11/17/04

cyberpunk anthology:
what are the issues raised about what it means to be human?

if we create intelligent beings can we destroy them?

the subjectiveness of our experience--reality is easily tampered with and differs between different people

would you want to merge your mind with some other creature or machine?
changes your perspective so much that your normal way of living no longer makes sense

technology changed the world we live in in the last century, it will change us in this century

if we had the technology to live forever (or very much longer) would we do it?

anything we can do we will do (?)

Many of the technologies that make us nervous are likely to come about:
who has access?
how are the costs paid?
encourages big government and big business