I've never understood the desire to upload our minds into a machine - it's our bodies that make our minds human

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Originally shared by John Hagel

I've never understood the desire to upload our minds into a machine - it's our bodies that make our minds human
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  1. Stephen M. DupreeMarch 27, 2017 at 5:29 AM

    I'm not sure I understand the allure of being human. I could say that I like being alive and human but, a more accurate statement would be that I like being conscious and aware of my existence. I like being able to learn and modify my environment. I enjoy the ability to have complex communication with other intelligent beings. If I could keep and enhance all of the other stuff, I would give up humanity in a second. I think that I would enjoy having been human but staying that way seems counter-productive. So yes, I would happily have my essence uploaded into a computer and downloaded into such avatars as I might find useful. I cannot for the life of me, understand why anyone would not.

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