THE FUTURE IS HERE

Tech Box: Cognition Enhancement

Originally posted 14th November 2015.

Phamacoligcally induced enhancements to focus power and learning ability are readily available, one way or another.

“You can make a lot of money from a placebo.”

Some most be real, maybe not the pills bought online or in-store.

“What if higher brain power takes will, concentration, and predetermined genetics?”

Wouldn’t a pill or a machine, or a process that can increase learning and analytical ability change things forever? it could level the playing field, and equalise human skill set distribution.

“It could give an individual, or a faction, a insurmountable edge.”

If it works, it’s unnatural.

“Steroids work, military grade amphetamines works. There is no magic solution. There are always drawbacks. The effects dull, the body pays.”

What if it doesn’t? What if the next university dons, CIA chiefs, and stock market tycoons all reach their positions through unfair advantages?

“What if they did?”