3001: humans as virtual space travelers
source: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/01/3001-humans-as.html
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In 2005, Sir Arthur told the BBC that "When their bodies begin to deteriorate you transfer their thoughts so their personalities would be immortal," he told the BBC in 2005. "Just save it on a CD-Rom and plug it in - simple!"
The real-life sequel to Clarke's predictions is being developed by the renowned Microsoft researcher, Gordon Bell, who is is working on a project called MyLifeBits which aims to digitally store "a lifetime's worth of articles, books, cards, CDs, letters, memos, papers, photos, pictures, presentations, home movies, videotaped lectures, and voice recordings."
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ejasun
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Such a technology makes plausible deniability a much more difficult trick. I agree!
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ejasun
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PROYECTOarismuca
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unless one can be on stand-by at will, waiting millions of years to reach something interesting in space is worst than death to me
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PROYECTOarismuca
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purplefox
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My Life *Bits*? Maybe it's just the naming, but I find the idea of bits of uploaded me floating around the virtual world (other than stuff that I leave on the internet) after my death pretty unappealing.
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purplefox
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abbym0308
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For some reason, this makes life seem less precious to me, if any moment can be recorded and revisited.
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abbym0308
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Jeffnfun631
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What metamorphasis does the world hold?
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Jeffnfun631
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bfcooper
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um that already exists its called a..... computer?
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bfcooper
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asherp
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And then society collapses, and the next civilization finds these shiny discs and has no idea what they are for, so they use them to start their fires.
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asherp
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cztheday
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Hmmmm. Come to think of it, I would want to travel the stars in a fleet. All those light-years would get awfully lonely otherwise. I was thinking perhaps I would share my ship with other minds, but...um...there IS such a thing as too MUCH togetherness! But if you could drop off and pick up members during the journey(s), I think I could give it a go for at least a few millenia. Poker, anyone?
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cztheday
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sargeant_sick
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Who cares? We'd all be like Brainiac minus the urge to dominate the universe.
There is a short story from Kurt Vonnegut's, Welcome to the Monkey House called ' Unready to Wear', it's fantastic and mylifebits sort of reminds me of it. Check it out -
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sargeant_sick
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cantspascua
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'Will I dream? '-excerpt from 2010.
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cantspascua
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anikhanj
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We have a lot of work to do on understanding the brain first...
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anikhanj
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sargeant_sick
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Brilliant! We would all be immortal!
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sargeant_sick
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cztheday
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I really like to travel, but ... no sex for a trillion years? If they can iron out that little wrinkle, sign me up!
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cztheday
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nazbags
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This is precisely why I don't take photos when I visit beautiful places ... I want to remember it in my mind, not upload it and freak out if I lose it. What if your mylifebits crashes?
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nazbags
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CHARMOSH
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So it would be a modern day version of the voyager mission. We need an update anyways.
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CHARMOSH
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FallenMorgan
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It's great until the government can plug into your brain.
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FallenMorgan
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damnneargenius
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My won't I be an interesting upload.
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damnneargenius
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unimatrix0
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cool post
The mylifebits is an interesting idea, but I would not want every moment of my life in some digital storage device. Some moments I would like to pretend did not happen. Such a technology makes plausible deniability a much more difficult trick.
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unimatrix0
