Stuart LangridgeMemo to self (for #hackference talk): you are your devices. They aren't just things you can give up. You could, like how if you got gangrene in your hand in the middle ages they cut off your arm, but that doesn't happen now. Your connections to the world are as much you as your toes are. Anyone who says you can drop technology is like the Amish. See http://waitbutwhy.com/2017/04/neuralink.html (search for "we don't feel like cyborgs") for more.
Stephen Michael Kellat@sil Funny you should mention that. I was out visiting the local Amish colony today. "Going bush" is still on the planning options list.
FINOkoye@sil I like that! I often feel frustrated by conversations on technology that a) don't realise technology is an intrinsic part of being human and b) don't seem to realise just cos you don't *feel* like a cyborg doesn't mean you're not as deeply enmeshed in it as a cyberpunk anime heroine lol.
@FINOkoye exactly my thought, yeah; this is why I made a note of it for myself for later so I remember to feed that concept into my talk at hackference :)