What will humans look like in 100 years? | Juan Enriquez

We can evolve bacteria, plants and animals -- futurist Juan Enriquez asks: Is it ethical to evolve the human body? In a visionary talk that ranges from medieval prosthetics to present day neuroengineering and genetics, Enriquez sorts out the ethics associated with evolving humans and imagines the ways we'll have to transform our own bodies if we hope to explore and live in places other than Earth.
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[@pheenez7881]

Smart guy but Jesus Christ those shoes were a terrible fashion choice.

[@DeimosSaturn]

That's just how adults dress in 2016.

[@wohdinhel]

PheeneZ science smart and fashion smart are usually mutually exclusive.

[@pheenez7881]

wohdin There are bounds of reason.

[@kamenidriss]

there's a reason there are fashion models, and the rest of human population

[@angelic8632002]

+PheeneZ You do realize that's probably on purpose right? :p

[@NathanGatten]

The question isn't whether or not it's ethical, the question is how do you stop governments and corporations from using it in an unethical manner.

[@SirNightmareFuel]

Eh, we're already dealing with liminal brainwashing. I reckon if it becomes a problem, it will be in the form of something not obviously objectionable. eg if its boring to hear about. If people care, a fight can be raised. If people don't care, nothing will change.

[@HiAdrian]

Conceivably, that angle applies to A.I. as well.

[@rickylahey724]

A.I and genetic engineering may assimilate with each other and evolve together. or biological life could, eventually, become all but obsolete because of A.I. interesting times

[@DeoMachina]

+Whos That Guy? Well with that in mind, how do we ensure people will care in an era where governments and corporations decide what people may and may not care about?

[@SirNightmareFuel]

DeoMachina In my view of how things currently are, we're screwed. For one thing, Capitalism and Materialism are a heavy cloak weighing down the lives of the majority. A fabric so vast, as to make it near impossible to overturn or escape. That said, there are symptoms of this springing up in numerous places. eg look at the raise of depression in the recent century. The fact that such problems are becoming more pronounced gives me hope that we, as a whole, will begin to shift towards a different ideology. Perhaps then, people will be less incentivized to produce large volumes of high-stimulus noise. Perhaps then we'll care.

[@Macfanize]

Plot twist: remember all those aliens we keep making movies about? What if, in the future, we will have created them ourselves?

[@MuadDib1402]

We are the aliens. Dun dun daaahhhh.

[@alafosca5724]

I thought that so many times... Aswell as the guy above said.

[@alafosca5724]

***** And what about the sumerian "those who come from the sky" alias "anunnaki", alias the "Gods" of the ancient world? What if they were humans from the future, sent to the past to solve/change something?? And this is how you make a movie. No, but really, it could be.

[@alafosca5724]

***** That is really interesting, but I knew the whole story already, and I feel sceptic about it.

[@Tariqali-bj5hm]

What if those aliens are future humans?

[@user-bm4di5ns4g]

Most of these comments are about this dude's clothes. Yeah, we definitely need to evolve, and fucking quick.

[@markstewart4501]

yeah, clothes aren't part of evolution. It's unnatural to wear clothes...just look at pigs or dolphins...they don't wear clothes...Im getting off subject...lets evolve quickly, and lets assume its in the direction you pick, because we know you have it all picked out correctly so far.

[@jasonkmills]

What do you want ourselves to look like

[@akatsukilord12]

well clothes are a huge part of our evolution. we stopped having our own fur because we started wearing hides. You couldn't survive the winter naked. we evolved a system where we can be as warm as we want. Thats pretty big for a warm blooded mammal

[@cikiosos]

Netlex

[@gojoubabee]

v Agreed. Most of these comments and frankly internet in general leave me with little hope for the future of humanity.

[@alikhoobiary6595]

14:59 Imagine him saying that holding a detonator

[@aurorasabyss6534]

ecks dee

[@xKoeix]

ALLLLLLAAAAAHUUUUU AKKKKHHHHBARRRR

[@dimplegulrajani2144]

@@xKoeix read the room, man. It's pretty islamophobic to say something like that and reinforce that stereotype in the political climate we're in right now in 2020. Maybe you're privileged enough to not feel the impact of this particular stereotype but we'd all go a long way if we tried to understand how our behaviour and expression affects each other.

[@AgiIeBeast]

Nice, got goosebumps at the end there. I'm 25 now now and I'm very excited to see what humanity can achieve in the next 65 or so years before I die; and get a glimpse of my descendants lives.

[@necronlordoflawtan]

...this all relies on continued funding of science and technology...followed by distribution of technology (not the trickle-down that we get nowadays)...followed by not going extinct as a species via war, climate change, antibiotic resistant bacteria, or critical resource loss.

