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ูููุฑูุง ูู ุฃุญุฏ ุงูุฃููุงุช ูู ุญูุงุชูู
-- ูุฑุจูู
ุง ุจุนุถ ุงููุงุณ ูู
ูู
ุฑููุง ุจูุฐู ุงูุชุฌุฑุจุฉุ -- ูููู ุงูุจุนุถ ู
ููู
ูุงุจุฏูู ุฃูู ููุงู ูุญุธุงุช ูุฏ ุฃุญุณุณุชู
ู
ู ุฎูุงููุง ุฃูู ุงูุญูุงุฉ ู
ู
ุชุนุฉ | Think about some time in your life -- some people might never have experienced it -- but some people, there are just those moments that you have experienced where life was fantastic. |
ูุฏ ุชููู ูู ููุชูุง ุฐุงุช ุฅููุงู
ู
ุจุฏุน ููุจูุฑ ุฑุจูู
ุง ููููุญุธุงุช ุฏุฎูููู
ุฅูู ูุฐู ุงูู
ูุตูุฉ | It might have been at the moment of some great, creative inspiration you might have had when you just entered this flow stage. |
ุฃู ููู
ูู
ูุดูุก ูู
ูุณุจู ููู
ูุนูู ู
ู ูุจู. | Or when you understood something you had never done before. |
ุฃู ูุญุธุฉ ุงูุฅุญุณุงุณ ุจูุดูุฉ ุนูุงูุฉ ุฑูู
ุงูุณููุฉ. | Or perhaps in the ecstasy of romantic love. |
ุฃู ุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ุฌู
ููุฉุ -- ู
ุดุงูุฏุฉ ุบุฑูุจ ุงูุดู
ุณุ ุฃูุงููุธุฑ ุฅูู ููุญุฉ ููููุฉ. | Or an aesthetic experience -- a sunset or a great piece of art. |
ู
ู ููุชู ุฅูู ุขุฎุฑุ ูุดุนุฑ ุจุชูู ุงููุญุธุงุช, ููุณุชูุนุจ ูู
ูู ุฌู
ููุฉ ุงูุญูุงุฉ ุนูุฏู
ุง ุชููู ูู ุฃูุถู ุญุงูุงุชูุง | Every once in a while we have these moments, and we realize just how good life can be when it's at its best. |
ููุฑุจู
ูุง ุชุชุณุงุกููู ุงูุขูุ ูู
ูุง ูู
ูููุง ุฃู ุชููู ููุฐุง ุทูุงู ุงูููุชุุ | And you wonder, why can't it be like that all the time? |
ุชุฑูุฏูู ููุท ุงูุชุดุจุซ ุจูุง | You just want to cling onto this. |
ูุจุนุฏ ุฐููุ ุจุงูุทุจุนุ ูุนูุฏ ุฅูู ุงูุญูุงุฉ ุงูุฑูุชูููุฉ ูุชุฎุชูู ุงูุฐูุฑูุงุช | And then, of course, it drifts back into ordinary life and the memory fades. |
ููุตุจุญ ู
ู ุงูุตุนุจ ุนูููุง ุงูุชุฐููุฑ ูู ุงูุญุงูุงุช ุงูุทุจูุนูุฉ ูู
ุฌู
ููุฉ ูู ุงูุญูุงุฉ ุนูุฏู
ุง ุชุจุฏู ูู ุฃูุถู ุญุงูุงุชูุง | And it's really difficult to recall, in a normal frame of mind, just how good life can be at its best. |
ููู
ูู ุณูุฆุฉ ุนูุฏู
ุง ุชุจุฏู ูู ุฃุณูุก ุญุงูุงุชูุง | Or how bad it can be at its worst. |
ุงูู
ุดููุฉ ุงูุซุงูุซุฉ ูู ุฅุญุณุงุณูุง ุฃูู ุงูุญูุงุฉ ููุณุช ูุจ ุงูุบุงูุจ ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ ูู
ุง ููุจุบู ููุง ุฃู ุชููู. | The third big problem is that life isn't usually as wonderful as it could be. |
ุฃุนุชูุฏ ุฃูู ูุฐู ุงูู
ุดููุฉ ูุจูุฑุฉุ ุจู ูุจูุฑุฉ ุฌุฏูุงู | I think that's a big, big problem. |
