Alter and maintain

On the subject of enhancement, what two things would you alter and what two things would you keep? Would your answer be different if you were changing humanity in general? How so?

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Permalink Reply by JimBCameron on July 31, 2009 at 9:56am: I think any answer would immediately prove itself unsatisfactory with the change in consciousness it would bring.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by tleilaxu_chemist on July 31, 2009 at 8:40pm: I would like to swith my emotional capacity from chemical based to electronic. That way my emotional state will be dictated by reason and choice, instead of instinct and imbalances. Of course doing so may completely elliminate my emotions altogether as there may be no rational reason to have them at all, and that would make me sad.
The second thing i'd change is my physical vulnerabilities, like the movie Surrogate, instead of having a home pod with a chewy humn center though i'd just be a software being capable of uploading and downloading into different bodies as one is damaged or becomes obsolete.
I'd like to keep my sense of individuality instead of being absorbed into some amalgamated cyber mind. I'm like to maintain my creative abilities instead of being a strict intellegence.; ▶ Reply to This