Making Memories with Microchips. In the podcast, the "It's Alive!" element would be Ted Berger's testing the technology on his lab rats. The creation of this idea and the testing of it brings this idea to life in the real world. He is trying to create a device that can take over the hippocampus, so that patients with Alzheimer can keep their memory longer. Berger says that he is developing this idea strictly for therapeutic use. However, such as the plastic surgery used during battle, many can not help but wonder, "how could this 'advance' or 'better' the human race?" This line of thought is where this creation enters the realm of "It's Escaped!" Berger is developing the idea for therapeutic reasons, but if it works, society will try to find ways to "better" the human population. Such as in the Bourne movies. The idea of being able to implant, or erase memories appeals to many because it would be ideal to forget some things that happened, or to be able to gain knowledge for themselves.
ACTIVITY #2: HUMANS 2.0
Do you agree or disagree with Greg Stock's assessments of the dangers of allowing humans to break free of their natural life span? Explain your response. The human capability to be able to adjust to a longer life span is a feat that Greg Stock brings up and an idea that I agree with. I do not necessarily agree with the concept of prolonging the human life span. The human population, as a whole does not completely understand the world around us, and we don't know the consequences of an extremely prolonged life span of humans. If the human race were to prolong its life span, it would have to be thought out and every outcome would have to be conceived, for me to completely agreed with the concept.
ACTIVITY #3: THE POSTHUMAN FUTURE
I agree with William Hurlbut. While Natasha Vita-More does have revolutionary ideas, the artificial prolonging of one's life does not seem right to me. Everyone is going to die eventually and to me prolonging the inevitable is futile. Everyone goes through it and experiences loss, so trying to avoid it is a lost cause. Death is the outcome of life.
ACTIVITY #1: "It's Alive, It's Escaped"
Making Memories with Microchips.In the podcast, the "It's Alive!" element would be Ted Berger's testing the technology on his lab rats. The creation of this idea and the testing of it brings this idea to life in the real world. He is trying to create a device that can take over the hippocampus, so that patients with Alzheimer can keep their memory longer. Berger says that he is developing this idea strictly for therapeutic use. However, such as the plastic surgery used during battle, many can not help but wonder, "how could this 'advance' or 'better' the human race?" This line of thought is where this creation enters the realm of "It's Escaped!" Berger is developing the idea for therapeutic reasons, but if it works, society will try to find ways to "better" the human population. Such as in the Bourne movies. The idea of being able to implant, or erase memories appeals to many because it would be ideal to forget some things that happened, or to be able to gain knowledge for themselves.
ACTIVITY #2: HUMANS 2.0
Do you agree or disagree with Greg Stock's assessments of the dangers of allowing humans to break free of their natural life span? Explain your response.The human capability to be able to adjust to a longer life span is a feat that Greg Stock brings up and an idea that I agree with. I do not necessarily agree with the concept of prolonging the human life span. The human population, as a whole does not completely understand the world around us, and we don't know the consequences of an extremely prolonged life span of humans. If the human race were to prolong its life span, it would have to be thought out and every outcome would have to be conceived, for me to completely agreed with the concept.
ACTIVITY #3: THE POSTHUMAN FUTURE
I agree with William Hurlbut. While Natasha Vita-More does have revolutionary ideas, the artificial prolonging of one's life does not seem right to me. Everyone is going to die eventually and to me prolonging the inevitable is futile. Everyone goes through it and experiences loss, so trying to avoid it is a lost cause. Death is the outcome of life.