I feel this acutely when I'm in the zone; to be limited in IO bandwidth by my reading speed & digital dexterity can be quite frustrating. I have so much to do and so little time, yet remain constrained in my capabilities, bounded by an biology, an arbitrary evolutionary path
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RT @SHL0MS
being confined to a physical body is so claustrophobic
https://twitter.com/SHL0MS/status/1393325055128580096
even with these limits, there are ways to eke out a bit more efficiency, make the most of what I have; but there's only so much I can do. certain limits I cannot exceed while bound to this fleshy body, not optimally designed for communication
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RT @pee_zombie
I'm pretty neurotic about this sort of thing; it takes some effort for me to decide to do something, so I try to ensure that there is as little as possible standing in my way w…
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1393064598111129600
at the peaks of my frustration I seem to vibrate within my skin, my spirit yearning to break free and transcend the mortal coil, to rehome into a digital body like a hermit crab seeking a better shell
I constantly feel like my real life won't start so long as I remain flesh
the escape to a digital substrate unlocks much potential for our modalities, our ways of being. so many assumptions based on a physical existence can be released, constraints relaxed. we will become able to explore so much more of state space once we transcend this local maxima
physical injuries? software surgeons will be much more effective. psychiatry? much to be gained visually debugging mental state. cosmetic changes? unlimited.
the digital realm offers us the ability to make much better use of physical space, harnessing it more effectively
however, uploading to a digital existence is not the true eschatology, but just a (critical) intermediary; until heat death is solved, we will remain resource-constrained. computers require materials to build, power to run and maintain against entropy
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RT @pee_zombie
the transhumanist eschatology consists of solving heat death to attain cosmic ergodicity
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1385435659876372480
some accuse us transhumanists of being rebranded Christians, what w/ the transcendental eschatology; besides being Jewish, I don't seriously disagree. there indeed is infinitely more existence available to us past this one mortal life, but we must earn it
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RT @pee_zombie
we will not rest until all matter has been transmuted into hyperefficient computronium
free energy is a scarce resource and it is immoral to waste it on a purpose …
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1369325080984096785
I see improving my capabilities, and those of others as well, as something akin to a sacred task. enabling others raises the sea level, so to speak; moves up the starting line for subsequent generations. through many iterations we achieve singularities
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RT @pee_zombie
@visakanv the sooner we figure protein folding the sooner we unlock genetic engineering & synthetic biology the sooner we solve senescence
the sooner we integrate QM …
https://twitter.com/pee_zombie/status/1387143389355954177
we'll need to exponentiate our capabilities many times to overcome the challenges before us, reinvent who we are and how we live, down to our very core, until we barely remember what it means to be human. in some ways this is tragic, but it would be a greater tragedy to die out