Step 1: Get them used to artificial limbs–who could possibly have a problem with that? COMPLETE

Step 2: Tether them to electronic devices–home computers at first, never-leave-the-hands cell phones, over time
COMPLETE

Step 3: Brain wash them to believe what they see on electronic devices, then develop the ability to fake newsreporting, then photos, then videos–we will control “the truth” COMPLETE

Step 4: Further normalize artificial organs–who could argue with machines helping us stay “alive”?
COMPLETE

Step 5: Continue to wash the brain and replace weak, failing human flesh with machine ACTIVELY IN PROGRESS

Step 6: Monitor progress toward machinehood and determine at which point the soul vacates, leaving only our programming 
WHEN COMPLETE, SOUL HARVESTING BEGINS IN ERNEST AND “HUMANS” ARE SOON EXTINCT