We are sharded beings; the sum total of our various aspects as contained within our biological beings as well as the myriad of technologies that we use to extend our biological abilities.
Once we understand this, it follows that we must extend the protections of the self beyond our biological borders to encompass those technologies by which we extend our selves.
[the biological and digital aspects of human beings], of course, do not exist apart and are not truly separable when manipulation of one necessarily affects the other.
we must build the world we want to live in
Source: Aral Balkan — Encouraging individual sovereignty and a healthy commons