Found this on /r/technology and thought it was appropriate to post here.

I was already wary of these bionic implants, but after reading this there's no way I'll ever try one even if they restore full sight.

I mean sure I’d like to be able to see again, but I don’t actively think about my blindness all the time anymore more passively than anything. The way I think of myself as being 6-2 tall or right handed. I just am. It gets really easy to be seduced and excited about these breakthroughs without thinking about the back and stuff. I plan on being around for another 40 years and hopefully 50. Will the technology be upgradable? Replaceable? Removable? What Business is around for that long? Thinking about it, not too many. these are questions that also deserve the same consideration and are just as important.

Well that’s frightening. I think us RPers are so desperate to see again that we’d try anything. I was just looking into a clinical trial but I’d have to think long and hard before enrolling now.

this is why free software/hardware kicks ass

Wow! Sounds rough. Yeah, those things can do that and more. There’s so many other issues that I’d think thrice if not 100 times before doing it and probably won’t ever.

What’s wrong just being blind all your life and being content about it? Can we just wish we were blind about it and we dont want anything different?

Long live seeingwithsound.com. Can't get state rehab centers to teach it cause gotta get them numbers.

I was born blind, I would definitely think about trying things like this if I was guaranteed about maybe 75% site.

Having said that, I’d have to know about the dedication of a team.

Things like this to happen though, and it’s not really surprising to me.