[@ingetnamn5447]

you will probably live to be around 150 years old. The age average now will not be the same when you are old.

[@Sergiosimpson1]

We are not gonna die. Experiments for extended lfespan are being done in mammals already. Our generation is the last to die.

[@omnissiah1119]

Wouldn't that be lovely? But I imagine the reality will be very different. Immortality for the human race will fundamentally change our society and culture. Entire business would become completely obsolete. Can you imagine if humans no longer needed to sleep, to eat, to excret? Imagine how much that would change our society how many businesses and powers in the world would suddenly no longer be needed. I imagine such people and organisations would try their utmost to ensure that we do not progress in such a rapid way, in order to retain their power, control and wealth. Whilst hoarding that gift for themselves. My fear is that already incredibly powerful institutions and world powers would use such knowledge, as they always have, to subjugated and control the masses and drive the gap between the 99% and the 1% into a great chasm that will only continue to grow in magnitude with time, time that would no longer be an enemy to them, but their greatest ally.

[@necronlordoflawtan]

Immortality itself is a bit umm...vague. Biological immortality is possible - in certain trees, they grow such than an orchard is all one being...some jellyfish revert to their polyp stage and grow again... But the closest thing in humans is cancer. HeLa cells have survived >50 years longer than Henrietta Lacks, who died young of cancer. They also have an overall greater biomass than any one human...

[@GrayGoosey1134]

what will I look like in 100 years? dead.

[@JustinMorgan105kg]

Lindsey very thin

[@GrayGoosey1134]

Justin Morgan no, id be dead. Unless i live to be 116.

[@yanja640]

:3 :3

[@hyenaskate]

Well, consider that the first people that will live over 150+ are already born.

[@hyenaskate]

There's no way to know for certain, that's why there's "probability".

[@butterflyfluttersby9807]

No one gonna mention those sick sneaks!?!?

[@Harry-ro7hq]

Shekmeister lmao

[@autumnoleary3076]

Shekmeister that’s how you know he’s smart

[@utubedano]

One of the most interesting talks I've listened to in a VERY long time.

[@VaanG0v]

14:20 Just say cyborg already! We know you want too.

[@xSkyliiine]

these guys are truly breaking grounds, I can't wait to see what the future holds for humanity as a species

[@Multi1]

I predict corporations and governments the most likely to extinction us.

[@Multi1]

I predict that certain governments and corperations, in the future will be the most likely thing in history to extinct us.

[@ReasonAboveEverything]

Look in Africa and you see what's the future of humanity.

[@collinsmugodo380]

this guy has the most Hispanic name ever yet he's the whitest person I've ever seen.

[@EarthlingCarl]

Haha :D

[@angelic8632002]

Hes Mexican by birth.

[@collinsmugodo380]

I actually really enjoyed this talk yet this is what I thought to write...can't help but be a little disappointed in myself...and all of you for encouraging this behavior with response. shame on you all.

[@angelic8632002]

collins mugodo ... I feel that was undeserved in my regards. I merely explained the origin of his name since you appeared curious.

[@AgiIeBeast]

Yeah, he does look mexican to me.. we are available in all colours :)

[@mhoover]

The head transplant isn't a head transplant, it's a body transplant.

[@SenEmChannel]

Omg

[@dizzle522]

The HEAD is getting switched out on the SAME body...its head transplantS.

[@mhoover]

@@dizzle522 What I mean is since the brain is in the head the individual would see himself with a new body. To him it would be a body transplant.

[@rabeebibrat1805]

Omg lol

[@K.nd3]

This was absolutely amazing. Definitely one of my favorite ted talks so far.

[@NEHARY]

What a brilliant talk, cohesive, comprehensive, thought provoking and to top it funny!

[@sonalsaha5867]

This here is the trailer to future. I envy the future generations of their improved human body.

[@sonalsaha5867]

of their ability to space travel far and wide.

[@sonalsaha5867]

Mihaly well said. hope.

[@HelloHello-no6bq]

Sonal Saha If that is you in your profile picture and you are that young than I can confidently say that you will be alive when body upgrading and space travel to other solar systems is normal. If you look at the difference between 1917 and 2017 there is a very big difference in society and technology. But if you look at the difference between 1817 and 1917, the difference isn't as big. This is because of the law of accelerating returns and means that as a civilization becomes more advanced, it begins to advance even quicker. We are expected to achieve over 1000 times the progress in this century than we did in the 20th century. With this ever increasing rate of technological advancement it is safe to say that we will achieve immortality and deep space travel in this century. We will also be able to solve all of Earths existing problems.

[@tkkanagaratnam1895]

He seemingly touched on a lot of deep, interesting and debatable topics that you'd think are not interrelated. Wow!

