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The Future is Now: Realizing Your Potential as a Cyborg - Emily Rose, SalesForce
About Emily Rose
Emily Rose is a transhumanist with a passion for queer cyborg artistry. They are currently experimenting with ambient intelligence, adaptive automation, and evolving interfaces. Emily is a world-class speaker who has brought humor and enlightenment to audiences across the globe. Original NodeBots curator, founder of DanceJS, and one of the most interesting individuals in the known universe; Emily is an unnatural force of pure, unbridled creativity.
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Okay,
so
I
know
that
may
have
been
a
confusing
or
uncomfortable
for
some
of
us,
but
the
point
that
I
wanted
to
make
is
that
we've
all
already
very
deeply
integrated
technology
into
our
lives.
So
with
that,
let's
get
into
introductions,
my
name
is
Emily
Rose.
You
can
and
should
follow
me
on
twitter
at
nexi,
loaf,
I'm,
a
developer
evangelist
at
Salesforce
previously
had
a
company
called
particle
and
I
like
to
start
all
my
presentations
with
just
a
brief
introduction.
So
here's
what
I
like
to
call
five
fun
facts
for
free
about
me.
A
My
preferred
pronouns
are
plural.
They
so
figure
that
one
out
and
I'm
an
artist
masquerading
as
a
developer,
I'm
an
IOT
and
ubiquitous
computing
enthusiast
I'm,
also
one
of
the
nicest
people
you'll
ever
meet
and
I'm
from
Portland
Oregon,
which
probably
explains
a
lot,
and
the
title
of
my
talk
has
mentioned
is
the
future-
is
now
realizing
your
potential
as
a
cyborg
and
just
a
real,
quick
warning.
This
talk
is
about
to
get
deep
like
hashtag,
deep,
there's,
no
code,
demos,
nothing
technical
in
this
talk.
I
won't
be
offended.
A
A
So
in
2013
it
was
interesting
to
note
that
an
estimated
51%
of
Internet
traffic
was
non-human
in
nature,
and
this
was
this
is
pretty
significant.
It
was
the
first
time
that
that
happened
and
the
you
know
the
data
is
actually
it's
a
little
hazy,
but
probably
not
terribly
inaccurate
and
and
just
to
clarify
non-human
traffic
is
traffic
that
this
is
not
originating
from,
like
a
real
person
sitting
at
a
system.
Doing
something
right
in
that
moment.
So
the
SEO
industry
has
a
term
for
that.
A
It's
called
nht
or
non-human
traffic,
and
this
can
be
traffic
generated
by
crawlers
or
you
know.
Malicious
programs,
like
you,
know
the
Mirai
botnets
or
really
just
anything
that
is
not.
The
director
is
old,
of
a
human,
so
webcams
light
bulbs,
anything
and
in
2014
that
estimate
rose
10%,
and
so
you
know
it's
it's
safe
to
say
that
a
fairly
significant
portion
of
the
traffic
is
non-human
in
nature.
A
So
let's
do
a
little
bit
of
a
linear
extrapolation
for
Sciences
sake
and
keep
in
mind
I'm,
not
a
data
scientist
but
I
can
make
really
pretty
graphs
in
keynote,
which
is
almost
the
same.
So
here's
an
extremely
scientific
graph
and,
as
you
can
see,
even
with
the
erroneous
assumption
that
the
growth
and
non-human
traffic
is
completely
linear
by
2018
over
a
hundred
and
one
percent
of
the
total
Internet
traffic
will
be
non-human
in
nature.
How
about
that
interesting?
A
A
But
the
interesting
thing
to
note
here
is
that
by
the
year
2020
an
estimated
over
9000
percent
of
the
Internet's
total
traffic
will
be
non-human
in
nature,
statistically
speaking,
all
right
think
about
how
much
that
really
is
like
that's
like
90
whole
pie,
charts
all
right,
like
I,
couldn't
even
fit
them
on
a
single
slide.
So
I
hope.
That's
why
I'd
use
a
bar
graph,
but
anyway,
like
I,
said
the
real
figures
are
much
more
impressive
than
than
bogus
statistics
and
a
lot
of
really
you
know.
A
Big
names
in
in
the
space
are
making
some
very
bold
claims
things
like
50
billion
devices
online
by
the
year,
2020
all
right.
That's
like
either
math.
That's
like
50
devices
for
every
person
living
in
San,
Francisco
right
and,
like
mrs.
Cisco
saying
this
right,
so
they
you
know
they
know
what
they're
talking
about.
So
what
we
know
is
that
the
data
is
flowing
right
and
will
continue
to
do
so
as
more
and
more
devices
come
online.
