Evolution's Next Stage
Driven by technological advances, humans are changing faster than ever. Coming soon: our next stage, Homo evolutus.
By Steven Kotler|Wednesday, February 27, 2013
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/march/13-evolution-full-tilt#.UT67_xwz0ti
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In Brief:
"Fogel began applying these methods to the study of slavery. This enterprise led him deep into the relationship between economics, physiology, and longevity, where he analyzed variables such as the amount of food consumed by the average slave (or freeman) measured against the amount of work he produced."
“As it turns out,” Fogel recounts, “most slaves, especially those on smaller plantations, were fed better and lived in better conditions than freemen in the North. This meant they lived longer, healthier lives and thus produced more work. Certainly, it’s an odious conclusion, but it’s right there in the data.”
Wait for it.............
"Right now, humans are the only hominid species on Earth, but it seems unlikely to remain the case, notes Juan Enriquez, CEO of Biotechnomy, a life-sciences investment firm, and a founding director of the Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School. “We’re now no more than a generation or two away from the emergence of an entirely new kind of hominid,” he says. “Homo evolutus: a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over its own evolution and the evolution of other species.”"
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"The standard science fiction version of what happens after we take control of our evolution usually runs along eugenic lines, leading toward efforts to build a master race. But the real situation is nowhere near so straightforward."
Driven by technological advances, humans are changing faster than ever. Coming soon: our next stage, Homo evolutus.
By Steven Kotler|Wednesday, February 27, 2013
http://discovermagazine.com/2013/march/13-evolution-full-tilt#.UT67_xwz0ti
In Brief:
"Fogel began applying these methods to the study of slavery. This enterprise led him deep into the relationship between economics, physiology, and longevity, where he analyzed variables such as the amount of food consumed by the average slave (or freeman) measured against the amount of work he produced."
“As it turns out,” Fogel recounts, “most slaves, especially those on smaller plantations, were fed better and lived in better conditions than freemen in the North. This meant they lived longer, healthier lives and thus produced more work. Certainly, it’s an odious conclusion, but it’s right there in the data.”
Wait for it.............
"Right now, humans are the only hominid species on Earth, but it seems unlikely to remain the case, notes Juan Enriquez, CEO of Biotechnomy, a life-sciences investment firm, and a founding director of the Life Sciences Project at Harvard Business School. “We’re now no more than a generation or two away from the emergence of an entirely new kind of hominid,” he says. “Homo evolutus: a hominid that takes direct and deliberate control over its own evolution and the evolution of other species.”"
"The standard science fiction version of what happens after we take control of our evolution usually runs along eugenic lines, leading toward efforts to build a master race. But the real situation is nowhere near so straightforward."