A panoramic overview of biotechnologies that can endlessly boost human
capabilities and the drastic changes these "superhuman" traits could trigger
Biotechnology is moving fast. In the coming decades, advanced pharmaceuticals,
bioelectronics, and genetic interventions will be used not only to heal the sick
but to boost human physical and mental performance to unprecedented levels.
People will have access to pills that make them stronger and faster, informatic
devices will interface seamlessly with the human brain, and epigenetic
modification may allow people to reshape their own physical and mental
identities at will.
Until recently, such major technological watersheds—like the development of
metal tools or the industrialization of manufacturing—came about incrementally
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