[ExI] proto-bitcoin

[BillK]

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 11:27:26PM +0100, BillK wrote:
>> At first sight, my suggestion might not sound very weird, but the
>> implications.......
>> A society where all the men look like 25 year old handsome fit
>> athletes and all the women look like 21 year old film starlets.
>
> ...is not gonna happen. But a society where you can't tell what
> the fuck you're looking at, any time.
>

That's one of the implications.........

That 20 year-old starlet might be a 200 year old counter-intelligence
expert.  :)

It depends, of course, on how far into the future you want to speculate.

But in the nearer future when humans still have flesh bodies, then
studies have shown that handsome, taller men are more successful in
business and society. Similarly for attractive women. So when body
customisation becomes available, society in general will trend towards
the more socially successful shapes. Though there will always be weird
outliers on the fringes of society as well.

Society will have to change the evolutionary driven technique of
judging people by their appearance. When all men look like a
Greek god, society will be forced to judge by actions rather than
superficial appearance.

(Which is what they should be doing anyway! But inbuilt prejudices are
difficult to fight).


BillK