The Age of Biohacking: What Are The Ethics And Implications of Modifying the Human Body?

Can you alter your body with technology? Some say yes, but there are a plethora of challenges and opportunities to consider.

E.B. Johnson | NLPMP | Editor

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While most turn their sights to AI, new technology is quickly creeping into the edges of our reality. At the crossroads of human biology and a new advanced age, this technology seeks to advance and improve the human species by incorporating new waves of science and human understanding — especially as it applies to the human genome and physical human ability.

We have entered the age of biohacking, and as it continues to expand and become more complex we will have to make some nuanced considerations. What does it mean to be human? What does it mean to have autonomy over all that you and all that you potentially could become?

Biohacking asks these questions (and far more), but before we go any further we have to ask ourselves some even bigger questions and think about what it means to be a species shaped by science.

What exactly is biohacking?

Far from being the cyborgs and flashing lights of the future, biohacking is a term that refers to a wide array of different medical…

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