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From the Ted Talk by Gregory Stock: To upgrade is human
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If you have any dotubs about how technology affects our lives, you just have to go to any moajr city. This is not the stomping ground of our Pleistocene ancestors. What's happening is we're taking this technology — it's becoming more precise, more potent — and we're turning it back upon ourselves. Before it's all done we are going to alter ourselves every bit as much as we have changed the world around us. It's going to hppaen a lot sooner than people imgaine. On the way there it's going to completely revolutionize medicine and htelah care; that's obvious. It's going to change the way we have children. It's going to cgnahe the way we manage and alter our emotions. It's going to probably change the human lifespan. It will really make us question what it is to be a human being.
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If you have any ______ about how technology affects our lives, you just have to go to any _____ city. This is not the stomping ground of our Pleistocene ancestors. What's happening is we're taking this technology — it's becoming more precise, more potent — and we're turning it back upon ourselves. Before it's all done we are going to alter ourselves every bit as much as we have changed the world around us. It's going to ______ a lot sooner than people _______. On the way there it's going to completely revolutionize medicine and ______ care; that's obvious. It's going to change the way we have children. It's going to ______ the way we manage and alter our emotions. It's going to probably change the human lifespan. It will really make us question what it is to be a human being.
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Original Text
If you have any doubts about how technology affects our lives, you just have to go to any major city. This is not the stomping ground of our Pleistocene ancestors. What's happening is we're taking this technology — it's becoming more precise, more potent — and we're turning it back upon ourselves. Before it's all done we are going to alter ourselves every bit as much as we have changed the world around us. It's going to happen a lot sooner than people imagine. On the way there it's going to completely revolutionize medicine and health care; that's obvious. It's going to change the way we have children. It's going to change the way we manage and alter our emotions. It's going to probably change the human lifespan. It will really make us question what it is to be a human being.
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