[@SilverMiraii]

give me immortality and perfect age any day it's not a debate

[@axelasdf]

I doubt the earpices are a phone. They may pair with one, but the power requirements (if you had to have a cellphone sized battery to your ears) it would be impractical.

[@efenty6235]

What?

[@NuclearPopcorn]

Immortality would be the worst thing ever. Not that 's achievable - just saying.

[@SilverMiraii]

NuclearPopcorn nah

[@ingetnamn5447]

I think he ment age immortality. You choose when to die by suicide.

[@ryadh456]

Epic! Just a great TED talk! In a long time!

[@deepa5498]

Wow I'm 12 and watching this, this is so simple yet detailed and educational without over complicating simple tasks or topics

[@sivmatt]

awesome speech

[@geraldmerkowitz4360]

Why don't we have movies about that ? Do you imagine the possibilities ? Gattaca is 20 years old, we can do better now !

[@IcepickL]

You do understand that Gattaca is about the evils of genetic modification right?

[@geraldmerkowitz4360]

Icepick L Yes. What are you implying ? Now that it became possible in real life, maybe it's the right time to write new relevant pieces of fiction to make people think more about it.

[@SpaceHawk13]

Gattaca is not about the evils of genetic modification, perhaps you have forgotten the movie, but the reason Ethan Hawkes character Vincent struggled was because his parents made the choice for him to be born naturally without genetic alterations. The true evil in this movie was his parents choices, while they could of easily given him the treatment and the best life possible they instead made the decision to live in the past and not embrace the new way of doing things. His parents even realized the mistake they made by doing this to him and when they decided to have a second son they had him genetically modified to be better so he wouldn't suffer the same as Vincent.

[@vabp8985]

have you heard of a brave new world, one of the most famous books in history?

[@blakhhh]

Ghost in the Shell for the morals of full body prosthesis.

[@steuerradbert]

the presentation design is really beautiful! 😍

[@JerkStoreAssistManag]

Excellent and concise!

[@sid850]

beautifully explained.😁😂I always believed in the concept of evolving humans and this gives even a better reason to do so.

[@jaredcollins2049]

This was an extremely interesting topic, and personally I am all for reprogramming humanity as long as we are still human, because if we go too far then we wont have survived we will have eradicated humans and created a whole new species, so yes lets evolve humans as long as we don't evolve ourselves too far

[@FalconWindblader]

Once the wheels start turning, there's just no stopping it. we'll actually get to the point where we get adept with playing around with basic chemistry of biological life, by the time which we'll all definitely be cyborgs, & some of us would have 4 eyes or 2 hearts or 3 pairs of arms. we won't be creating a whole new species, because by that time, we would have fragmented into more than a dozen of species, IF, we can still call ourselves that given how easy we can change our forms by then. the basic human form would have been something distant future generations read in ancient texts. we would become a forerunner/progenitor race that you read so often in sci-fi works today.

[@kyliehill5112]

Jared Collins But how many changes do you have to make to no longer be human?

[@MaZe741]

so much stuff and things to think about! it's time to ask the questions

[@ringoballs808]

this was good, really good, and illuminating. Thank you

[@0ld_Scratch]

good speech

[@nickash23]

We've been evolving and will continue to

[@CoatRooneyy]

how did he make those slides? Absolutely amazing!

[@ellesunshine5597]

Truly fascinating 🙏

[@estlou]

his shoes, ;)

[@tonygunner10]

Well lets just hope we evolve in a way where people can avoid wearing shoes like this guy

[@georgeconnett7812]

You ruined this for me

[@fabled.]

I, for one, welcome our new shoe overlords.

[@mudkip_btw]

Antonio Bhatia LOL

[@dejgreen4843]

or to a point where we simply don't care about what another person's wearing because we're nice people.

[@alafosca5724]

I would like to see more people like him, probably with a Mikey Mouse cosplay instead of the shirt, but wouldn't that be sick?

[@manganiphiri4331]

Amazing lecture/talk.

[@tobsmonster2]

Thank you for sharing your work.

[@Merthalophor]

One day, when we meet aliens or create new lifeforms that are not based on ATCG aminoacids, we might categorize all lifeforms of planet earth explicitly as "ATCG-Helix-based lifeforms".... random thought

[@WeasleyTwiins]

Maybe invent a catchier name if that happens though.

[@AnswerManofRome]

Please teach me more about these "ATCG aminoacids"

[@whattohearwhattosee]

+Cypriot sculptor “Klutotekhnes Hephaestus” nice catch bro it also bugged me

[@evp911]

Milk Man you watch too much sci-fi

[@Merthalophor]

Cypriot sculptor whatever, strike the aminoacid, I'm not a bilogist ^^ the whole DNA is an acid, GCTA are just nuclobases. Doesn't really affect you if you don't work with it.

