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Date: Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:27 AM
Subject: When Death Becomes Optional – Futurist Thomas Frey (K21st - Essential 21st Century Knowledge)
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When Death Becomes Optional – Futurist Thomas Frey (03/11/12 11:29:50 UTC)
Via Scoop.it – Knowmads, Infocology of the future
The year is 2032. You have just celebrated your 80th birthday and you have some tough decisions ahead. You can either keep repairing your current body or move into a new one. The growing of "blank" bodies has become all the rage, and by using your own genetic material, body farmers can even recreate your own face at age 20. In just 20 years, this is an industry that has moved from the equivalent of Frankenstein's laboratory to the new celebrity craze, with controversy following it every step of the way. The combination of a few high profile "accidents" along the way, coupled with those in the religious community who claim that body farmers are playing God, and asking "where does our soul reside?" has given it thousands of top media headlines around the world. Every person on the planet has a different opinion about this moral dilemma, or whether its safe or dangerous, or whether we should just get better at repairing our existing bodies. As medical advances continue, and we devise an entirely new range of health-enhancing options, I propose we set a new standard, raising the bar to the highest possible level. I propose we put an end to human death.
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