Will Technology Make Us Thin?
The world is always changing, it changes faster and faster every day. We all seem to be constantly connected to each other and others through email, instant messaging and the internet. The last thing people do before they go to bed used to be brushing their teeth now it is check emails.
One of the biggest areas of development has been medical research. As scientists can share information amongst themselves easier and more quickly than ever before they can make leaps in development that would have been impossible just a few years before.
One of the biggest areas for research has been in the DNA field, as computers get more and more powerful the sequencing of DNA has become faster and faster. This means that more is known about many of the medical problems that we all face now than at any other time in mankind’s existence.
How long will it be before scientists are able to re-sequence our DNA using stem cells that our parents put into the cord blood bank when we were born. Imagine if as an adult you could go in for a day stay at a private hospital and come out with a permanently speedup of our metabolism.
Where it now takes months or even a year to sequence DNA there will come a time when the computing power in your phone will be powerful enough to do it yourself during your lunch break. I know it may sound far fetched but when our parents were children they thought the same about someone going to the moon.
While it may seem like the ultimate development to be able to get thin without having to stop eating and do any extra exercise, is it going to become the curse of the human race? If we remove personal responsibility and make it as easy to alter our bodies as it is to get the oil changed where will we end up?
July 02 2010 11:11 am | Health