[@arumrunner]

But I don't want a mouse head on my body.

[@BrunoHenrique-gi1wd]

what about your head on a mice?

[@AussieRail]

A certain EDM Producer/DJ might disagree :p

[@arumrunner]

Bruno Henrique Well then how could humans eat everything in sight on Planet Cheese?

[@gabrielreinfalke2277]

Very nice presentation!

[@sabinaadhikari5574]

Such a fascinating talk!

[@debbaverstock6343]

Lots of the concepts he is talking about here have been explored in science fiction for a while. Issac Asimov talked about some of this stuff 50+ years ago (although not in this detail) and of course many other science fiction authors as well. These aren't new concepts, just being able to do them is new. The idea that we will need to change ourselves to be able leave the earth behind is not really new. There are many stressors just to living in space that we our bodies were not evolved to handle well (let alone an alien planet). I am not sure that I agree that direct alternation is evolution, though. I do agree that if you created a unique organism that was able to survive in an alien environment and it changed and became something else - that would be evolution. I believe that people are already changing, "evolving", to meet changes to the earth and our environment, even without the intervention of science.

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

We already are evolving ourselves. The way we've retooled our immune system to deal with the measals, smallpox... etc, is unprecedented. As a previous comment sarcastically stated, resistance is futile. You either accept the advances of modern medicine, or you die much sooner than your counterpart who decides they will. You're genes are therefore less like to be passed on to the next generation, and you, and all the future variations of you, are phased out within only a handful of generations. It doesnt sound nice, but when you think about, we could drastically imrpive the quality of life through manipulation of our genome. We could all but eliminate infant mortality, and genetic diseases that make people suffer needlessly for years before their eventual death. That level of technology is already here with CRISPR. Eventually, I hope, it will be cheap enough to apply to modern medical treatments, hopefully before a child is ever even born with a genetic disease.

[@TheCatMurgatroyd]

beautifully said! and I do think that this is what evolution means... a animal that is not able to withstand the same things it's other animal friends do, dies and does not reproduce (like when it won't get a mate or is physically challenged and so on) so what we're doing is preparing for a evolutionary change that the people who refuse it, will most likely not reproduce at a certain point and die out

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

TheCatMurgatroyd Spot on. People worry about being forced into what they see as a malicious form of eugenics, but that would in reality be totally unnecessary when dealing with genetic diseases that are not contagious. Think of it this way... In the form if a thought experiment, lets say that we have 2 groups of ppl. One accepts future modern medicine (haha) and therefore has a life expectancy of 90, the other refuses treatment and has a life expectancy of 50. Group one (untreated) has 5 people, Group 2 has 25. These arent pefect numbers obviously, but you get it. They reproduce once per decade starting at age 25 (which is roughly the average age humans have their first kid, and also where our groups begins), each time having two children. Just for the sake of argument lets also say that they can reproduce for the entirety of their life after 25. 25 years into our experiment, group 1's first generation is dead, and their children are not yet ready to reproduce. That stunts the growth of their generation, leaving them with only 20 people, 10 of whom are only 5 years old, the other 10 are only 15. That's not even factoring in the lack of caretakers for those children. Their population is not completely depleted, but their growth is stunted, leaving them unable to reproduce for another decade. Their total number has gone from 5 to only 20 in 25 years. Group two does not have that issue. After just 30 years they are gaining a generation which can reproduce every decade, never missing a step as the first group does. By 60 years into that experiment they have a total population of 875 people, 275 of whom will reproduce in the next decade. You see what I'm getting at? Populations who adopt life prolonging technologies will explode, because they can survive much long, therefore increasing their likelihood of reproducing. And while the total number of people who refuse treatment may rise, the number if those people as a percentage of the total population goes down almost exponentially. Anyway, I know i typed way too much, but i did all the math anyway so i figured there was no harm in typing it lo.

