Our ability to use tools has continued to grow since the first day someone had the idea to use a stick as a club and over thousands of years it has changed the world. We went through the stone age, the bronze age, the industrial revolution and now the electronic age. Humans have literally changed the face of the planet!!! As I see it, the next step is for science to re-invent mankind. We are in the beginnings of the biologic age. We are designing food to make it more resistant to disease and it won't be long before eugenics becomes the norm. But what does that word mean anyway? Here are a couple of definitions...
Eugenics Eu*gen"ics, n.
The science of improving stock, whether human or animal. --F. Galton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) (wn)
eugenics
n 1: the study of methods of improving genetic qualities by
selective breeding (especially as applied to human mating)
[ant: cacogenics, dysgenics]
So, if we re-design us, won't the picture at the top be outdated? But, I wonder, will human interaction ever been obsolete? Somehow, the book of Proverbs came to mind...
Proverbs, Chapter 30
the way of a serpent on a rock;
the way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
and the way of a man with a maiden.
We use our intelligence in so many ways and because of our abilities, we rule the planet, but if we change ourselves at a fundamental genetic level, would we become something non-human? We are GOD'S creation and it is HIS DESIGN that has made us the greatest species on the planet. Perhaps there are limits to what we should do. I know that human being CAN DO almost anything imaginable, but the question of ETHICS always comes up; SHOULD WE PLAY GOD? For me, the answer is an absolute NO!!! But, then again, I like the mystery of the last part of verse 19 above. Love does indeed make the world go round!!! Electronics I can live with (and integrate into my life) but genetic engineering applied to human beings? Humm, does the term Holocaust ring a bell?