A
But
where
is
it
coming
from?
Where
is
all
of
this
new
influx
and
data
coming
from?
Is
it
that
many
new
exploits
and
dos
attacks?
No,
the
answer
is
literally
everywhere
and
literally
more
of
everywhere,
every
single
day
right,
every
single
day,
more
sensors
are
coming
online
and
you
know
new
systems
are
collecting
data
that
they
haven't
collected
before,
and
you
know,
existing
systems
are
adding
in
new
sensors
and,
like
I,
said
literally
everything
literally.
But
what
does
it
represent?
That's
the
important
thing
all
right.
What
does
all
that
data
represent?
A
You
might
know
what
I'm
gonna
say,
literally
everything
right
from
credit
card
activity
to
transit
usage,
temperature
readings,
seismological
events,
gas
emissions,
those
movie
by
the
way.
Excuse
me,
you
know
everything
from
like
what
air
and
water
quality
to
the
toasted
miss
of
your
toasts.
You
know
your
your
health,
your
daily
activities,
your
whereabouts,
everything
from
that
to
the
overall
status
of
the
world
at
large,
but,
more
importantly,
literally,
everyone,
because
all
of
that
data
really
represents
us
right.
A
It
would
mean
it'd
be
meaningless
without
without
people
and
literally
more
of
everyone
every
single
day
right,
every
single
day,
novel
censors
new
kinds
of
data
systems
being
brought
online,
figuratively
speaking,
of
course,
maybe
not
every
day,
but
you
know
you
get
my
point.
Hyperbole
is
one
of
my
super
powers,
so
please
respect
that.
A
Let's
move
on
this
is
my
first
and
only
quote
in
my
talk.
So
I
hope
you
appreciate
it
speaking
of
super
powers,
a
great
David
Bowie,
Homo
sapiens
have
outgrown
their
use,
got
a
make
way
for
the
homo
superior,
and
you
know
what
I
mean
by
that
is
that
humanity
has
the
opportunity
to
to
level
up
and
gain
new
superpowers,
and
you
know,
maybe
not
in
the
comic
book
antihero
sense,
but
you
know
we
have
very
real
opportunities
to
improve.
A
You
know
the
the
everyday
quality
of
our
life
and
our
safety
and
the
distribution
of
knowledge
and
other
resources
through
the
responsible
and
intelligent
distribution
of
meaningful
data,
but
a
real,
quick
aside
about
non-human
data
I,
believe
that
is
the
wrong
way
to
look
at
this
concept,
because
we,
our
our
data,
we
are
so
show
of
hands
who's
up
for
a
quick
thought,
experiment,
cool,
alright.
So
at
least
half
of
us.
Alright.
A
Imagine
with
me
if
you
will
just
for
a
moment
that
this
space
or
this
space,
which
ever
you
prefer,
but
this
space
is
filled
with
you
know
all
the
content
that
you've
ever
generated
on
every
social
media
site
that
you've
ever
encountered
right.
So
what
is
that,
like?
Every
every
Facebook
post,
every
tweet,
every
snarky
reddit
comment
every
hilarious
image
macro
in
every
selfie
and
blog
posts
and
all
the
source
code
that
you've
ever
written
so
just
envision?
It
I'll
give
you
a
minute:
I
just
realized,
there's
water
here.
So
that's
a
good
time.
A
So,
like
I
said,
the
point
I'm
trying
to
make
is
that
you
are
your
data
you're,
the
content
that
you
create
when
you
die.
Your
personhood
continues
to
exist
in
the
form
of
your
data
and
people
will
post
on
your
Facebook
page
and
it'll
become
a
memorial
and-
and
you
know,
machine
learning
already
allows
us
to
create
a
semi,
reasonable
facsimile
of
your
personality,
just
by
analyzing
existing
content.
So
what
does
this
tell
us
about
what
it
might
mean
to
be
alive
in
the
year?
2020.
A
So
the
assertion
that
I
make
here
is
that
the
Internet
is
now
a
conduit
for
the
expansion
of
human
consciousness
itself.
Right
and
you
know,
the
state
of
our
consciousness
is
also
changing
and
we're
a
lot
more
than
we
used
to
be
right,
so
we're
literally
enhancing
our
own
senses
at
this
point
right.
So
some
of
some
examples
push
notifications
on
your
phone.
When
your
nest,
cameras,
detect
motion
at
home,
right,
that's
ESP
and
you
know
GPS
enabled
applications
that
alert
you
to
emergent
traffic
conditions
before
you
get
there.
