While the world changes quickly around us, we wonder whether the human will also evolve. And how.
In small ways, we have been evolving. We have pacemakers and prosthetics and hearing aids, and ... What's likely to be different is "need" v/s "Wants". Most of the current evolution is to become closer to normal. We already have non-medical necessity enhancements, like botox, beauty plastic surgery, ...
And we're close to this becoming a lifestyle choice for those who can afford it.
Futurist Juan Enriques discusses this ethical quandary.
What will humans look like in 100 years?
Juan Enriquez
We can evolve bacteria, plants and animals -- futurist Juan Enriquez asks: Is it ethical to evolve the human body? In a visionary talk that ranges from medieval prosthetics to present day neuroengineering and genetics, Enriquez sorts out the ethics associated with evolving humans and imagines the ways we'll have to transform our own bodies if we hope to explore and live in places other than Earth.
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