The Aha-moment

We live in the most exiting of times. The current and mind boggling developments in science and technology will transform us and the world around us so profoundly, that we cannot yet hope to imagine the end result.

This realization, the realization of profound and inevitable change, first came to me in 2002 when I was discussing technological innovations with a friend. I remember telling him that we were not far away from creating cyborgs by integrating engineered machines and computers to our own bodies. Incredously, he asked me to put a timeframe to my prediction.

So we googled “cyborg” right then and there and to our astonishment we realised that we were discussing something that had already happened. My mind raced as we read about professor Kevin Warwick of the university of Reading, who by 2002 had already integrated a computer chip to his nervous system. The cyborgs were already among us.

That was my aha-moment. The instant I saw we were in a whirlwind of change. Off course I had always perceived the power of technology to change us, but only now did I realize the scope and the pace of these developments in our lifetime.

Since you are on such a niched website, chances are you also had your aha-moment. if not, you will have it very soon. Take my word for it.

In the 21st century Human kind has entered its pupa stage. There is no stopping the metamorphosis. The only question is: Will we emerge a peaceful butterfly or a voracious dragonfly?

The Cyborg

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