- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
- I’d love to see a future where Starfish has paved the way for less invasive methods of treating various neuro and psychological disorders. - What we’ll likely get is some new type of porn thing. - Anyone putting corporate technology into their bodies is just asking to get Black Mirror’ed. I always thought it would be cool to have my body replaced by a sick robot, but I know I’ll never be rich enough to afford the cool one. I’ll just be in the Hyundai Bodi or whatever. - Anyone putting corporate technology into their bodies is just asking to get Black Mirror’ed. - Pace makers aren’t made my anticapitalist cooperatives, you know. - Pace makers keep you from dying so they’re sort of on a different level of need. Also, if corps did planned obsolescence on one, you’re probably not around to buy another. - If they were invented today, they would definitely have a predatory subscription model for “monitoring” your heart, or require occasional maintenance at cost to the end user. - Didn’t someone relatively recently have a prosthetic that needed a new battery that wasn’t produced anymore? - Who would’ve thunk, standards exist for a reason. 
 
 
- Very true and I should have been more specific. 
 
 
 
- Nah, I’ve played cyberpunk too much to know how this turns out 
- Give the inventor of modern digital lootboxes and the “license don’t own” paradigm the opportunity to put a chip in my brain? Pass 
- “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” 
- Why tho? - We will be able to play Half Life 3 as a curated dream. 
 







