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Will our grandchildren be robotic?
Read below comments from the audience who attended the debate at the festival
13/13Technology has already radically altered the shape of our bodies.Ìý
ÌýOur adaption of fire and flint devolves energy-heavy tasks such as digestion and muscular strength away from the body to liberate metabolic energy and direct it toward the brain.
The essential difference between the paleolithic situation and ours is that there was no proprietary fire or flint, whereas any technological enhamcement in our era will only be mediated through capitalism with its attended mania for commodification and overproduction.
The important thing is that whatever augmentations we adopt must have an off button so [...] we do not sacrifice our versatility to adapt to prevailing circumstances.
ÌýOur adaption of fire and flint devolves energy-heavy tasks such as digestion and muscular strength away from the body to liberate metabolic energy and direct it toward the brain.
The essential difference between the paleolithic situation and ours is that there was no proprietary fire or flint, whereas any technological enhamcement in our era will only be mediated through capitalism with its attended mania for commodification and overproduction.
The important thing is that whatever augmentations we adopt must have an off button so [...] we do not sacrifice our versatility to adapt to prevailing circumstances.