Of all the transhumanist technologies coming in the near future, one stands out that both fascinates and perplexes people. It's called ectogenesis: raising a fetus outside the human body in an artificial womb.
It has the possibility to change one of the most fundamental acts that most humans experience: the way people go about having children. It also has the possibility to change the way we view the female body and the field of reproductive rights.
Naturally, it's a social and political minefield............................................
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/r...troversys-already-here?trk_source=recommended
My grandfather, born in an era of still nomadic Indians and horse drawn carriages but who witnessed two world wars, computers, moon landings and major social change once told me how he was grateful that he had lived his life when he had as a slower pace and some semblance of social stability had provided for a more fulfilling life.
As an example, I thought it was a bit silly for the old man to look fondly on driving a wagon team of horses to Edmonton for supplies over 24 hours rather than a one hour trip in a comfortable a pick up. But I get it now.
When you look at how consumerism and technology have both speed up the pace and degraded the qualities of our lives I can't help but be nostalgic for a simpler place in time. Stories such as the above on the future of artificial wombs and all the good and bad that comes with it makes me glad I'll be gone when it's mainstream.
It has the possibility to change one of the most fundamental acts that most humans experience: the way people go about having children. It also has the possibility to change the way we view the female body and the field of reproductive rights.
Naturally, it's a social and political minefield............................................
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/r...troversys-already-here?trk_source=recommended
My grandfather, born in an era of still nomadic Indians and horse drawn carriages but who witnessed two world wars, computers, moon landings and major social change once told me how he was grateful that he had lived his life when he had as a slower pace and some semblance of social stability had provided for a more fulfilling life.
As an example, I thought it was a bit silly for the old man to look fondly on driving a wagon team of horses to Edmonton for supplies over 24 hours rather than a one hour trip in a comfortable a pick up. But I get it now.
When you look at how consumerism and technology have both speed up the pace and degraded the qualities of our lives I can't help but be nostalgic for a simpler place in time. Stories such as the above on the future of artificial wombs and all the good and bad that comes with it makes me glad I'll be gone when it's mainstream.
