as far as augmentation goes would you consider it for yourself? You're clearly a Trans-humanist considering your story and personal comments on technological advances.

If you define “transhumanist” as someone who is not opposed to altering human physiology to improve ourselves, then I am one. But when you really get down to it, I think most people are on board with this idea in the broad sense, it’s just that they get spooked by fictional or very specific examples.

Augmentation’s been around since we invented tools. Language augments our brains to move ideas from person to person, not to mention it allows our brains to create significantly larger concepts. A car augments my legs and increases the distance I can travel, glasses augment my eyes and the Internet augments the reach of my voice, hands, etc. by an incredible amount. Some augmentations physically change us (like medicine and artificial organs extending our lifespan) while others are removable, like most tools.

To me, it’s not a question of whether I should augment something, it’s whether that augmentation is useful. A robot hand sounds cool, but if it doesn’t do all the things I’d like it to do (like have a wide range of touch sense) then it’s an inferior technology to my organic hand. If, however, we reach a point where I could have a robot body that could do everything I have and more, then I’d certainly consider it (assuming it isn’t a billion dollars).

Transhuman “tech” isn’t really different from any other technology and the term tends to conjure this false division between “human” and “augmented human.” Humans evolved to be dependent on their tools; we’ve had an intimate relationship with our technology from the start. We’ve been cyborgs from the moment we sharpened our first stick.