X-Message-Number: 11057 From: Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 11:49:14 EST Subject: Uploading Hi All, Just a thought re: the uploading of information, from a guy who does technical writing for a living. Could it be that, a few thousand years from now (should we live that long and see that many SuperBowl games?) that we determine the need to erase or eradicate some of our memories, in order to be capable of "living" life ... again? There may be times when having more than one version of "you" would be ideal, in fact, as you can reference their memories in a more human, intuitive manner than simply uploading them from a database and finding them embedded in your memory. I believe human interaction, and the need for us to become more "real" will in the future have a greater meaning to us than it does now, because the glamour and mystery of having instantaneous information transfers uploaded to us will by then have long passed! We'll probably seek to do things "the old way", which currently we don't appreciate as much, in order to preserve the meaning of having life and enjoying life to it's fullest. After all, at some point in time, when we can do "everything" conceivable with our brains (interlinked with computers, download information, etc.), we'll probably find it oddly unsatisfying, like downloading cheats for your favorite video games. (Needless to say, this doesn't apply to certain information and/or topics which will be downloaded by mandate, like history files, safety and security files, knowledge of physics, math, and basic medicine, etc). Just some thoughts! Regards, Kirk Simpson Tech Writer Fort Lauderdale, FL Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11057