The Extropians on the other hand have a very different view; they believe that due to the pace of technology and our inability to choose the correct decision in stressful, quickening situations, we could in the end be our downfall. They believe strongly in the newly developing social technologies and strategies to control organisations and individuals. These differ from simple organisation methods to full on RFID monitoring. They believe that with these new methods and technology humans could live longer, more perfect lives. They argue that due to the shear pace of how technology has evolved we has humans need to evolve quicker to keep up with it. For example robots have taken less than a fifty years to learn walk up straight while we has a species took much, much longer. They say that such technologies as RFID chips should be welcomed as a friendly technology rather than pushed away as something foreign and alien. They put the argument forward that RFID chips for example could aid people in accidents that are unable to communicate with the paramedics. It would allow the paramedics to know what the victim is allergic to and what physical conditions he or she has, allowing the paramedics to make better and more efficient decisions, which in the end could be the difference between life and death.

As you can see this issue is one that splits people straight down the middle, throughout time man has used technology to improve his attributes. He created fire to survive cold winters and the wheel to transport vast amounts of load. He then produced armour to prolong his life in battle and the internal combustion engine to travel even further afar than was thought possible using the wheel on its own. It is something we have grown up with as a species and has helped us all the way down the line to do greater and better things. Today pacemakers are used to help weak hearts, and artificial limbs are used to help disabled people live relatively normal lives. It’s inevitable, it will happen; technology has too many positives that out-way the negatives to just simply ignore it. Although you may be uncomfortable broadcasting financial data everywhere you go or personal information every time you go to the supermarket, the simple fact is that it will make everyday life so mush easier. Just think when going on holiday you simply couldn’t forget you passport or other official documents or when going to the shop you couldn’t forget you purse and most importantly to parents but maybe not to their kids, they could know exactly where they are and what they are doing, creating safer, more friendly communities to live in.

So as you can see I’m all for biotechnology, RFID chips and what ever other devices are on the way because I agree with Stellarc, this is the next step in our evolution.