Engineering Human Evolution

Will US cities begin to self-segregate the 'naturals' from 'enhanced' humans, asks Joel Garreau.

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July 20, 2005, 5:00 AM PDT

"We are at a turning point in history. For millenniums our technologies -- fire, clothes, agriculture, cities, space travel -- have been aimed outward at modifying our environment. Now, for the first time, our technologies are increasingly aimed inward -- at altering our minds, memories, metabolisms, personalities and progeny... The curve of innovation is rising exponentially. The significance of all this is not the gee-whiz gear. It is in how we will wrestle with what this means to relationships, loves and lives as we enter a period of engineered evolution that we create and adopt ourselves."

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: You're not good enough!

Sunday, July 17, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

Social / Demographics United States

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