When I grow up I want to be either a Thing or a Human.

       When we actually think about how would technology be in the future many things may often come to mind. We may often imagine a place where  there are all sorts of flying cars that fly for themselves or even cell phones without there physically being a cell phone there. Far as actual life in the future world, we may imagine us a humans now, cyborgs, and even AI. Seems like luxury right?


       Now imagine that you are still alive when this actually happens. Imagine that you had choices as to what to do with your human self (as you are now). You have three different choices to be exact. First choice, you can either remain the human being that you are today meaning that you are not infused with any highly complex technological aspects (at least apart of your body). Second choice, you have the option to have what is known as the "grain" inserted in the back of your ear. This gives you the ability to save or delete anything that you want from your memories. And last, but not least, the third option is that you can replace majority of your body with any machine that you want (think of a cyborg). Take a minute to think about what your life would be like based on the choice you made.


       If you picked option two or three, as yourself this, Would you still be considered as a human? Or would you be considered as something else?


       When we define the word Human, we see that a human is something that is distinguished from a animal or an alien;  With this definition being used it is easy for some of us to still classify our selves as humans while on the other hand some may feel that we will no longer be classified as a human. Indeed, Yes it is true that we started out as humans. But did we eventually merged into something else? But to be completely honest the question that follows this is what aspects actually makes us human? Is it the brain and all its unique abilities? What happens when someone goes brain dead? Would they still be considered as a human? If we were to take out our brain and replace it with a machine (let's imagine we could) would be still be considered a human? Or would we be considered as a machine?