Moogfest: Experts split on future prospects for humanity
What does the future hold for humans? Experts at Moogfest’s Future of the Species panel Friday split on their predictions. For some, including panel moderator Neil Harbisson, a cyborg activist who has a permanent third eye wired into his brain, humans will be expanding their senses and capabilities through electronic implants and genetic alteration, leading to a new world of possibilities. Other panelists, including Rich Lee, take a darker view. “We’re doomed,” Lee told the audience at the Carolina Theatre. “I see all humans as being dead. The only survivors will be transhuman or post-human.” A member of the...
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