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PRINCIPAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HUMAN AND THE POSTHUMAN

HUMAN

POSTHUMAN

Life expectancy = 78 years

Life expectancy = 300 years

Perishable organs

Humanized pig organs or 3D bioprinted organs

DNA from parents

DNA modified by CRISPR

Communicates by speaking, writing, photography, and video

Communicates by thoughts connected to the cloud

Weak muscles

Strength enhanced by motorized titanium exoskeleton

Limited retinal vision

Night vision provided by DNA spliced from bats and high-definition infrared retinas

Does not recognize all the people he meets

Recognizes everyone thanks to Google glasses

Randomly sexual

Cloud-connected sex toys and 3D cerebral porn

Natural blood

Synthetic haemoglobin created from stem cells

Rapid degeneration after the age of 60

Periodically rejuvenated by AND injections, young blood, and Yamanaka factors

Brain impermanent and underused

Neurons downloaded to 2.5 petabyte hard drive, brain stimulated with nootropics

Interested in art and culture

Direct access to global knowledge via cerebral microprocessor

Believes in God

Believes in Science

Biological animal

Organic machine

Vaginal reproduction

In vitro reproduction

Humanist/pessimist

Mechanist/scientist

Gets ill

Maintained by nanobots

Loves without orgasming

Orgasms without loving