What will humans look like in 100 years? | Juan Enriquez

We can evolve bacteria, plants and animals -- futurist Juan Enriquez asks: Is it ethical to evolve the human body? In a visionary talk that ranges from medieval prosthetics to present day neuroengineering and genetics, Enriquez sorts out the ethics associated with evolving humans and imagines the ways we'll have to transform our own bodies if we hope to explore and live in places other than Earth.

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[pheenez]

Smart guy but Jesus Christ those shoes were a terrible fashion choice.

[NathanGatten]

The question isn't whether or not it's ethical, the question is how do you stop governments and corporations from using it in an unethical manner.

[bmdinsg]

Most of these comments are about this dude's clothes. Yeah, we definitely need to evolve, and fucking quick.

[Macfanize]

Plot twist: remember all those aliens we keep making movies about? What if, in the future, we will have created them ourselves?

[alikhoobiary]

14:59
Imagine him saying that holding a detonator

[AgiIeBeast]

Nice, got goosebumps at the end there. I'm 25 now now and I'm very excited to see what humanity can achieve in the next 65 or so years before I die; and get a glimpse of my descendants lives.

[collinsmugodo]

this guy has the most Hispanic name ever yet he's the whitest person I've ever seen.

[GrayGoosey]

what will I look like in 100 years? dead.

[butterflyfluttersby]

No one gonna mention those sick sneaks!?!?

[VaanGv]

14:20 Just say cyborg already! We know you want too.

[xSkyliiine]

these guys are truly breaking grounds, I can't wait to see what the future holds for humanity as a species

[utubedano]

One of the most interesting talks I've listened to in a VERY long time.

[mhoover]

The head transplant isn't a head transplant, it's a body transplant.

[K.nd]

This was absolutely amazing. Definitely one of my favorite ted talks so far.

[sonalsaha]

This here is the trailer to future. I envy the future generations of their improved human body.

[tkkanagaratnam]

He seemingly touched on a lot of deep, interesting and debatable topics that you'd think are not interrelated. Wow!

[SilverMiraii]

give me immortality and perfect age any day it's not a debate

[geraldmerkowitz]

Why don't we have movies about that ? Do you imagine the possibilities ? Gattaca is 20 years old, we can do better now !

[jaredcollins]

This was an extremely interesting topic, and personally I am all for reprogramming humanity as long as we are still human, because if we go too far then we wont have survived we will have eradicated humans and created a whole new species, so yes lets evolve humans as long as we don't evolve ourselves too far

[kayden]

I'm Juan Enriquez, and this is my Laboratory. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I've learned after 21 years - you never know what is gonna come through that door.