The Enhanced Body

After getting this assignment, I was set on writing about the idea of the natural body. However, after reading through each type again, I was drawn to the enhanced body. I definitely don't identify the most with this type of body, but I feel strongly about giving my opinion on it. Personally, all of these ideas about conceptual bodies really scare me, as I am forced to look far ahead into the future that may become an entire new world with the advancement of technology. The enhanced body encompasses the merging of human and technology so far that one could not even distinguish between the two anymore. While reading this particular section, I felt disgusted that this could even be a possibility. I couldn't image why anyone would want to become so inhuman that they could live forever and fix everything wrong through technology. On the outside, living forever seems like an intriguing idea, but when thought about extensively is much more haunting. Nothing would be real anymore and we would all loose the will to live. This blurring of the lines is frightening, and I hope that it never becomes a reality.

On the other hand, however, this level of technology would "enable paralyzed patients to communicate by thought alone." (55) This notion would change so many people's lives, and give them a chance at life that they would never have had under normal circumstances. I suppose that with any amazing new discovery comes the chance to abuse those new powers. The enhanced body, overall, would bring about nothing but the destruction of our wonderful, thoughtful, and genuine population.