You will be required to do wrong no matter where you go. It is the basic condition of life, to be required to violate your own identity.

Philip K Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

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I just couldn’t help thinking that maybe through some ironic accident a bunch of Ralph Lauren models may end up becoming cyborgs that live forever. Or at least a really long time. It’s kind of cinematic.

Let’s go through the checklist here. In order to make it to the Singularity you need to be as healthy/preserved as possible in 2045 so you can take advantage of nanobots and technology.

From what I have gathered you need to: Hardly eat anything on a calorie restriction diet; Drink tons of Pinot Noir; Not be adverse to radically altering your body (ie plastic surgery); Marry a rich guy who can afford Cadillac cyborg health care in the future.

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