Sorry But Your Soul Just Died
Sorry But Your Soul Just Died In Brave New World, developments in reproductive and psychological technology have redefined human nature. Bokanovskification, the drug Soma, and the Feelies have desensitized and changed the people’s values in this dystopia. Similar advances such as vitro fertilisation, surrogate motherhood, psychotropic drugs, and genetic engineering have also emerged in today’s society. Unlike the author of Sorry But Your Soul Just Die, I disagree that psychological drugs, stem cell research, and genetic engineering will send us into a dystopian society.
The author of this article, Francis Fukuyama, is fearful that biotechnology will transform human nature as it did in Brave New World. Biotechnology will shift us into a new, “posthuman” state of being which will change our values and our identity. Fukuyama warningly argues that biotechnology comes with obvious advantages, but subtle harms. Fukuyama looks at biotechnology with precaution and repulsiveness. He wants society to steer away from biotechnology and literally says that use of these practices is a deal with the devil: “Medical technology offers us in many cases a devil 's bargain: longer life, but with reduced mental capacity; freedom from depression, together with freedom from creativity or spirit; therapies that blur the line between what we achieve on our own and what we achieve because of the levels of various chemicals in our brains.”
Fukuyama thinks that three possibilities are the outcome of biotechnology. The use of psychological drugs, such as Prozac and Ritalin, would create a plastic personality. He foresees a future where people are able to change themselves at will into whatever type of person they choose. He believes advances in stem cell research allowing people to live passed 100 years will create an overwhelming amount of dependent elderly. He also deems that genetic engineering will create a generic being.
Fukuyama stance on psychological drugs is that self-esteem
The author of this article, Francis Fukuyama, is fearful that biotechnology will transform human nature as it did in Brave New World. Biotechnology will shift us into a new, “posthuman” state of being which will change our values and our identity. Fukuyama warningly argues that biotechnology comes with obvious advantages, but subtle harms. Fukuyama looks at biotechnology with precaution and repulsiveness. He wants society to steer away from biotechnology and literally says that use of these practices is a deal with the devil: “Medical technology offers us in many cases a devil 's bargain: longer life, but with reduced mental capacity; freedom from depression, together with freedom from creativity or spirit; therapies that blur the line between what we achieve on our own and what we achieve because of the levels of various chemicals in our brains.”
Fukuyama thinks that three possibilities are the outcome of biotechnology. The use of psychological drugs, such as Prozac and Ritalin, would create a plastic personality. He foresees a future where people are able to change themselves at will into whatever type of person they choose. He believes advances in stem cell research allowing people to live passed 100 years will create an overwhelming amount of dependent elderly. He also deems that genetic engineering will create a generic being.
Fukuyama stance on psychological drugs is that self-esteem