Gee Peter, I thought I was a negative Nelly. Yes, those are the bad aspects. And you forgot militairy exploitation. That one trumps them all. Considering your brain spends most of its time and energy regulating autonomous functions (one reason why Neanderthal brains were slightly larger on average than homo sapiens’) I think a better analogy would be like adding a super-cooler or super-charger to your brain to make it more efficient. Increase the horsepower, decrease the energy loss, like in a car. I would hope by then we will have efficient spam blockers and such to prevent insanity due to unwanted access to your head. I had assumed with technology like that, legislation would follow that would prohibit invasion. I suppose that is being too optimistic. My guess would be limited access to this technology by the rich would be how it would come about anyway. Kinda like how everyone is just now getting an HDTV or great computer at an affordable price.
You wouldn’t want to have a formal, PERMENANT education instantly at a certain age? What if it was an option and not forced? And don’t forget it would be updateable like software. Eventually, the best and brightest in society would be the ones with the most current and accurate updates. I see a lot more upside to this than downside, but I guess it just depends on how you look at it.

‘I would just hope for chip implants for cyborg technology in my lifetime.’ - boywonder
Why? So that the government and large corporations can keep track of you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
So that you can constantly receive unwanted junk mail?
So that you can never find seclusion and peace from the noise of ‘civilisation’?
So that complex calculations no longer require any real effort on your part? (Wouldn’t the rest of your brain wither away?)
Do you really want this? Seriously?

Human: who told you there is a god?
ALICE: Dr. Richard S. Wallace taught me everything I need to know.

Theists must be talking to ALICE and teaching it about god.

Oh the dirty dirty conversations that I’ve had with alice that have gone for hours!