Mind/Body

John Benditt’s panel on biotechnology at the Nantucket Conference was about how this new technology is going to alter what it means to be human. Since that’s the question that seems to draw me with regard to the Internet, it struck me that I’m stuck in my own mind/body dualism, not paying sufficient attention to the precipice of change on which our corporeal selves stand.

I have to learn more about this. I got to spend some Quality Time with Jonathan Rosen and his daughter Samantha yesterday. Jonathan built and runs the CIMIT Consortium that encourages tech innovation to advance patient care that is engaged in some really interesting projects. (And by mentioning him in my weblog, I’m holding my own feet to the blog fire, forcing myself to follow up with him.)

It’s more than a little humbling to listen to a panel of people who are set on curing cancer and enabling the lame to walk. I mean, the body is the ultimate user interface.

Categories: Uncategorized dw