Fast forward to that hypothetical time in the not-too-distant future when everyone is “wearing”. So rather than seeing the world through our naked eyes, we will all be able to see, through our future contact lenses or implants, some computer-mediated transformation of that world.<\/p>\n
The extent to which this visually transformed world differs from the literal world will ultimately not be a technological question, but rather a question that centers on individual and collective values, as we have discussed here in earlier posts.<\/p>\n
When such transformations become possible, you will be able to “dial in” a preferred age to show the world. For example, someone in their forties can choose to appear as their twenty-something self in a party situation, and then revert back to a truer appearance to take a business meeting, if that is desired.<\/p>\n
You should also be able to project forward, running plausible simulations of what you might look like in ten or twenty years, and then choose, at times, to show that face to the world.<\/p>\n
It will also work the other way: When you talk to a person in their seventies, you might opt, for whatever reason, to see them as they looked when they were twenty or thirty.<\/p>\n
It’s not clear to me what this capability implies from a social, cultural or ethical perspective. But it might be worth thinking about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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