Is it just me or does it feel like American society is moving more towards an entertainment future? I may just be naïve to the groundbreaking discoveries made everyday in my nation, but I gotta say that I don’t see a lot of people moving us forward. While rappers, singers, actors, and actresses create (and I use the term loosely) where are the people who are finding cures for diseases or uncovering secrets about the human body to advance us forward? My friends and associates in college show no interest in careers that move the human race ahead, they just want a job to pay for their various expenses.
When I was in 6th or 7th grade, I became interested in gene-splicing when my art teacher told me about how her friend was studying the field. While I admit I did have a less than elementary understanding of the topic, it still floats around in my head from time to time. Just imagine it, if we could splice human DNA with animal DNA…and no, I will not make a nod to the creation of werewolves, vampires, and other such creatures, but I always thought that would be really cool. We would be improving some things about the human body, but probably also affecting some changes for the worst.
Just last year, I also started doing a little bit of reading on biotechnology (ok, I read on Wikipedia) because my school studies entered the realm of human physiology. I thought about what a human could do if they tweaked there caloric energy consumption in their hypothalamus from…I guess, 85% down to 7%. All that extra energy would be crazy! But I stopped let my mind wonder and just let it fade to black.
Viruses are mutating, the climate is permanently changing, and I hate to say that even I now have no interest in learning how to combat these growing changes in life. When everything is done and out of hand, we as a society will just have to learn to deal with whatever comes, and that’s a scary thought because you never know what’s coming for ya.
Later Days
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