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have mind control of prosthetic limbs
Nothing on that list, except maybe genetically altering humans, is anywhere near reality.
Even the long promised flying taxis and self driving cars are a decade away.
I heard recently about a guy with a Tesla who was drunk and just told it to go home, passed out, and woke up in his driveway.
Nothing on that list, except maybe genetically altering humans, is anywhere near reality.
Flying taxis are called helicopters. They have been around for decades.
Read HOMO DEUS and stop worrying
- simulate a human brain in a computer: https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/
- implement brain-computer interface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93computer_interface
- extend human life, maybe eventually reach immortality. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/jan/11/-sp-live-forever-extend-life-calico-google-longevity
- genetically augment human intelligence: http://nautil.us/issue/18/genius/super_intelligent-humans-are-coming
- revive Neanderthal: https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/06/humanity-will-soon-be-able-to-resurrect-dinosaurs-and-bring-the-neanderthals-back-to-life-scientists-reveal-7603858/
- have mind control of prosthetic limbs: https://newatlas.com/mind-controlled-prosthetic-fingers/41886/
- change sex...
So here come super-humans immune to diseases & death, super intelligent, super strong... why not also make it also immune to the attractions of donuts? After evolution has built into us a taste for fat and sugar that used to serve us well as hunters/gatherers but now has to go. So do tribalism, some sexual dimorphy and role specializations, and pain. These cause waaay too many problems. Parents should also be able to pick skin and eyes colors in a palette that includes red, yellows, greens and blues. Why not? It's a few genes away. Depression has to go. A few genes control life time monogamy, so divorce can be eliminated. Love can't be left to chance.... And this is nothing: imagine the emotions of a human brain running in a computer. Are you so disturbed by constantly craving for your next toy? No problemo: let's program a perpetual orgasm. How about that?
What we are doing here is not just design and leaving evolution behind. It's a cosmic revolution that has to be seen in the history of life on this planet itself and how it came to be billions of years ago.
Reviving Neanderthal will serve us well, so we don't feel alone in the zoos where the last humans will end-up.