Discreet

If I had myself an extra 12 000 dollars I would easily go and get a pair of Bluetooth inner ear implants from the company behind investing in this little number.

But I'm trying to ask myself how this will alter peoples perception of me.
I suppose it won't be until we have an implantable processor - one, which is not at all noticeable by others that it will catch on.

However, the shoe on the other foot if someone like me - a transhumanist with money to blow, he would have an incredible advantage. Considering the price of bandwidth, this person could use the technology to be in constant communication with someone miles away.

Wired recently ruled, with gusto, that the bluetooth ear-job was out. Perhaps this is the replacement.

In anycase, if I can live my life like everyone else and receive auditory information in an additional layer. Well that's really advantageous. And people would be somewhat offended by this gross misuse of the technology.

And so the transhumanist has few options. If he wants to give the cause attention he can upgrade himself whether with cochlear implants or whatnot. But that will make people aware of the gradient. This makes it a social disservice, and the idea may be rejected.

Therefore only strict proponents to the idea will take the pioneering plunge as it were. But, it remains a question. Am I evil for being a pioneering transhumanist? Does seeking this kind of god-like advantage tell people more about myself than I can realize? It all depends on my philosophies, I suppose.

If I embrace it as a change everyone should experience.
As opposed to feeling that I am 'better' than others for having it.
Feeling the nirvana of experiencing something mainstream in the future.
Being able to know the trends to predict.

I wonder... if the inventor of the microwave felt that twinge the first time he cooked something on 'high'. Maybe, maybe not. But I know that twinge is felt by the engineer working at Philips in an OLED lab.