The thirst to become silicon insects is disturbing — but not surprising, given that nerds tend to hate their biological bodies.
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I hate it in the same way I hate my laptop for its lack of processing power - not at all, but I'm definitely for buying a better one once I can.
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Except you *are* your body (see embodied thesis) — the upgrade will change you into something else entirely — why would you want that? Power? But once you upgrade, you will no longer desire power. What is the point of satisfying a desire permanently?
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"A desire is never just a desire, but (sniff) a desire that the desire should go on" Zizek
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See also Kojeve’s text on Hegel — it is the best read on desire, even for those who hate Hegel.
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Desire is the actual true currency that drives capitalism. Once ultimate wireheading can be satisfied *in silico,* it *will* be satisfied (see everything that can be hacked will be thesis), desire ceases to exist and with it capitalism.
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I agree that wireheaded silicon insects probably don’t have much moral value - they’ve essentially removed all their preferences, after all.
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I agree, but my further thesis (contra Land) is that once desire is permanently satisfied after upgrading, capitalism stops, hence entire machinery stops, hence the only thing that survives are biological bodies.
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