The point is the degree of separation.

We will no longer be tethered to our sloppy gooey grey matter.

We will have tools that expand our consciousness.

That is a different world. And fertile ground for speciation.

It will be the equivalent of separating old world monkeys by sea or mountains.

But only faster beyond belief; we will accelerate this process by our own tools.

It will become infinitely more recursive with no break condition.