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

TheCatMurgatroyd Spot on. People worry about being forced into what they see as a malicious form of eugenics, but that would in reality be totally unnecessary when dealing with genetic diseases that are not contagious. Think of it this way... In the form if a thought experiment, lets say that we have 2 groups of ppl. One accepts future modern medicine (haha) and therefore has a life expectancy of 90, the other refuses treatment and has a life expectancy of 50. Group one (untreated) has 5 people, Group 2 has 25. These arent pefect numbers obviously, but you get it. They reproduce once per decade starting at age 25 (which is roughly the average age humans have their first kid, and also where our groups begins), each time having two children. Just for the sake of argument lets also say that they can reproduce for the entirety of their life after 25. 25 years into our experiment, group 1's first generation is dead, and their children are not yet ready to reproduce. That stunts the growth of their generation, leaving them with only 20 people, 10 of whom are only 5 years old, the other 10 are only 15. That's not even factoring in the lack of caretakers for those children. Their population is not completely depleted, but their growth is stunted, leaving them unable to reproduce for another decade. Their total number has gone from 5 to only 20 in 25 years. Group two does not have that issue. After just 30 years they are gaining a generation which can reproduce every decade, never missing a step as the first group does. By 60 years into that experiment they have a total population of 875 people, 275 of whom will reproduce in the next decade. You see what I'm getting at? Populations who adopt life prolonging technologies will explode, because they can survive much long, therefore increasing their likelihood of reproducing. And while the total number of people who refuse treatment may rise, the number if those people as a percentage of the total population goes down almost exponentially. Anyway, I know i typed way too much, but i did all the math anyway so i figured there was no harm in typing it lol

[@TheCatMurgatroyd]

George Mason :D yeah ... it's okay as long as I don't have to do the math xD but this sounds about right altough now I'm thinking how people that do get the right treatment always only have maybe 1 to 2 kids (if non) but people that won't get ttreatments (like for their children or themselves) will maybe have 4-5 children but I guess it still counts right? just takes longer for the other guys to die out or earth goes down and only people who prepared for it suvive

[@augustinadriancristea5873]

Easy to say, hard to do. BioShock can, literally, be our future. We should cautiously help the very many, very poor nations of the world to arrive at a level of technology and refinement (that some leading countries have for 50 years now) and AFTERWARDS think long and profoundly about how and when to improve ourselves. There are some countries that are still living like the US did 150 years ago. Some are way back, lost and forgotten by "civilization". *Do you think about that?* How can you evolve someone who doesn't even understand the term, in philosophical and technical terms? We shouldn't speed ourselves up, we should help the others - our brothers and sisters from all across this planet. After that process will be successfully accomplished, we move on to "eugenics" and playing God. Peace&Love!

[@rodgebodge7373]

Juan, you never fail to tell me what I want to hear.

[@merveilleuxetmagique]

Thank you+++, he is brilliant!

[@jeffcoupland3010]

Can we take a minute to talk about those shoes...

[@osiris3yhn]

Comfort > looks

[@coltonmccoy1428]

Shoes are a type of prosthetic -- he just picked the most logical pair. Great support, superior grip, last a long time, and very comfortable.

[@Sk-tb7kt]

Perfect example of function over form eh? fitting considering we're (partly) talking about the evolution of what were gangly, ungainly prosthetics

[@369Shahin]

Those are some Tom Cruise mom's shoes.

[@thatfactguy4042]

Not just the shoes, but how they match is outfit

[@BoHorn]

Love these Ted talks but it always feels like they try to dumb down what they're talking about.

[@ZeroDisturbed]

Bo Horn because they try to get to a broad audience.

[@epicchrist2941]

Bo horn yeah, Don't let them decieve you that transhumanism is COOOOL. because you will be easily killed if you put that tech on ur body. Hackers and The government can easily kill you. Just saying. pls dont take that path.

[@coreyochai674]

Mind Blown💥💥💥 Amazing talk👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MaciejKetus]

This moved something in me. Amazing.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Guy sounds like Bernie Sanders. Therefore I love him.

[@doommaker4000]

More likes than dislikes. Would you look at that...

[@HiAdrian]

It's because he's not a woman /s

[@MuadDib1402]

No, it's because he was talking about something interesting, exciting and wonderful.

[@callumwale6254]

Adrian *Sorry ma'am, you're victim card has been declined and revoked . I'm gonna have to cut up now.

[@tyttyty3821]

yes, it 's so exciting

[@willryan7613]

This presentation was given very well and I reckon it'll snap people back to reality. If only it would go viral already...

[@guteneshoma]

gr8 presentation Juan

[@lren45]

There is a big, big problem that he's not addressing. Once we are able to genetically modify and evolve our bodies, we will start diverting from one another that will pretty soon give justification for not racism but almost 'specieism.' Who's to say that we will work collectively together to create beneficial programs and missions to accomplish common goals(like permanently moving to Mars)? If we can alter genetic code for intelligence, stature, morals, and other forms of appearance, wouldn't that allow for greater experimentation that diverts us all from each other? You can't just limit the expansion of this technology to a centralized governance that dictates the genetic output(and even if this is the case, who's to say they will do good things or help the masses). Once one group of 'developers' gain control of the best genetic output, they could have an incentive, due to the impending increased competition, to wipe the rest of the conscious species from the planet. And even if we were to start genetically modifying ourselves collectively in a benevolent way, when do we stop becoming 'human?' It's inevitable that we become a different specie or species that think differently from us as time progresses. And with foresight, is it worth it to advance these technologies now knowing of the inevitable outcome? I believe that it's impossible to stop these genetic altering evolution from happening, but we shouldn't be blind of the risks that is associated with such technologies. No matter what the outcome, it doesn't look good for the human race

[@lren45]

I'm hoping to have a good discussion on this.

