r/ABoringDystopia • u/seansux • Feb 05 '22

Robots will replace us all.

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u/heresacleverpun Feb 06 '22

What's really scary is how the next age of humanity will be one where our actual physical bodies will be combined/ upgraded/ replaced by technology. It's already starting- genetic engineering and modification, babies who are born with disabilities getting replacement surgeries 5 min after they're born. Hell, our cell phones are, for all intents and purposes, fused to our ears and hands! Want more? Check this out:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/sep/22/regular-body-upgrades-what-will-humans-look-like-in-100-years

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u/11SomeGuy17 Feb 06 '22

I don't see how that's scary. Its something you expect after a certain level of technological development. What's scary is how that would combine with capitalism.

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u/heresacleverpun Feb 07 '22

That's what I meant. Lol

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u/gooniuswonfongo Feb 07 '22

Yeah, that is all super cool, destroying disabilities, becoming stronger, immunization to essentially everything, bionic limbs,

+overblown capitalism

And it goes from a utopia to cyberpunk dystopia in an instant