I have an interesting hypothetical question: What if you replaced a person's nervous system with an operating system? Or better yet, what if you replaced a person's memory with a hard drive? The comparison between the human brain and computers shows how little we know about our own minds and the potential of computer minds. As computers stand now, they are only able to wait for input of a user. However, due to the services provided by the computer, mankind benefits greatly from computer technology.
The anthropological ramifications of having a largely technology based society will shape future generations that grow up surrounded by it. I seriously wonder if child immersed in technology will grow to treat other people as though they were "Operating Systems" or tools to be manipulated. Or perhaps, people will grow to be more socially connected and the lines between computer reality and typical reality will blur.
One could go as far as saying people do indeed have "Operating Systems" of sorts, but they are not rooted in one particular spot nor are they created to be accessible to external input. I suppose if spent millions of dollars researching the human nervous/Brain system and figure out how to exert total control over human beings via electrical impulses. Doing so would be hardly worth the effort. You could A) do it the old fashioned way: develop proper social and communication skills and learn how to convince others of your viewpoint, or B) use the ever obedient computers with much less fuss.
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