Most sublime music
Humanicity is about, we are about, the deepest art, most sublime music, most beautiful mathematics.
:- Doug.
Archive for September 3rd, 2019
Still you?
We do not recognize technology as separate any more: we think nothing of glasses and contact lenses, but those are not organic, nor a part of us. We have brought titanium hips and knees inside our bodies and consider them part of us, and we are yet human. We bring hearts and livers and kidneys and eyes into our bodies and consider them part of ourselves, and ourselves no less human as a result. Cochlear implants to help people hear who cannot otherwise. Are these physical or part of the person’s brain? Exoskeletons are becoming commonplace. If you have had brain surgery, are you still you?
:- Doug.
Download Einstein’s brain
Digital information does not last even short. Living beings last longer, and we are always changing, morphing our memories with new events and imaginations. Life has stored our most basic (and profound?) knowledge in genes, DNA, and such. Just what of what we know will survive, ought survive? What is worth saving? Consider the value of poop: what could we learn from studying this from the desert fathers and mothers? If we could have downloaded Einstein’s brain, or Leonardo’s, how long would before we’d stop looking there? How long do we care to live and remain relevant?
:- Doug.
Communication solved!
Communication problem solved! If/When we become a-mortal, and keep growing our minds all along, the people to tell our stories to the 11th generation elders will be we, ourselves.
:- Doug.
Conservative, normal path
Start with things we want—the conservative, normal path—help the paralyzed walk, improve the Internet, improve daily lives.
:- Doug.
