I know right! It is in the hands of the governments of the world that such a thing shouldn't even begin.
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I know right! It is in the hands of the governments of the world that such a thing shouldn't even begin.
But we can't stop the future from coming our way. This tech is so powerful that the money in it for those who go for it is just too much for human nature to resist. Someone will always go for it, forcing the rest to follow.
I think this tech fill follow the route of phones and smartphones. Where early versions were only bought by rich, then everyone could afford them since there'll be mass production and I don't think this kind of technology will be resource heavy at all.
It will open a lot of doors for us and improve our survival chances if not used without caution so if we only consider our race it's good as we take evolution to our own hands. If we can't find aliens, we'll create them ourselves :) "Who wanted wings?!"
But there are some things that are a huge no, no. Like nuclear weapons for example. If genetic modification can be used to create superhumans for example, the governments would surely stop it at all cost because that would be a threat to national security.
But yeah, safer applications of the tech will go the route of smartphones as you say. Becoming cheaper with time and one day, being as common as phone are today.
"If genetic modification can be used to create superhumans for example, the governments would surely stop it at all cost because that would be a threat to national security." - Or perhaps they will use it for their own elite soldiers. More likely even.
"Like nuclear weapons for example" - yet many countries have them, they're just not being used. I think same will apply here. Governments will have them, perhaps in secret even for a start but as the tech gets more adopted by mainstream the idea of elite, superhuman soldiers will be more acceptable by the public and it will eventually see broad daylight.
So some changes will be illegal and only allowed for government, rest will be fair game for commercial use.
You make a very good point. Come to think of it, that's exactly how things might end up happening! Scary really!