Biodigital Convergence Report, The Canadian Government & The New (Trans)Human

As a natural and well-trained critical thinker I believe that rather than assuming biodigital convergence is the best way forward, it would be imperative to contemplate larger, more important and far reaching questions, such as: What would it mean to leave the biotechnical convergence in the hands of a few global elites, technocrats and government officials? How many of us would continue to be considered humans with rights? Who decides WHAT is a human being in this new world? What percent “biology” would you have to have to be considered human? What about the role of eugenics in this emergence of human and technology? Who will program the transmition that controls thoughts, culture and reality? Will humans be individuals or a collective hive? Will individuals be able to think for themselves in a world where their brains are directly plugged to The Cloud? What about free will in this world of digitized control? Will individuals be able to override the suggested algorithms and choose for themselves? Will free will, agency, and body autonomy exist? Which version of these animal-human-digital organisms will still be considered human? Which version will be used for medical experimentation? Who gets to decide? And who is decided upon? … Continue reading Biodigital Convergence Report, The Canadian Government & The New (Trans)Human →