the damaged parts would be better, though.
Yeah I would grab everything and anything on the table , organic organs have a tendency to break and Im a tad sick of my eyes but all I would want as far as mental augmentation is a boost to processing power, I don't care about the whole am I still human debate but mess with your mind too much and am I still me?