If the privacy were factored out, out of the equation. For sure
Decentralization.
Most don't realize man merging with machine is inevitable.
Like any tools man has ever invented, there will be drawbacks. However, progression is an inevitability. These sort of biomechanics will come to fruition.
This is not a matter of if. The trick is doing it correctly. As you've briefly conveyed, the transhumanism angle isn't all that terrible. In fact, it's necessary. Big faults we all share can and will be corrected by a progression of technology.
One of man's greatest follies is being too scared to accept the inevitable. Unfortunately, he all too often obsessed over what could go wrong.
The trick is to imagine what could go right. There will always be drawbacks. They should be dealt with as they come. Fear cannot prevent us from progressing.
Bruce Sterling wrote a bunch of short stories that covers this subject. I read them long ago back in high school. They are pretty good cyberpunk sci fi.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaper/Mechanist_universe
“The Shapers attempt to push the limits by manipulating the human body itself, through genetic modification and highly specialized psychological training. The Shapers are aristocratic, placing heavy emphasis on "gene-lines"—to be "unplanned" (i.e., born) is considered a serious disadvantage. Their methods could best be described as "organic". Shaper society, based around the Military-Academic complex, is described as fascist.
In contrast, the Mechanists have disdain for the Shapers' methods and instead prefer to use cybernetic augmentation, advanced computer software, technical expertise, and drugs to achieve their goals. The "Lobsters" are Mechanists who permanently seal their bodies into life-support shells allowing them to live and work in deep space. Some Mechanists even go as far as to become "wireheads"—individuals with no corporeal body who are simply manifested as computer simulations. The Mechanist philosophy favors individualism more than the collectivist Shapers.”
Thank you. Optimism is in short supply. Thanks for getting what I was shittily conveying
Yeah, it took me twice as many words to say it as it should have, but I finally got around to it around the end.
Pessimism is derived merely from ignorance. Men that don't see the bright side of what's about happen will be pleasantly surprised. It may be a long and grueling road, but it will be worth it in the end.
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