Enhanced Human Beings
Today, so many things that we could not even imagine a few decades ago can be done thanks to advanced technology. Nevertheless, some of these advancements lead to controversies. One of the most controversial issues is enhanced human beings. There could be some possible good and bad effects of enhanced human beings on society. First of all, enhancing human beings can prevent incurable diseases, enable full health to people, and end pain and aging. Hence, people would not be worried about not only their own health problems, but also their beloved ones’, and there would be more happy people than today as a result. Second, there would be synthetic enhancements to the human skills such as exorbitant intelligence and memorization, immoderate physical capability, and strength and beauty. The outcome of this situation could be that there would be no competition. To explain, if everybody was enhanced, would it be necessary to compete for a job, a sport or beauty? The answer would most probably be “No.” As everyone was almost equal in abilities, such things would be meaningless. Third, this technology could not be available for everybody. In particular, only wealthy people could afford it, it this technology was not cheap. This means only wealthy people could benefit from enhancements so that they would be more beautiful, cleverer, stronger, and as the ultimate result richer. Consequently, the gap between the rich and the poor would increase. These two sides might even feel disconnected from each other as if they were not in the same society. To summarize, the technology of enhancing human beings could end up with both positive conclusions in science and medicine, and negative conclusions in society and economy. We should be prepared in case it will come up.
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