[@lren45]

This also doesn't address other problems like AI, nuclear war, biological terrorism, terrorism, and social uprising and other, that could all wipe our species out before we even get to such advancements. And furthermore, some of these events could influence the others to happen as well.

[@lren45]

Teilo Smith Thanks for the input.

[@TankenkaNeko]

This, of course, presupposes that the common theme in Hollywood movies will prevail. There has been intense fear-mongering on all levels throughout history, but more recently... take 3D movies for example... old films depict 3D movies as the way monsters would jump from the screen to kill us all. Television was going to turn us all into zombies and murderers. The internet was going to render us unsafe and destroy our humanity, giving room for hackers to overthrow global governments and start WWIII. Robotics was to obliterate our species and destroy the world. Virtual Reality was to turn us into digital machines and self-propagating AI and fry our brains, gene mapping was to unlock pandora's box and we'd all run rampant turning men into half-flies and half-humans... and of course, the two most prevalent current themes are zombies (in their myriad of forms) through genetics, and super-humans through genetics (both of which we'd kill off... even if the latter was used to help, we'd later turn on them as you say above). Ultimately, I believe, you present a valid argument - and one we do well to be constantly aware of as we move forward. However, to remain stagnant and to not evolve is a dangerous proposition. Even now, we are fundamentally different than people of the middle ages. If we took even a single percent of the things we take for granted today back to the 1500s, we'd be seen as gods or daemons. As Teilo mentioned ~ work together. Look not at the problem (save to recognize that it can happen), but instead look to the solutions.

[@lren45]

+skelanth We haven't changed much physiologically since 1500s. All of these instances that you mention can be based on the notion that physically and mentally we are inherently the same(few minor changes with greater knowledge and information retrieval). The problem is that once we are able to change ourselves through artificial genetic engineering, we will be drastically creating different instances of genetic beings. At first it will start off innocent, as the guy is mentioning in the video. Then it'll progress to something entirely out of anyone's control. I think you've proven my point.

[@AbraminWonderland]

This is how you get Cybermen

[@simeondunev4890]

ill be your cybermen ...

[@caspar1999311]

well lets be optimistic

[@Jess-nz7be]

Abram in Wonderland You will now be upgraded

[@kimberlymunoz4422]

Velvety soft hands around your throat No no, it's "You will be assimilated." Don't you watch Doctor Who? -It's an obvious reference to it.

[@Tina-fd5dr]

Exceptionally intriguing!

[@ssiddarth]

One of the best Ted talks I've ever seen 👌

[@Czesnek]

We are going to look like an anime.

[@Czesnek]

How do you know this won't happen?

[@jommydavi2197]

I want to cut my legs off and get prosthetics to be taller

[@procrasti86]

same

[@SirNightmareFuel]

I don't ever want to cut my legs off, I want *someone else* to cut them off :)

[@pumpuppthevolume]

but first try it in vr .......or u could try long neck and your standard body

[@thomasstaffer]

Im 6ft 3 i dont need to be taller 😂

[@jommydavi2197]

Shadow Of A Sundered Star good for you now gtfo (smile cry)

[@RuLeZ1988]

Wow this speech was amazing. Really good to listen to.

[@rajveersinghanand]

Loved the talk

[@charleskuhn382]

Cool shoes

[@rathernotdisclose8064]

Only a hundred years? Probably pretty much the same.

[@0MoTheG]

I do not think so. A. He is not talking about natural evolution. B. Evolution can happen quickly. Epigenetics and lack of selection can change a species quickly.

[@pj123mj1]

Rathernot Disclose watch the video first bud

[@rathernotdisclose8064]

pj123mj1 neh

[@Ranieac]

well look at 1917 compared to 2017

[@onehungrygeek]

What is that presentation slide style? Its so beautiful with black & white illustrations and just a solid colour plus glitchy transitions!

[@Gippo50]

Fascinating Talk

[@JohnHlavaty]

While I agree with the speaker's conclusion, I believe that as a species on the precipice of space travel and colonization, we have an ethical duty to remediate several destructive human predilections prior to our infecting this galaxy. Without nitpicking, let's address greed based wars of aggression and senseless killing.

