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EDITOR’S NOTE: Students in twelfth grade College in High School debate class were asked to read some newspaper articles dealing with using science and technology to extend or improve human life. For example, one scientist feels that with the use of tiny nanorobots we will soon be able to end the process of aging and growing sick, and he thinks this will occur within the next 20 years.  So students were asked: is the science of transhumanism acceptable?  Has technology done more harm than good?  Check out one of the videos on tranhumanism that helped to inspire this activity, and then check out student responses.

I believe that the technology of transhumanism is wrong. Although these two scientists have set out to make life better, they have changed the meaning and value of life.

Our generation in its current state finds it difficult to occupy time. What are we going to do with 50, 100, or countless years added to our lifespan. Currently, we are facing an overpopulation problem. If this technology became a reality, this problem would only augment. Continuing off of that our job market relies on people retiring and dying. People are retiring and entering the workforce at about an even rate right now. If we could live for 200 years, jobs would not be opening up as the same amount of people were flowing into the job market. Finally, and most importantly, this technology would devalue life. Because our lives are limited, we cherish the time and spend it carefully to get the most out of it. With this technology, life would be taken for granted since we have all of this time on our hands.

When you think about it, the bad outweighs whatever good there may be. I don’t think we can gain much from this personally, but that’s my opinion.