"Watching a company espouse the virtues of a work and play culture devoid of in-person learning and living hinted at Orwellian outcomes." Well researched, Brian, and thoroughly creepy to the likes of me. "...scientists and powerful corporations are on track to change the very definition of what it means to be human." I have to say that my own approaching death seems a more desirable alternative, when I think about it... Just saying.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Sharron! I'm in the same boat, and of the belief that our natural life limitations actually benefit us by pushing us to achieve greater things before our end arrives. It's also difficult to consider the mental strain extremely long lives would take on us as humans. I'm okay with living a "normal" biological lifespan.
I think a lot of the time the popular imagination glosses over obvious things we all must know, like that there's no such thing as a great benefit without a great cost, and there's no such thing as a species evolving without the rest of its members either dying off or branching off. I think it's time we properly accounted for the externalities and acknowledged that "evolving" means the end of or subjugation of or abandonment of the human race.
That's a great observation, Amy! And the difficult thing about the full cost is it's almost always indeterminate. We may have some idea, or we make assumptions, but nobody really knows what it all leads to and how it may benefit or hurt humankind. I suspect in the short term there will be some tremendous benefits, but as we progress toward elective transhumanism, it's only going to benefit the elite.
"Watching a company espouse the virtues of a work and play culture devoid of in-person learning and living hinted at Orwellian outcomes." Well researched, Brian, and thoroughly creepy to the likes of me. "...scientists and powerful corporations are on track to change the very definition of what it means to be human." I have to say that my own approaching death seems a more desirable alternative, when I think about it... Just saying.
Thanks for reading and commenting, Sharron! I'm in the same boat, and of the belief that our natural life limitations actually benefit us by pushing us to achieve greater things before our end arrives. It's also difficult to consider the mental strain extremely long lives would take on us as humans. I'm okay with living a "normal" biological lifespan.
I think a lot of the time the popular imagination glosses over obvious things we all must know, like that there's no such thing as a great benefit without a great cost, and there's no such thing as a species evolving without the rest of its members either dying off or branching off. I think it's time we properly accounted for the externalities and acknowledged that "evolving" means the end of or subjugation of or abandonment of the human race.
That's a great observation, Amy! And the difficult thing about the full cost is it's almost always indeterminate. We may have some idea, or we make assumptions, but nobody really knows what it all leads to and how it may benefit or hurt humankind. I suspect in the short term there will be some tremendous benefits, but as we progress toward elective transhumanism, it's only going to benefit the elite.
who or what is really in control? - 😱