Still you?

We do not recognize technology as separate any more: we think nothing of glasses and contact lenses, but those are not organic, nor a part of us. We have brought titanium hips and knees inside our bodies and consider them part of us, and we are yet human. We bring hearts and livers and kidneys and eyes into our bodies and consider them part of ourselves, and ourselves no less human as a result. Cochlear implants to help people hear who cannot otherwise. Are these physical or part of the person’s brain? Exoskeletons are becoming commonplace. If you have had brain surgery, are you still you?

:- Doug.

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