ABSTRACT: Since prehistory, the genus Homo has used technologies in order to enhance fitness. With the growth of bio-technologies, western medicine is improving the structure and function of the human body beyond its natural state. Bio-technological improvements in the next 50 yr promise further increases in human life span and performance. Notwithstanding the ethical argument encouraging transhumanist technologies, present human societies have yet to come to grips with the possibility of such a future world. This article will discuss future nootropic enhancers and human-animal gene splicing as possible enhancement technologies in relation to their ethical and social implications.
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机译：摘要：自史前以来， Homo 属一直使用技术来增强适应性。随着生物技术的发展，西医正在改善人体的结构和功能，超越其自然状态。未来50年生物技术的改进有望进一步延长人类的寿命和性能。尽管伦理学上的论点鼓励超人类主义技术，但当今的人类社会尚未意识到这种未来世界的可能性。本文将讨论未来的促智增强剂和人类-动物基因剪接作为可能的增强技术，涉及其道德和社会意义。
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