How much of our culture will be remembered in 500 years?

[Der_Trihs]

@John_Mace

While I agree that significant advances in genetic engineering will happen in the next 500 years, I doubt it will have an effect on the majority of humans. Most people will just be people like us today.

I doubt that; they’d be completely marginalized and outcompeted. Or just killed, accidentally or on purpose. Look at how much industrialized society has marginalized pre-industrial societies, and that’s not as big an edge as being genuinely superhuman.

[Bryan_Ekers]

Heck, when Khan goes on about being genetically superior, I just wanted to see some redshirt shrug and blast him with a phaser.

[pancakes3]

@Der_Trihs

I doubt that; they’d be completely marginalized and outcompeted. Or just killed, accidentally or on purpose. Look at how much industrialized society has marginalized pre-industrial societies, and that’s not as big an edge as being genuinely superhuman.

I think industrialization is much more important than whatever physical improvements genetic modification can come from. You can grow a bigger genetically modified tomato but I think have a tractor plowing the field beats having Andre the Giant plowing it.

[Boyo_Jim]

@pancakes3

I think industrialization is much more important than whatever physical improvements genetic modification can come from. You can grow a bigger genetically modified tomato but I think have a tractor plowing the field beats having Andre the Giant plowing it.

More likely you have Andre the genetically-modified couch potato watching (on screens built into the insides of his eyelids) the tomatos harvest themselves by walking to the collection baskets.