Protesters rallying outside of Sarif Industries, one of the world's leaders in the controversial science of human augmentation. I don't even know whose side I'm on.īreaking news: The riots continues in the streets of Detroit. It is also a time of chaos and conspiracy. It is a time of great innovation and technological advancement. If you wanna make enemies, try to change something. The suffering Darrow inflicted is not the end of the world. It also risks giving some men the power to make others what they choose - regardless of the cost to human dignity. He knew that using technology to become something more than we are risks losing our ability to love, aspire, or make moral choices - the very things that make us Human.
But can I truly despise others who fall? Technology offers us strength, strength enables dominance, and dominance paves the way for abuse. How many times, in the call of duty, did I almost fall into the trap of taking shortcuts, abusing my abilities or the resources at hand? I resisted - barely at times - because I valued human lives and considerations. Experience has shown me how dangerous that can be. How often have we chased the dream of progress, only to see that dream perveted? More often than not, haven't the machines we built to improve life shattered the lives of millions? And now we want to turn that dream on ourselves, to fundamentally improve who we are. We might as well get good at it.Īlbert Einstein said: "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of pathological criminal." Took me awhile, but I finally see his point. But won't achieving the dream be worth it? We can become the gods we've always been striving to be. No doubt the road to get there will be bumpy, hurting some people on the way. To turn away from it now - to stop pursuing a future in which technology and biology combine, leading to the promise of a Singularity - would mean to deny the very essence of who we are.
For the first time in history, we have a chance to steal fire from the gods. But what if we never need to feel weak or morally conflicted again? What if the path Sarif wants us to take enables us to hold on to higher values with more stability? One thing is obvious.
These past few months, I was challenged many times, but more often then not, didn't I try to keep morality in mind, knowing that my actions didn't have to harm others? Time and time again, didn't I resist the urge to abuse power and resources, simply to achieve my goals more swiftly? In the past, we've had to compensate for weakness, finding quick solutions that only benefit a few. but will the outcome always be good? I guess that will depend on how we approach it. Every time we met an obstacle, we used creativity and ingenuity to overcome it. It's in our Nature to want to rise above our limits.
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