ุฅููู ูู
ููู ุงูุณูู ุฃู ููุตุญ ุนู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ุงูุชู ูุง ูุฑูุฏูุง. | It's easy to say what we don't want. |
ุฅูููู
ุนุฏุฏุงู ู
ู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ุงูุชู ูุง ูุฑูุฏูุง -- ุงูู
ุฑุถุ ุงูู
ูุช ุงูู
ูุงุฌูุกุ ุงูู
ุนุงูุงุฉ ุงูุชู ูุง ูุฒูู
ููุงุ ุงููุณูุฉุ ุชููููู ุงููู
ููุ ููุฏุงู ุงูุฐุงูุฑุฉุ ุงูุฌููุ ุบูุงุจ ุงูุฅุจุฏุงุน. | Here are a number of things that we don't want -- illness, involuntary death, unnecessary suffering, cruelty, stunted growth, memory loss, ignorance, absence of creativity. |
ููููุชุฑุถู ุฃูููุง ุนุงูุฌูุง ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑ .. ููู
ูุง ุจุดูุกู ู
ูุง ุญูุงู ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑ. | Suppose we fixed these things -- we did something about all of these. |
ูููุง ูุงุฌุญูู ุฌุฏุงู. | We were very successful. |
ุชุฎููุตูุง ู
ู ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑ. | We got rid of all of these things. |
ูุฏ ูู
ูููุง ูู ููุงูุฉ ุงูู
ุทุงู ุงูุญุตูู ุนูู ูุชูุฌุฉ ููุฐู. ุงูุฃู
ุฑ ุงูุฐู ..ุฃุนููุ ุฅูู ูุฐุง ุฃูุถู ุจูุซูุฑ. ุฃุนููุ | We might end up with something like this, which is -- I mean, it's a heck of a lot better than that. |
ูููู ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ูู ุฃูุถู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ุงูุชู ุจุงุณุชุทุงุนุชูุง ุฃู ูุญูู
ุจูุงุ | But is this really the best we can dream of? |
ูู ูุฐุง ุฃูุถู ู
ุง ูุณุชุทูุน ุงูููุงู
ุจูุ | Is this the best we can do? |
ุฃู ูู ูู ู
ู
ูู ุฅูุฌุงุฏ ุดูุก ุขุฎุฑ ุฃูุซุฑ ุฅููุงู
ุงู ููุนู
ู ุนูู ุชุญููููุ | Or is it possible to find something a little bit more inspiring to work towards? |
ุฅุฐุง ูููุฑูุง ูู ูุฐุง ุงูุฃู
ุฑุ ุฃุนุชูุฏ ุฃูู ููุงู ุทุฑูุงู ูุณุชุทูุน ู
ู ุฎูุงููุง ุฅุญุฏุงุซ ุงูุชุบููุฑุงุช ุนูู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑุ ููุณ ููุท ุจุงููุถุงุก ุนูู ุงูุณูุจููุงุช ุจู ูู
ูููุง ุฅุถุงูุฉ ุงูุฅูุฌุงุจููุงุช ูุฐูู | And if we think about this, I think it's very clear that there are ways in which we could change things, not just by eliminating negatives, but adding positives. |
ุนูู ูุงุฆู
ุฉ ุฃู
ููุงุชูุ ุนูู ุงูุฃูููุ ุณูููู ุงูุชุทููุน ุฅูู ุญูุงุฉ ุตุญููุฉ ุฃูุซุฑ .. ุงูุชู
ุชูุน ุฃูุซุฑ ุจุงูุฑูุงููุฉ ุงูุดุฎุตููุฉ ุชุนุฒูุฒ ุงููุฏุฑุงุช ุงูู
ุนุฑูููุฉ .. ุงูุชุณุงุจ ุงูู
ุฒูุฏ ู
ู ุงูุนูู
ูุงูู
ุนุฑูุฉ ุฎูู ูุฑูุต ุบูุฑ ู
