>>11899259The real problem is that IRL it isn't like DX:HR. The fictional augmented workers are supposed to be at a huge advantage in every job, to the point where it's either get augs or get fired. But in reality, we already have equipment to provide most of the desirable physical advantages, and computers to handle the mental stuff.
Factories won't have workers with super strong mech limbs and fireproof skin, they'll have robots doing the dangerous work and maybe exoskeletons if forklifts aren't good enough. Therapists/negotiators/etc wouldn't have a CASIE mod in their brain, we'd have the AI that makes something like that work set up on a computer. Soldiers wouldn't have a bunch of modifications they couldn't bring into civilian life, we'd use robots/drones/exoskeletons instead. Why invest so much in upgrading a human who isn't tied down to the company (you're not going to get away with repoing your employee's brains when they quit), when you could have hardware that works with anyone?
So there's no real demand to chop off people's perfectly good parts, even if the tech was there. Prosthetics are unlikely to go beyond human limits. Some black market/spy things, possibly, but I'd be surprised if it goes beyond a few crazy rich people faking accidents to get robot arms.
>>11899288>people in the 80s also didn't want smarthphonesThey didn't know what they were at the time. If you said "hey 80's guys, want a device that fits in your pocket, makes calls anywhere you are, and has access to near limitless information?" they'd all say yes. This was the time period where calculator watches were a thing.
>if ONE person has it, it will start a cascade event, because nobody wants to be left behind, do you?The "cascade event" wouldn't end in everyone getting it, it would be humanity being even further split between haves and have-nots. Brain surgery isn't cheap and chip implants aren't covered by insurance.
