Quote Originally Posted by cmind View Post
You guys sound like a couple of old men, but you're probably just in your 30s. The world is starting to change so much that even at my advanced age of 23, I'm starting to feel nostalgic for the days when you had to be sitting down to access the internet.

The big thing will be BCI (brain-computer interfaces). Once this happens, in a few short years most everyone will be wired to everyone else, on a direct cognitive level. Individuality may lose some or all of its meaning. I actually had a terrifying dream about this a few weeks ago, where I was like the last person in the world to implant a BCI, and I was afraid of becoming a part of the 'collective'. Scary stuff.
Heh, I'm 21. Almost 22.

I have never accessed the internet without sitting down. I've used a smartphone for like 10 seconds, and shown my aunty something on my mum's iPad, while I was standing, so I guess that could count.

But tbh, I just can't be bothered dragging this stuff around with me all the time. If there were brain implants, that might change it a bit. And it would become more part of me, instead of extra baggage.
Likewise I would transfer my brain to a more capable robot in a heartbeat.