GM. If you cut off your thumb, and replaced it with a mechan...

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GM. If you cut off your thumb, and replaced it with a mechanical one, would you still be you?

Yes, of course. https://blossom.laantungir.net/24235ed85d421e61ea9a834f5f5c01cd639f60f3afe090399328e1ad0665f249.jpg Replace your whole hand, it's still you.

Replace your body, it's still you.

Replace your skull, it's still you.

Now here is the good one: Replace your brain... still you?

Yes, it's still you. Replace every atom, one by one, and it is still you. Why? Because you are the software, not the hardware.

Turing-complete computers, which include our brains are commodities. They can all run any software in our universe. They can run your software. They can run me. They can run you.

On #NOSTR we aren't just creating a social network, we taking baby steps toward creating our future bodies. Our future homes.

Suppose the computer you are running on (your brain) is malfunctioning or dying, and you could be uploaded to "the cloud". What would you want that "cloud" to look like?

Would you want an off switch controlled by others? By the government?

Would you want to be uploaded to one computer or decentralized across many?

Would you want to be in a robot? Be in control of many robots?

Stay here on earth or be shot off into space away from everyone else and potential danger?

Would you want to be a slave or be free ... and what exactly does that even mean?

How could you ensure communication with others?

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