DEHUMANIZATION.
It begins with a microchip, subdermal implants to “Link and Connect.”
We live in the age of globalism and the proliferation of tech,
A Wall Street world where money exists as a fictional text with digital debts,
Artificial intelligence programmed with man’s original principles kept,
But A.I.’s could self-replicate and overcome their primitive specs to create a rippling effect,
Mankind’s greatest creation – we built this position of strength atop invisible threats,
Fast forward to the future, imagine the time of a regular individual’s death,
At this time the A.I. uploads the dead individual’s mind into “The Net.”
Immortality with a googlebox that is thinking for me to talk and debate,
Cyborg paraplegics in Titanium Suits that hold up all of their weight,
Increased production generates a profitable race to automate and create,
Pacemakers, cochlear, ocular implants begin the transformative state,
Development of posthumans where technology and thoughts integrate,
The move towards creation of the overman, I am more than afraid,
Increased conformity gives increased control, we may be forced to obey,
Please wait, we need to reset you for a new software upgrade.
Or, it begins with a strand, mapping of the nucleotide sequence,
Base pairs reverse engineered, “bad” genes modified or deleted,
The claim is recombinant DNA will overwrite inherited diseases,
But the risk of selective eugenics similar to genocide increases,
In addition to the biodiversity risk of chimeric creatures, invasive species created by recombining heterogeneous regions.
Deep into abyss, we are peering into the uncertain future that exists,
Support technological advancement but be aware of the risks,
We need greater regulation to ensure that ethics persist,
And not profit seeking innovations like RFID chips and commercial GloFish.
Ethical tech protects the next generation against dehumanization,
It’s progress towards safeguarding humans in future civilization.
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