[Dead Corpse]

More than likely, that is exactly what will happen. An enhanced-human Diaspora. Of course, this leaves the rest of wretched humanity wailing that it "isn't fair". Envy and bigotry are huge social forces. More than enough to try and start a dust up. Anything that is a perceived threat would get the "it's for the children" treatment.

Advances I'm seeing coming to fruition fairly soon are computer/net interfaces, immune system revamp, re-engineering of entire gene sequences in fully developed biological systems. Any one of these gives a huge advantage over those who, for one reason or another, don't want to be "improved".

Frankly, the idea of extended life span, increased damage resistance/repair, and a direct neural feed to computing systems would be my "buy in" criteria. Computer enhanced eidetic memory alone would almost be worth it.

[Neville72]

"Advances I'm seeing coming to fruition fairly soon are computer/net interfaces, immune system revamp, re-engineering of entire gene sequences in fully developed biological systems. Any one of these gives a huge advantage over those who, for one reason or another, don't want to be "improved"."


I hear alot of big talk on this site and others, from those who claim they wouldn't want to have their lifetimes radically extended even if it was in a healthy state. I find that utterly ludicrous and don't believe it for a minute.

In essence what we're talking about is that long sought after "fountain of youth". How many could resist. Very, very few I'd bet.