My eyes kinda glazed over at the actual article - just too much time being asked to spend with egocentric "truppies," imho. So just out of curiosity, was there any mention that I missed, whatsoever, of the global effects of a microcalorie diet, either in terms of the developed world consuming fewer calories or the . The only thing that really bugged me about this article is it strikes me as "boutique transhumanism": "Screw the ultimate existential fate of a human race that lives forever and commands all knowledge. Will I have a bitchin' bod in the year 3000!?"
Besides, I won't take part in a revolution that won't let me dance, and I won't take part in a transcendence with no tiramisu. (But then, you hear me say this every time Rik tries to feed me food discs. :) ) Hell, I'll even take soy tiramisu. Or perfectly recorded and replayed sense impressions of eating tiramisu. But no dessert capsules. :)
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Date: 2006-10-24 08:08 pm (UTC)Besides, I won't take part in a revolution that won't let me dance, and I won't take part in a transcendence with no tiramisu. (But then, you hear me say this every time Rik tries to feed me food discs. :) ) Hell, I'll even take soy tiramisu. Or perfectly recorded and replayed sense impressions of eating tiramisu. But no dessert capsules. :)