[@808benfast]

John Hlavaty Let's re-address our predilections

[@janzen255]

out of curiosity, what's your plan to "remediate" these destructive predilections? Are we addressing this at the genetic level? Having a big intervention as a species?

[@bisaillion]

Janzen Aguilar-Nelson i don't think he's suggesting that he has a solution, nothing in what he wrote seems to indicate that. instead stating, simply, that our war-mongering nature needs to be addressed.

[@janzen255]

Brent Bisaillion if he thinks there's no solution he's complaining merely for the sake of complaining. Not exactly productive, and maybe a flaw we should "address" eh?

[@Juice-chan]

maybe there is a solution in a genetic level. Aggressions for example are emotions that are fueled by parts of our brain we cannot control directly. We cant decide if we feel happy or sad. Scientists are researching this topic for a while but in the end we need to find out which genes helps to be more calm and dont get easily frustrated. Or what helps us to be a bit less greedy or envy. I know it´s hard to change balance in one direction without overreaching the other. But I think a few people have illnesses that are to often overlooked when we are born and comes into sight only when something bad happens. Maybe some people have no empathy because of malfunction in their genes. If we would screen humans in their early embryo stages and repair such errors, we could get healthier humans. Physically and mentaly. We can´t do this over night. The world needs to change on many levels in the same time. Otherwise it only benefits the less and the gap would only spread more. But this technology is one of the keys for a longer term success.

[@davehak2880]

Those sneakers are badass!

[@MICKYD2296]

this is going to be a favorite i can already tell

[@MrLewieF]

Amazing talk!

[@MrSidney9]

That was very good. I'd like to know more about the ongoing mouse head transplants

[@HowToDealWithLinux]

the first human head transplant is already scheduled

[@MrSidney9]

How To Deal With Linux Where did you learn that? I heard Monkey...

[@HowToDealWithLinux]

MrSidney9 google it :)

[@DaveWatt22]

I'm sure I read about experiments with slugs in which their equivalents of brains (nerve cell clusters I guess) were transplanted, and the memories DID indeed get transferred. The difficulty with mice or humans would be the mechanics of hooking up the donor neurons to the receiver neurons, and also preventing immune responses to the foreign tissues.

[@Schnupfndrache7]

what if life on our planet is actually a life 4 civilization sent here from far away

[@avagardiner6871]

i came back to this video 3 years after watching. it really stuck w me. evolution above all.

[@jessicabizzoni2071]

Inspiring talk.

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

Anno 2205 begs to differ.

[@freddiesimmons1394]

GIVE ME oh goddd why did I leave the bio field

[@apxprdtr_mge]

What an interesting subject, it raises so many questions. Incredible. However, we are still far, far away from such concepts.

[@DaveWatt22]

As a kayaker and a biologist, I really appreciated the eddy analogy!

[@guru-ji3dq]

*Mankind has reached a new cusp*. We now have to change our inner environment, our minds. 200.000 years ago (brain size, etc.), we were still fundamentally no different than other animals. About 45.000 years ago, we took our 1st real step away from the animal realm. We started to speak language, have an imagination and use basic reasoning. It was the first cusp. About 10.000 years ago, the 2nd cusp, and became mankind (mind-kind). *Mankind is going to change into a new human life form for the 3th time. We will evolve from mankind, or mind-kind, into spirit-kind; we are becoming spiritual beings*. Physically humans will not change anymore but intrinsic (mind) we will. For the 1st time ever the *Truth about life and death* is revealed, it explains the big picture of life in every facet, it explains our true history, our true purpose and everything in between. Google *TruthContest read the Present*

[@kathydavidson6577]

guru

[@jonathancastillo8298]

guru 3th? Lol

[@alowo2760]

Thank you for this amazing book.

[@fuzzytrashcans1922]

No such things as spirits, just brains.

[@chrisscarfo8832]

Lol we are certainly not close to becoming your claim, we still hate,fight ect ect

[@GoofballLOL]

THIS is what I subscribed for, not feminist lectures keep posting this kind of stuff TED, please

[@DavidGarcia-nw3xu]

Great talk

[@mun6832]

so whats the results from the mouse experiments????

[@tastyfrzz1]

hmmm... So if we are as successful at redoing the human genome as Microsoft is at making our operating systems not screw up...

[@OneTonToasted]

then hope we get a memorable start up noise

[@pyramidhead258]

I wouldn't hope researchers would have the same success as windows, unless you're speaking in a business sense. Windows uses unnessesary resources on your computer, and by default settings Windows 10 spies on you (tracks you for ads like google). And every update could potentially break your system, or a part of it. Microsoft gave Windows 10 away because they didn't want to or didn't have time to hire people to test their OS, so they let the consumers test it.