ุญุฏูุฏุฉ ููุชูู
ูุฉ ุงูุดุฎุตููุฉ ุจุญูุซ ุชุชุฌุงูุฒ ูุฐู ุงูุชูู
ูุฉ ูุฏุฑุงุชูุง ุงูุจููููุฌููุฉ ุงูุนุงุฏููุฉ..ุนูุงูุงุช ุงุฌุชู
ุงุนูุฉ ุฃูุถูุ ุงููุฏุฑุฉ ุบูุฑ ุงูู
ุญุฏูุฏุฉ ุนูู ุงูุชุทููุฑ ุงูุฃุฎูุงูู ูุงูุฑูุญู ูุงูุชุทููุฑ ุงูููุฑู | On my wish list, at least, would be: much longer, healthier lives, greater subjective well-being, enhanced cognitive capacities, more knowledge and understanding, unlimited opportunity for personal growth beyond our current biological limits, better relationships, an unbounded potential for spiritual, moral and intellectual development. |
ุฅุฐุง ุฃุฑุฏูุง ุชุญููู ุฐููุ ู
ุง ุงูุฐู ููุจุบู ุนูููุง ุชุบููุฑูุ | If we want to achieve this, what, in the world, would have to change? |
ูุงูุฅุฌุงุจุฉ ูู .. ูุฌุจ ุนูููุง ุฃู ูุชุชุบูุฑ. | And this is the answer -- we would have to change. |
ููุณ ุชุบููุฑ ุงูุนุงูู
ู
ู ุญูููุง ูุญุณุจุ ุจู ุนูููุง ุจุชุบููุฑ ุฃููุณูุง ูุฐูู. | Not just the world around us, but we, ourselves. |
ููุณ ููุท ุงูุทุฑููุฉ ุงูุชู ููููุฑ ุจูุง ูู ุงูุนุงูู
ุ ุจู ุจุงููุณูุง -- ุจูููููุชูุง. | Not just the way we think about the world, but the way we are -- our very biology. |
ุงูุทุจูุนุฉ ุงูุจุดุฑููุฉ ูุฌุจ ุฃู ุชุชุบููุฑ. | Human nature would have to change. |
ุงูุฃูุ ุนูุฏู
ุง ููููุฑ ุจุชุบููุฑ ุงูุทุจูุนุฉ ุงูุจุดุฑููุฉุ ุฃููู ุดูุก ูุชูุงุฑุฏ ุฅูู ุงูุฃุฐูุงู ูู ุชูููุงุช ุงูุชุนุฏูู ุงูุจุดุฑู -- ุงูุนูุงุฌ ุจูุฑู
ูู ุงููู
ูุ ุงูุฌุฑุงุญุฉ ุงูุชุฌู
ูููุฉุ ู
ูุดูุทุงุช ู
ุซู ุงูุฑูุชุงูููุ ุฃุฏุฑุงูุ ู
ุถุงุฏูุงุชุงุช ุงูุงูุชุฆุงุจุ ุงูู
ูุดุทุงุช ุ ุงููููุจ ุงูุตูุงุนููุฉ. | Now, when we think about changing human nature, the first thing that comes to mind are these human modification technologies -- growth hormone therapy, cosmetic surgery, stimulants like Ritalin, Adderall, anti-depressants, anabolic steroids, artificial hearts. |
ุฅูู ูุฐู ุงููุงุฆู
ุฉ ุชุจุนุซ ุนูู ุงูุดููุฉ. | It's a pretty pathetic list. |
ุฅูููู
ูููู
ูู ุจุฅูุฌุงุฒู ุฃุดูุงุก ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ ููุฆุฉ ููููุฉ ู
ู ุงููุงุณ ุงูุชู ุชุนุงูู ู
ู ุญุงูุงุชู ู
ุฑุถู ู
ุนูููุฉ. ูููู ููุบุงูุจููุฉ ุงููุงุณุ ูุง ูููู
ูู ุจุนู
ูููุฉ ุงูุชุบููุฑ ู
ุง ูู ุขุฏู
ู. | They do great things for a few people who suffer from some specific condition, but for most people, they don't really transform what it is to be human. |
ูุฌู
ูุนูู
ูุจุฏูู ููููุงู -- ุฃุบูุจูุฉ ุงููุงุณ ูู
ุชูููู ุชูู ุงูุบุฑูุฒุฉ ุงูุชู ุชุดุนุฑูู