A
You've
got
precognition
now
cool
so,
like
you
know,
you're
seeing
the
future
by
way
of
technology
and
we're
really
creating
new
depths
of
awareness
and
quantifying
our
existence,
and
you
know
entirely
new
ways.
So
you
know,
we've
got
Fitness,
try
how
many
of
you
have
a
fitness
tracker
on
right
now,
yeah
again,
like
probably
maybe
half.
Third,
so
we've
got
fitness
trackers.
We've
got
internet
radio
that
catalogs,
you
know
all
of
our
listening,
moods
and
I
gosh.
What
Louise
we
check
in
on
swarm
reveals
a
lot
about
our
lifestyle.
We
use
ride-sharing
applications.
A
A
There's
a
lot
out
there,
but
you
know
at
this
point
you're,
probably
asking
yourself
where
am
I
going
with
this?
Where
what
do
you
what's
your
point,
and
this
is
where
I
respond
with
story
time,
so
back
at
node
conf
u.s.
2015,
which
is
a
conference
up
in
the
woods
in
Marin
County
California
about
two
hours,
north
of
San,
Francisco,
again
show
of
hands
how
many
of
you
are
familiar
with?
A
No
coffee
us,
some
of
us,
okay,
cool,
so
just
to
set
the
stage
a
lot
of
us
were
we're
chatting
in
in
a
tree
actually
outside
just
talking
about
random
nerdy
things,
things
that
interest
us
and
a
gentleman
by
the
name
of
miles
warrants
or
the
Alpha
nerd.
It
mentioned
a
concept
just
in
passing
kind
of
a
joke
that,
but
it
really
stuck
with
me
and
that
concept
was
the
cuddle
based
economy.
A
Right
and,
like
you
know,
he
didn't
really
I,
don't
think
he
was
thinking
too
seriously
about
it,
but
we're
just
kind
of
chit-chatting
and
it
seemed
like
a
cute
idea
and
we
giggled
about
it
and
we
moved
on
but,
like
I
said,
I
really
couldn't
shake
the
idea
so
a
year
later.
This
is
still
on
my
mind
and
you
know
I'm
thinking
about
a
lot
and
I
can't
get
out
of
my
head
I'm
like
what
would
that
look
like
you
know?
Could
it
work
how
like
what
would
it
take
culturally
or
technology
technologically?
A
So
you
know
here
we
are
at
node
coffee,
us,
2016
and,
and
we
have
an
unconference
this
year,
so
there's
no
predefined
sessions
or
speakers.
Everyone,
just
you
know,
gets
in
front
of
a
whiteboard
and
suggest
different
topics
and
locations
where
you
would
discuss
it
and
then
interested
parties
just
show
up,
and
you
have
a
chat.
So
I
got
up
there
and
I
was
like
why
not
cuddle
based
economy
and
I
figured?
Maybe
a
couple.
A
People
would
remember
the
joke
and
we'd
have
a
little
laugh
and
we'd
reminisce,
maybe,
and-
and
that
would
be
it
but
I
was
wrong.
I
think
like
20
to
30.
People
showed
up
on
the
first.
The
first
session-
and
you
know,
I
was
really
surprised
and
I
was
I
was
imagining
that
I
was
just.
You
know,
just
my
crazy
idea
right,
but
people
really
loved
the
idea
and
we
had
some
really
deep
and
meaningful
discussions.
You
know
people
were
sharing
things
about
themselves
that
you
typically
wouldn't
expect
someone
to
share
at
a
developer
conference.
A
We
realized
that
people
were
actually
serious
about
this
subject
and,
and
the
discussion
focused
on
identifying
ways
that
we
could,
you
know,
build,
build
a
system
like
this
and
how
it
would
need
to
function
in
order
for
it
to
be
successful.
So
we
talked
about
you
know
using
the
blockchain
or
you
know.
A
Maybe
we
build
an
app
or
like
how
would
we
interact
with
each
other
through
the
platform
or
or
would
we
even
and
what
would
what
would
the
attention
be
exactly
and
what's
the
purpose
of
this
and
I
think
the
intent
that
we
came
up
with
the
the
kind
of
the
core
concept
that
we
agreed
upon?
Was
this
idea
of
how
we
can
use
technology?
A
You
know
our
unprecedented
access
to
information
and
cutting-edge
technology
to
actually
codify
and
teach
empathy,
and
you
know
and
help
improve
the
condition
of
our
social
relations,
and
so
the
hypothesis
was
that
empathy
is
like
a
muscle,
and
you
know
it's
learned
over
time
and
it
must
be
practiced
and
exercised.
But
if
it
is
you
get
better
at
it
in
more
exercise
more
capacity,
it's
only
through
that
exercise.