[@4tshepo]

As I was watching I thought of the movie interstellar and other space related movies and the problems they have encountered ..And I can see the great need to evolve and adapt in new environments (New Planets/ space ) .... very interesting talk..

[@kylemolinari2969]

Finally!! A good Ted talk!

[@solidaritytime3650]

This discussion makes me think about the future of pro sports. Either they'll have to stay 100% natural to put everyone on an even field (but then people wouldn't watch because the "puny" 7'4", 300lbs guys out there would be seen as weak), or theyd impose a limit that's higher up, or no limit and the rich organizations would always win, or we'd no longer take interest in physical competition.

[@johnfedorov8089]

Sports are already like that, everyone is on steroids. This kind of just takes it to the next level.

[@solidaritytime3650]

John Klitsko steroids arent allowed. To say that "everyone is on steroids" is blatantly false.

[@johnfedorov8089]

Tom Riddle Use some common sense man. The difference between athletes who have tested positive for steroids, and athletes who are "steroid free" is near minimal. Everyone is using at the top levels of sport, and who wouldn't? To be the best you can be, you have to do these things.

[@ennisdelmar807]

Regular Olympics and Super Olympics

[@solidaritytime3650]

Ennis Del Mar but then I can't see the regular Olympics being around for very long as it would be far less interesting to watch- it would be like the WNBA.

[@chalfish856]

It's insanely terrifying and I welcome it.

[@samlashley7520]

Fascinating talk, regardless of opinions it is a very interesting topic to think about.

[@rubenramos8900]

My new favorite Ted video

[@Zannypants666]

With all of the advances in technology and medicine over time we've stopped humans from naturally evolving. So we have to attempt to use those things to force us to evolve. Kind of fucked up

[@FahadZahr]

very good point

[@0MoTheG]

it is worse, without selection we do not just not evolve in the sense that we get "better" but we naturally diverge from what is good and loose fitness (order) in general. Life is subject to constant mutation, most of it is bad, without selection we accumulate what is bad.

[@tedrastlin7972]

our biology is still evolving, that won't ever stop until we become something synthetic

[@0MoTheG]

***** That is what selection means.

[@johannesgross6190]

Zanny Pants What makes you think the way we are evolving right now isn't natural?

[@SoniaMenezesIsHere]

As I listen to him, all I can think of is Asimov!

[@noodlepoodleoddle]

AMAZING.

[@siom7617]

Amazing speech!

[@VI-pd8ov]

Ha. Sit on it, God.

[@loFEEzy.]

who tf is that

[@VI-pd8ov]

Lofeezy Ng A fairytale.

[@gj9157]

Invalid Account Satan will rule us!

[@lilacosmanthus]

Satan wanted this for humans. That's why he wanted us to eat the fruit of knowledge. It's God that restricts and impedes progress..

[@saw141]

Invalid Account we are god. God is the laws of spacetime, and the universe. We're a byproduct of the universe and physics, so we're God.

[@lilacosmanthus]

So moving, I can hear Elon Musk clapping.

[@JoryBlake]

Fantastic !

[@meytalmitchellvainstub1602]

brillient! really inspiring

[@breathe4778]

I can't take this guy seriously with his shoe choice lol.

[@jacccs]

zakd well get a life then

[@breathe4778]

Young Jesus k

[@utubedano]

zakd lol!

[@katiegarrett2874]

As a scientist I completely disagree that it would be 'unethical NOT to evolve the human body.' We see ourselves as the centre of the universe, that nothing would continue if we weren't here. Simply not the case.

[@TheShamDao]

Katie G it's not about the universe but the lives of our children's and theirs and so on. The survival of this thing that is so beautiful, life.

[@MuadDib1402]

Factually that is true, but if humanity isn't around to witness the universe then who cares if it continues without us.

[@JDavinoM]

Katie G "As a scientist." For those of us who aren't stupid. We realize that calling yourself a scientist gives you no weight to your argument. The only reason you even said "As a scientist was to make yourself seem smarter then you are.

[@katiegarrett2874]

Didn't mean to make it sound like I thought my view was superior, I don't.

[@meatwise]

Either we continue changing in order to stay ahead of entropy, or we cease to exist. What do we want our evolutionary lineage to become? Is our species at the trunk of the evolutionary tree that will colonise the galaxy, or are we merely a a dying twig at the edge?

[@benlewis7859]

fantastic speech so inspired

[@christopherdeleon2095]

this is really cool because it implys that we could eventually enhance a human brain with a computer or grow a computer out of brain matter. then we could quite possibly comunicate with each other in all sorts of unimaginable new ways. very intresting

[@4zap7]

I just want to be immortal before I die come on crispr I need you too hurry