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Bioethics tries to answer the Frankenstein question:\u00a0 just because we can<\/em><\/strong> do something, does that necessarily mean we should<\/em><\/strong> do it?\u00a0 It is the brain child of the Industrial Revolution.\u00a0 It’s robots, cutting edge advances in medicine, genetically enhanced food, and technologically enhanced humans, just to name a few.\u00a0 Technology is now an intimate part of almost every aspect of our 21st<\/sup> Century life.\u00a0 But is technology producing a Utopia, or is there a darker Dystopia lurking in the background?\u00a0 This blog will explore those subjects because we are the future everyone used to dream about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bioethics tries to answer the Frankenstein question:\u00a0 just because we can do something, does that necessarily mean we should do it?\u00a0 It is the brain child of the Industrial Revolution.\u00a0 It’s robots, cutting edge advances in medicine, genetically enhanced food, and technologically enhanced humans, just to name a few.\u00a0 Technology is now an intimate part…<\/p>\n

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