We
begin
to
strengthen
our
ability
to
empathize
with
others
and
increase
our
capacity
for
compassion
and
more
exposure
is
more
exercise.
A
It's
only
through
that
new
exposure
to
you
know
new
individuals
and
customs
and
cultures
that
we
can
continually
exercise
that
capacity,
but
we
realized
also
that
that
isn't
really
enough,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
musing
about
this.
What
else
is
necessary-
and
this
is
where
I
depart
a
little
bit
from
what
we
had
discussed
at
node
conf
us.
This
is
kind
of
me
just
thinking
out
loud
I
guess
so
to
speak,
but
to
add
to
the
hypothesis
I
believe
that
we
can't
stop
at
empathy.
It's
not
enough.
A
You
know
to
get
us
where,
where
we
want
to
go
and
I,
think
the
assertion
really
is
that
we
must
redefine
ourselves.
If
we're
going
to
be
successful,
if
we're
gonna,
you
know
reach
new
levels
of
compassion,
we're
still
constrained
by
our
current
understanding
of
what
it
means
to
be
human.
So
we
must
redefine
ourselves
completely.
A
The
next
speaker
was
I
was
getting
set
up
and
so
I
was
like.
Why
not
I'll
I'll
take
a
stab
at
writing
a
poem
about
you
know
what
I'm
trying
to
discuss
here
so
now
that
I've
clarified
that
like
to
leave
you
with
my
two
questions,
and
that
is
what
is
our
potential
and
how
might
it
be
realized,
and
and
with
that
poetry
time,
I've
got
about
two
minutes
left
so
I'm
going
to
try
not
to
rush,
but
it's
a
doozy.
So
here
we
go.
A
Are
you
one
who
explores
beyond
the
shores
of
social
mores?
Will
you
delve
into
the
ocean
of
human
emotion,
let
loose
your
soul
and
drink
the
love
potion
the
choices
to
make?
Will
you
give
or
will
you
take,
then?
Will
you
help
to
awaken
the
next
generation,
a
technocratic
nation,
one
crafted
with
elation,
for
we
are
the
ones
who
must
build
the
foundation.
Now.
Is
the
time
find
your
reason
and
rhyme?
This
is
the
season
to
break
free
from
thought
crime.
A
Let
your
voices
rise
up
persist
and
don't
falter,
be
rid
of
your
vices
from
years
at
the
altar
of
deities,
false
and
dogmas
of
your.
We
shall
simply
abide
by
this
bondage.
No
more.
We
must
forge
a
weapon
against
the
procession
of
intolerance
wrought
through
violent
oppression.
It
is
not
a
question
of
whether
we
can
but
a
matter
of
how
we
approach
with
a
plan.
Let
us
form
a
framework
for
a
new
manner
of
thought.
A
A
system
in
which
empathy
can
be
taught
no
longer
shall
judgment
lurk
in
our
midst
by
way
of
technology
our
biases
dismissed.
So
this
is
the
moment
where
I
shall
insist.
The
path
that
we've
chosen
means
we
must
enlist.
We
can
create
a
community
where
we
all
coexist,
but
for
us
to
do
this,
we
all
must
assist,
yielding
the
keyboard.
Unwielding,
sorry
wielding
the
keyboard
unyielding,
it's
only
through
cohesion.
We
find
healing
with
new
systems.
We
can
begin
revealing
all
the
ways
these
warlords
keep
us
reeling
on.
A
All
of
us,
a
dossier,
the
politics
leading
astray,
their
promises
broken
by
election
day.
So
just
how
do
we
adequately
convey
our
utter
disappointment?
Disgust
in
dismay.
We
paved
the
way
we
build
the
engine
technology
with
the
intention
to
aid
our
ascension
into
a
new
age,
one
free
of
contention
with
a
newfound
gauge
for
shared
comprehension.
We
watch
as
the
world
enters
into
our
dimension.
Now
we
take
control
and
change
our
direction.
We
can
fight
the
infection
and
repair
our
connection.
We
strive
for
perfection
through
a
collective
introspection.
A
It
will
be
through
our
rejection
of
the
previous
perception
that
our
greatest
gift
is
bestowed
a
download
yes
diodes
and
transistors,
but
much
more
than
that,
my
brothers
and
sisters
when
they
look
back
on
this
digital
crossroad
and
ask
to
whom
their
lives
are
owed.
They'll
see
just
what
we
sowed.
We
spoke
truth,
not
through
riots
or
a
malicious
payload,
but
with
our
source
code,
for
it
was
from
our
fight.
It
was
our
fight
from
once
the
future
flowed.