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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thank you for the link. Great!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.natasha.cc/"><span style='color:windowtext'>Natasha Vita-More, PhD</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=77 height=31 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CE2642.6BCB84C0" alt="esDESiGN_email"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Co-Editor: The Transhumanist Reader (Wiley-Blackwell Pub.) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Reader-Contemporary-Technology-Philosophy/dp/1118334310/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1363616965&sr=1-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+reader"><span style='color:blue'>Available at Amazon!</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Adjunct Professor, University of Advancing Technology<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chairman, <a href="http://www.humanityplus.org/"><span style='color:black'>Humanity+</span></a><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org [mailto:extropy-chat-bounces@lists.extropy.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Dougherty<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> ExI chat list<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] Better Bodies?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Natasha Vita-More <<a href="mailto:natasha@natasha.cc" target="_blank">natasha@natasha.cc</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>So, let me ask you: What evidence do you have that we need better bodies (graphs, statistics, charges, academic papers, your own expert opinions, etc.)?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>on 3/4 my wife stepped down from an outdoor 8 inch step and blew out her ankle, dislocating her left foot and in the fall badly sprained her right foot. The medical service she has received has been great. I am thankful that it exists and is readily available where we live. <br><br>However, it is surprising to me how unconcerned everyone seems to be - chalking it up to "these things happen." While it is nice for us that these doctors have had sufficient practice that we benefit from their experience rather than fumbling around with "try it and see" solutions, I am disturbed by how easily people can break themselves.<br><br>When you said 'better bodies' I immediately thought of a skeleton capable of resisting at least an order of magnitude more shock/stress than mere bones. <br><br>During the recovery/healing process my wife has been "walking" by lifting herself on her hands with a walker (crutches were too difficult with a cast on one ankle and boot on the other) Muscle fatigue in her arms limits mobility. Perhaps this simply underscores the need to continuously keep fitness a priority - but what constitutes 'fit enough'? Muscles that build up more quickly on-demand/as-needed would have been a nice feature to even temporarily upgrade if our [better] bodies were so adjustable. <br><br>Yeah, I don't have academic resources as evidence to convince anyone that we need better bodies. This is a personal anecdote that would be very relatable to an average first-worlder. It does suggest a possible source for statistics: sports-related orthopedic injuries vs non-sport orthopedic injuries - obviously sports performance levels would be at the extreme usage limits, professional sports even more so. Better bodies would allow the rest of us to push performance to professional sports levels without increasing the likelihood for personal injury that exists now simply walking down some steps.<br><br>I imagine sources like this: <a href="http://www.schwebel.com/userfiles/files/Fractures%281024%29.pdf">http://www.schwebel.com/userfiles/files/Fractures%281024%29.pdf</a><br>are nice info-snacks, but maybe not sufficient for your purpose. Good luck, though I know I don't need much convincing that we need better bodies. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>