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**Gscvbhhv** · 12-22-2009, 05:29 PM

Francis Fukuyama argues that we are already in a posthuman world, largely because of pharmacokinetics, biomedical advances, and, specifically, prosthetics.

Is there a point we will reach when there will be a separation of humans and cyborgs, as imagined by Philip K. Dick and others? If so, then what will be the line that separates the two?

Along these same lines, is eugenics unethical?

As we proceed forward into a blurring of biology with technology, is this helpful or harmful? Or does it depend entirely on how the technology is harnessed?

Francis Fukuyama also argued with a straight face that we had reached the "end of history" and that the historic struggle between ideologies had been won and the world was now destined to settle down into an epoch of liberal democracy.

Which is, of course, a thunderously stupid and a-historical point of view.

So I would feel safe in taking anything he says, including any description of the current weather or the time of day, with a huge grain of salt.

12-22-2009, 05:29 PM	#2
Gscvbhhv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 358 Senior Member	Francis Fukuyama argues that we are already in a posthuman world, largely because of pharmacokinetics, biomedical advances, and, specifically, prosthetics. Is there a point we will reach when there will be a separation of humans and cyborgs, as imagined by Philip K. Dick and others? If so, then what will be the line that separates the two? Along these same lines, is eugenics unethical? As we proceed forward into a blurring of biology with technology, is this helpful or harmful? Or does it depend entirely on how the technology is harnessed? Francis Fukuyama also argued with a straight face that we had reached the "end of history" and that the historic struggle between ideologies had been won and the world was now destined to settle down into an epoch of liberal democracy. Which is, of course, a thunderously stupid and a-historical point of view. So I would feel safe in taking anything he says, including any description of the current weather or the time of day, with a huge grain of salt.
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