Ramez Naam

In this day and age, a time filled with uncertainty, discovery, and constant change, one thing remains abundantly clear: technology is here to stay, whether we like it or not. We’re drawn to screens like moths to a flame, with things like our phones and computers becoming an extension of ourselves. While today, some of us are attached to our devices on a figurative level, that’ll most likely change to something much more literal in the years to come. While today we’re strapped with things like our phones, our smartwatches, our FitBits, etc., soon enough those devices may be implanted inside us, further blurring the line between man and machine, to the point where they’ll eventually become a single entity. It’s topics like these that Ramez …show more content…
If I were asked how he does it, I’d probably say it’s in the way he writes his sentences. They don’t drone on like lines out of a research paper. They don’t sound robotic. They sound likes he’s talking directly to you, explaining how electrodes have helped an amputee control a desktop computer with his mind, or how obesity can be eliminated with a single gene. He shares in the enthusiasm of the reader (at least my enthusiasm), and it’s clear that he’s very passionate about transhumanism. He’s vocal about it too, as one could tell from what he had to say about Hollywood’s take on genetic modification, namely in the 1997 film Gattaca, “I absolutely hated 'Gattaca.' I left the theater shaking my head because the science in the film was just terrible. No genetic test will ever tell you how many heartbeats you have left. No genetic test will ever be more accurate in telling an employer how well you'll do at a job than your performance at a past job would be” (Naam 67). It’s this dedication and passion Naam has for the field of genetics, that makes this book such a pleasure to read through. More Than Human, to me, is a like a window. A window to the infinite possibilities that have recently been uncovered in the fields of science. A glimpse of humanity’s next step on the evolutionary timeline. A blend of flesh and silicon. We’d run faster, think faster, be stronger, more efficient. With some genetic tinkering, we would finally eradicate disease off the face of the planet. No longer would cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, or AIDS pose such a big threat to us. With breakthroughs happening everyday, the future's looking

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