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'Electric Plastic' could merge technology with the body in future wearables and implants. (singularityhub.com)
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[–] TheGrandNagus 3 points 3 weeks ago

In some ways this seems awful - plastic in our bodies, really?

But I would likely happily make that tradeoff if I had some horrible illness or life-affecting disability that could be remedied with an implant.

If I had to choose between the ability to use my legs and "only" living to 75 instead of 85, for example, I'd take the implant 10 times out of 10.