[extropy-chat] Converging Technologies for a Diverse Europe

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

Nice and I fear realistic thoughts Bill. Given only these three
choices, I would move off-planet and look for a planet where John
Wayne, Walmart and the government cooperate to develop good options
for everyone.
G.

> The US - full of John Wayne X-Men types, worried about whether the
> x-ray vision beats the super-strength option. Or should they go for
> the bullet-proof skin, or maybe the 'run at fifty mph' option? Let's
> look through the Walmart upgrades catalogue, mother.
> 
> Europe - A neat, tidy place where everyone has a schedule of upgrades
> provided by the government. To keep things fair everyone gets the
> super-strength upgrade. Then when that is completed, everyone moves on
> to the next upgrade, and so on. There will be black market upgrades,
> of course, but they will treated as criminals.
> 
> China - The Borg, obviously. A machine-like hive mind which sweeps all
> before it.