Why Futurists Should Embrace the Absurd

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Futurist projects are often criticized for leading to absurd outcomes. For example, if we scan and upload our minds to the cloud, we could make multiple copies of ourselves. Which one would be the real you? Or, if we scan your brain at age 50 and then you die at age 60, would a resurrected copy of your 50-year-old brain really be you? Are you the same person if you lost 10 years of memories? Or, let’s say we develop…