The Future of Biotechnology

Biotechnology has advanced far in only the past few decades. Some prosthetics have become as good or better at doing their jobs than their organic counterparts. In fact, this technology is enabling paralyzed people to control objects with their minds. A hole is drilled into their skull, then the technology interfaces with their brains, allowing them to connect directly to objects with this technology and use them as if they were a limb. In the future, there may be a way to do this process non-invasively. Instead of drilling a hole in our skull, we may be able to wear a simple helmet and control objects. Despite the wonder of biotechnology and what it can do to help humanity, it comes with some serious ethical dilemmas as well. If we can genetically engineer embryos to weed out genetic diseases, what's to stop us from giving them higher metabolisms, making them smarter, or more athletic? What about genetically engineering the looks of the embryos so that every child looks exactly how their parents want them to? All of these questions and more must be answered. Biotechnology, like everything revolutionary, has the potential for great good and great evil.