This rather dystopian film raises many questions of what kind of
memories would be stored and how they would be used. Facts, images and data in
binary code such as we store now? Or could it store feelings, reflexions,
attitudes and other more abstract features? Lots of learning takes place in
quiet contemplation and reflexion, would these learning techniques be
remembered too? How would the old memories fit, posited in the new cyborg and
environment.
The article about Google making us stupid stated that the brain
"now expects to take in information the way the Net distributes it. Is
that what is happening to these cyborgs? Is it the case that like the “power
browsers”, the regenerated beings would rarely visit the same memory twice? If
so what would be the value of all this stored data?
If enhancement quality is
cost related would the same go for the backups? As a consequence of this, could
these second generation beings end up with a class system of “us” and “them” of
their own?
I thought it interesting that the protagonist's efforts to
modify his external identity were ultimately futile leaving the question open
as to whether or not he would still be hunted once regenerated.
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