“The merging of digital technologies with biological systems is poised to create social and mass market changes, in the same way, that the rise of digital computing in 1985 altered society at large. Biodigital convergence (link is external) is a new field of research exploring the interaction between digital and biological technologies and systems. Bioprinters that produce organic tissue, the medical use of digital devices in humans, and automated bio-foundries (factories) for the redesign of living organisms are just a few examples. Standards have a vital role to play in assessing the long-term impact, benefits, and challenges of this new field.” https://www.scc.ca/en/news-events/news/2021/canada-forefront-exploring-biodigital-convergence
Remember in 1973 when the ABC television network began broadcasting a series called The Six Million Dollar Man? It starred Lee Majors as Steve Austin, a human astronaut who was in a horrific crash and the US military and medical establishment resurrected him using bionic parts, which enhanced his performance–and he became an agent for the US government. The series became popular, and there was a spinoff using a woman as the lead character who was also an agent who was given enhanced abilities through an infusion of bionic materials.
That was science fiction and Hollywood programming. In a way, it was a precursor or predictive programming (whichever you prefer to call it) to what the US and other governments, universities, and researchers are working on right now, what they variously call human enhancement, human augmentation, biodigital convergence or transhumanism. These mad scientists and creeps are dissatisfied with nature. They want to play god and alter our DNA, interfere with the human genome, implant biometrics and nanotechnology in our bodies, and hook us up to the cloud or some other bizarre arrangement. Some oligarchs want immortality for themselves, but that technology will not be offered to regular folks any time soon. http://2045.com
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