Scott Adams' Cyborg Evolution

Scott Adams thinks that health monitoring will be the first substantial step in our "cyborg evolution." Welcome to the club, Scott.

Here at TAE, the inevitable seamless integration of machine and man has been discussed too many times for me to link to. Heh.
But I want to make a point about Adams' piece, because I think he understates the ideal. His vision:

I predict that health monitoring will be the next substantial phase of cyborg evolution. I think we'll have embedded chips to continuously monitor our blood for sugar levels, cholesterol, vitamins, minerals, salt, specific diseases, and more. I think we'll also have monitors on our bodies to tell us when our brains are at their peak levels (for thinking tasks) and when our bodies are most energetic (for exercise). Perhaps our monitors will tell us when to eat and what to eat. Monitors might tell us when we are hydrated, when we have enough fiber in our diets, and when we need more sleep. You can imagine a long list of what the monitors might tell us. The embedded monitors might be powered by your body chemistry and communicate with your smartphone when it's near.

I question why we need the smartphone at all? Why not have the monitor calculate the nutrients our body needs and then simply regulate the liver to efficiently digest the right amounts of the right molecules? I don't have time to take pictures of food and record if I feel energized. I don't want to spend my time putting my diet into MyFitnessPal. I want to just have a device implanted in my liver that checks my nutrient levels and then adjusts my body chemistry accordingly.
Adams envisions a monitor that tells us when our brains are at peak performance. I envision a device that keeps my brain at peak performance all the time! Adams' envisions a device that tells me when I need more sleep. I envision a device that not only helps regulate my sleep patterns, but increases the efficiency of my sleep patterns so I get "40 winks" in 30 winks' time.

Adams imagines a world where we're enshrouded in devices which improve our quality of life. I agree this is the future...but an iterative one. I imagine a future where we aren't enshrouded by devices...we are one with them.

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