Technoprogressivism has made me realize something: I don't want to be "enhanced" or "augmented" or "transhuman" or "posthuman" that much.

"Smart drugs"? not really. What's the point of being smarter? What does being "smarter" mean, exactly, anyway? I already am happier just with the drugs I already have some access to. But even as sluggish and primitive as they are, I'm pretty satisfied with them.

Stronger? Nah. More energetic? maybe, but I have diet & exercize methods to exploit if I really wanted that.

More and more, I'm starting to see "enhancements" or "augmentations" as only things that I would really "need" in order to compete in the workplace. This is not something I consider legitimate. I object to that. More than anything, I just want out of the rat race. It simply appears, to me, that dropping out has been and will be more effective than trying to "win" it.

Hell, I don't even really want to get tattoos or piercings, although I've thought about it enough, having many friends with them.

The only thing I can think of as personally desirable modifications are pretty advanced: better access to my own mind and body. I'd love to see digital monitors for bloodstream contents, heartrate, and, eventually, my various nervous systems. But even the ability to play back recorded nerve impulses makes me nervous - so to speak. Do I really want to expose myself to a new vector of attack? See George Dvorsky's piece on "mind hacks".

Given the demonstrable risks of modern IT security, which do not seem to be easily solvable, will uploading or brain computer interfaces ever really be safe? Will human intellectual limits be the only things that insure relative safety?

Will there not always be individual existential risks to confront?

Does it really bother me that I'm going to die? I can always prefer to live longer without being afraid of dying.

Comments –Nato