>And having a big cyberarm would mean I'd never be able to touch Erin's
>cheek with it. Replacing my eyes would mean that I lose some
>quintessential part of our communication. Speed-movement would mean
>that I was always moving far faster than her.

All of this is only a factor if you bought cheap, crappy ware. The good stuff would be designed to do all the jobs the original equipment did. (And in reflex boosters, remember, adjustable response levels are your friend.)

Sure, inadequate replacement levels would be a problem for early adopters, so, say, Zoner would be a hideous man-machine with no capacity for tenderness or love, at least until the good stuff came out and he had to spend twice as much again getting himself refitted. But that's what always happens to early adopters. :)

>And no matter what you
>might believe, hooking my brain into a computer would mean that my
>brain started thinking like a computer, not like the human being she
>cares about.

... This makes no sense whatsoever. "Hooking my brain into a computer would mean that my brain started thinking like a computer"? Why does that necessarily follow? Hooking a computer up to a telephone switching system doesn't turn the computer into a telephone. It's just I/O.

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