When asked to choose which of the four proposed conceptual bodies from Mischa Peters's "exit meat" I would most like to have, the choice was obvious: the natural body. Even though the natural body is simply the body I have right now, I desire nothing more. The thought of technology doesn't really scare me that much when it is a separate entity from myself, but I do feel a little chill at the thought of technology becoming a part of my body. Like the reading says, the natural body is not any less marked by technology than any of the three other bodies, it is just separate from that technology.
I feel much more secure in my body the way it is than I would if I was dependent on technology. If technology becomes a part of my body, then do I really even have a body of my own anymore? I am not willing to give up my identity as a human being just to enhance my abilities; I am perfectly fine with the abilities that I've got. Sure it is an interesting idea to think of the possibilities of machine integrated with human, but at the end of the day I want my body exactly the way it is.
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I agree with your comment that the human body is fine the way it is right now as it is able to perform virtually any tasks i want or need it to. If anything requires the aid of a machine, as you pointed out, I can always use such help separately without having it be part of my body. This allows us to have the beauty and emotions of a human body yet to also be able to use the advantages of a robot, creating a best of both worlds situation.
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