> Exterminating mental illness through a deep and diligent study of the human brain, and also possibly increasing human intelligence in general
There's been waaay too many stories of how technology like this will only be available to the rich and privileged, furthering their already-sizable inherited wealth and privilege.
That's kinda the... not condescending, but dismissive?... attitude that the article is talking about.
We kinda need to find ways of how to just start having conversations about this stuff, let alone suggest how to avoid going down the dystopia route. Agree with your other comments that something like TNG couldn't even be written now -- look at how the new one is about an unprovoked war with a primal-looking warrior civilization. Yeah, we got interracial female leads, but the conversation being had is about nothing more than space sword fights with space explosions.
> The solution is a massive increase in our ambition as a species.
> Exterminating mental illness through a deep and diligent study of the human brain, and also possibly increasing human intelligence in general
There's been waaay too many stories of how technology like this will only be available to the rich and privileged, furthering their already-sizable inherited wealth and privilege.
That's kinda the... not condescending, but dismissive?... attitude that the article is talking about.
We kinda need to find ways of how to just start having conversations about this stuff, let alone suggest how to avoid going down the dystopia route. Agree with your other comments that something like TNG couldn't even be written now -- look at how the new one is about an unprovoked war with a primal-looking warrior civilization. Yeah, we got interracial female leads, but the conversation being had is about nothing more than space sword fights with space explosions.
> The solution is a massive increase in our ambition as a species.
That part is well-said though. Cheers.