@Griffith HERE'S ANOTHER LEVEL OF IT TO GET INTO.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT ELEGANCE AND BEAUTY ARE, AND DO YOU THINK THESE ARE METRICS THAT CAN BE MODELLED AND THEN IMPROVED AND MAXIMIZED
CAN WE DESIGN AND WORKSHOP MORE ELEGANT AND MORE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
CAN WE FIND NEW AVENUES OF ELEGANCE AND BEAUTY PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN BY MAN, AND THEN EXAGGERATE THESE

THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS INHERENTLY ANTHROPOCENTRIC AND ITS INHERENTLY HOLISTIC
YOU CAN CREATE AN ARTIFICIAL METRIC THAT REPRESENTS SOME MATERIAL REALITY AND THEN OPTIMIZE FOR IT UNTIL DIMINISHING RETURNS KICK IN, BUT THAT WILL NEVER MAP ONTO A PROPORTIONAL "IMPROVEMENT" IN THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE

MY COOL HENRY FORD MADE CAR GOES TEN TIMES THE SPEED OF A HORSE AND BUGGY, AND ALL IT MEANS IS EVERYONE HAS TO GO TEN TIMES AS FAR FOR EVERYTHING BECAUSE NOW THATS BEARABLE
THE HOME AND LAUNDRY AND KITCHEN APPLIANCES HAVE MECHANIZED AND AUTOMATED DAILY CHORES SAVING ME OH SO MUCH MORE FREE TIME THAN A MEDIEVAL PEASANT,
NO MORE MENDING CLOTHES, NO MORE COOKERY, NO MORE CHOPPING FIREWOOD
AND I WILL SPEND THAT TIME ON WAGE LABOR BECAUSE I NEED THE MONEY, OR ON MEDIA CONSUMPTION AND CREATION, OR ON HOBBIES AND SELF IMPROVEMENT
I WILL DO TEN SETS OF TWENTY REPS "CHOPPING FIREWOOD" WITH A PLASTIC AXE
OR ILL PAINT TINY FIGURINES OR SOMETHING, SOME SORT OF MEDIEVAL DRUDGERY TO MAKE MY BRAIN HAPPY

SO ULTIMATELY WHAT DID THE OPTIMIZATION OF LABOR ASPECTS OF MY LIFE RESULT IN
WHAT DOES IMPROVEMENT IN THE ARTIFICIALLY DESIGNED AND ARBITRATED METRIC OF MY "QUALITY OF LIFE" RESULT IN
IT OPTIMIZED ME FOR LABOR
IT MADE ME ABLE TO DO MORE LABOR, MORE OFTEN, MORE QUICKLY, MORE FLEXIBLY BECAUSE MY PORTABILITY IMPROVED -- I CAN DELIVER MY LABOR TO A LARGER RADIUS AROUND ME AND COMPETE WITH MORE PEOPLE

"CAN'T WE JUST USE THE MATERIAL GAINS OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY TO ENGAGE IN IDLE PURSUITS AND ZERO-STAKES GAMES OF PRETEND AT LIFE? A SORT OF FULLY AUTOMATIC GAY LUXURY COMMUNISM. WE CAN BE CONQUISTADORS AND VIKINGS, NOT FOR REAL BUT PRETEND -- BECAUSE THE ROBOTS WE MAKE WILL MAKE CONQUERING BETTER FASTER AND SAFER THAN THE BEST HUMAN CONQUEROR."
YES
ITS CALLED VIDEOGAMES AND LARPING
YOU CAN BE A VIKING IN SKYRIM, RIGHT NOW!
YOU CAN HAVE A WIFE CHILDREN AND A RUSTIC CABIN IN SKYRIM, RIGHT NOW!

WHEN THE ANCIENT ARYANS HENRY FORD AND THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST FELT THAT TELLTALE ARYAN PULL TOWARDS EXPLORATION BY MEANS OF MATERIAL DESIGN AND ENGINEERING, THEY LIVED IN A WORLD FREE OF TELEVISION
THE SMARTPHONE WAS INCONCEIVABLE TO THESE RUSTICS!
WHEN MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY BEGAN TO BE ADVANCED FOLLOWING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS, THE ADVANCE WAS RAPID AND EXPONENTIAL AS IT HAD NEVER BEEN IN HISTORY OF MAN



THE POST YOU ARE REPLYING TO IS ONE OF MY REACTIONS TO A MILLEU OF TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTS WHO ARE EXTRAPOLATING THE PROCESS I AM DESCRIBING IN THIS POST AND BOLDLY SAYING
"YES !"
YES WE MUST OPTIMIZE MAN FURTHER!
WE MUST OBSOLETE MAN, UPGRADE MAN WITH A BRAIN CHIP, WITH ROBOT LIMBS.
SUBJECT THE HESITANT TO MARKET COMPETITION WITH EARLY ADOPTERS, MAKE THE EFFICIENCY GAINS CLEAR.
THEY ALL HAVE SMARTPHONES, THEY ALL HAVE EMAIL. LIKE IT OR NOT THEY HAVE TO HAVE EM.
THEY'LL HAVE A BRAIN CHIP TOO.