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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on Superhuman Workplace: will enhancements be standard? ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bionic Man]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I always found this field utterly fascinating.These discoveries are piling up so fast that it is a bit difficult to know them all.Bit by bit we are becoming the bionic man/woman of the near future.Eventually, as it has been predicted by Science Fiction writers of the past, the actual human being --a mere link in the evolution chain-- will disappear as the dinosaur disappeared, just to become a chapter in the story of life evolution on this planet.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[David Traversa]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:58:57 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I see external enhancements as interesting with a lot of potentials. As it stands, limitations on computers make is such that a combination of human and machine is the most capable force. Be careful competing with machines directly though. They will win. always do what humans do best and use machines as tools.I would recommend against any stimulant drugs. In the 70's it was &quot;speed kills&quot;, then cocaine, then speed again, then crank, then ice and now bath salts. One thing about stimulants, it just seems that they make you crazy. Another problem along that line is that anything you start, you eventually have to quit. If we can't make it as we are, what are we making ourselves and why? What do you want to achieve? I'm a stimulant junkie. Not chemicals, but the excitement of sport, story and experience. I program and am addicted to the challenge and stimulation of my job. I go through withdrawals when I complete a project. Of course there is a downside. I am tough, blessed with uncommon strength and endurance. That endurance and strength relates to hormones. It is quite likely to kill me. I have to work to make sure that I keep the stimulation level below what releases hormones into my system. I see a definite potential danger to the stimulation level this society/culture can provide with no drugs. I think using drugs to increase stimulation as very dangerous.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[a1swdeveloper]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:49:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Enhancements should be thought of as tools; tools are an extension of the body and mind.  A hammer is an extension of an arm to pound in nails and a computer can work as a way to extend the mind by providing a place to store details and also to find new information.Just recently, a man walked up a skyscraper using a smart prosthetic leg that let him climb the stairs as if he had two normal legs.  Using the older prosthetic leg meant stepping up with his good leg, pulling the prosthetic leg up to the same step and repeat.  The smart leg was able to make the next step and support him until his other foot moved to the next step.  The smart leg used nerve impulses generated in the mind to control the leg.It will be interesting to see how these things get adopted and used.  30 years ago, no one could have predicted the rapid growth of personal computers and the internet.  There have both good and bad happening with both with rapid access to information while fending off malware and ads.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[sboverie]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:45:32 -0800</pubDate>
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