Susan Greenfield and Ray Kurzweil exchanged different opinions about Biotech: Will it Save Us or Hurt Us? Great podcast and I lean to the "save us" alongside Ray. Susan makes some good points, but I am not going to be convinced with arguments like what I am going to do in an additional 100 years of life that I didn't do in the first 50 years. I am much more concerned about "black hat" concerns like great technology in the hands of those with ill wishes for its use and unanticipated and dire circumstances.
Susan did make note (referencing Freud, I think) that if commercial enterprises could succeed in getting us to associate product ownership with our self image, then we would have a commercial bonanza. Now, given the current state of consumerism, this is a scary thought. Susan is doing a good thing to challenge us to ensure that we use the right technology at the right time for the right reasons. But, I look forward to the continued march of technical achievements.
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