ุจุฃูู ููุงู ุญุงุฌุฉ ูุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู
ู
ุถุงุฏูุงุช ุงูุงูุชุฆุงุจ ูููู ุดุฎุต ู
ูุชุฆุจ. | And they also all seem a little bit -- most people have this instinct that, well, sure, there needs to be anti-depressants for the really depressed people. |
ูููู ููุงู ููุน ู
ู ุงูููู ุญูู ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู
ูุฐู ุงูู
ุถุงุฏูุงุช ูููููุง ุบูุฑ ุทุจูุจุนูุฉ ููุนุงู ู
ูุง | But there's a kind of queasiness that these are unnatural in some way. |
ููุฌุฏุฑ ุจูุง ุฃู ูุฐููุฑ ุจุฃูู ููุงู ุงูุนุฏูุฏ ู
ู ุชูููุงุช ุงูุชุฌู
ูู ูุงูุชุญุณูู ุงูุจุดุฑู ุงูุชู ูุณุชุฎุฏู
ูุง. | It's worth recalling that there are a lot of other modification technologies and enhancement technologies that we use. |
ูุฏููุง ุชูููุฉ ุชุนุฒูุฒ ุงูุฌูุฏุ ูุงููุณูุฉ. | We have skin enhancements, clothing. |
ูู
ุง ุฃุฑู ูุฅูู ุงูุฌู
ูุน ูู ูุฐู ุงูุบุฑูุฉ ู
ุณุชุฎุฏู
ู ูุฐู ุงูุชูููุฉุ ููุฐุง ุฃู
ุฑู ุฑุงุฆุน. | As far as I can see, all of you are users of this enhancement technology in this room, so that's a great thing. |
ู
ูุฏุฆุงุช ุงูุฃุนุตุงุจ ุงูุชู ูุณุชุฎุฏู
ูุง ู
ูุฐ ุงูุฃุฒู -- ุงููุงููููุ ุงููุญููุ ุงูููููุชููุ ู
ุนุฒุฒุงุช ุงูุฌูุงุฒ ุงูู
ูุงุนูุ ู
ุนุฒุฒุงุช ุงูุฑุคูุฉุ ุงูุชุฎุฏูุฑ. ุฅูููุง ูุนุชุจุฑ ูุฐุง ุฃู
ุฑุงู ุดูุฆุงู ู
ูุฑูุบุงู ู
ููุ ูููู ูููุฑูุง ููููุงู ูู ู
ุฏู ูุฐุง ุงูุชุทููุฑ ุงูุจุงูุฑ -- ูู
ุง ุฃู ุงูููุงู
ุจุงูุฌุฑุงุญุงุช ูุจู ุงูุชุฎุฏูุฑ ุฃู
ุฑ ุบูุฑ ู
ู
ุชุน. | Mood modifiers have been used from time immemorial -- caffeine, alcohol, nicotine, immune system enhancement, vision enhancement, anesthetics -- we take that very much for granted, but just think about how great progress that is -- like, having an operation before anesthetics was not fun. |
ูุณุงุฆู ู
ูุน ุงูุญู
ูุ ู
ุณุชุญุถุฑุงุช ุงูุชุฌู
ููุ ูุชูููุงุช ุฅุนุงุฏุฉ ุงูุจุฑู
ุฌุฉ ุงูุนูู -- ุฅูู ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑ ูุง ุชูุญู
ุฏ ุนููุจุงูุง. ูููู ุงููุฑูู ุจูู ู
ุง ูุณู
ููู ุงูุชูููููุฌูุง -- ุงูุฃุฏุงุฉ ูู ุงููุณุฎุฉ ุงูุฃุตูููุฉ -- ูุจูู ุงููุณุงุฆู ุงูุฃุฎุฑู ูู ุชุบููุฑ ุงูููุฆุฉ ุงูุจุดุฑููุฉ ูููู ุฃู
ุฑู ู
ูุชููู. | Contraceptives, cosmetics and brain reprogramming techniques -- that sounds ominous, but the distinction between what is a technology -- a gadget would be the archetype -- and other ways of changing and rewriting human nature is quite subtle. |
ูุจุงูุชูููุฑ ููู
ุง ูุนููู ุชุนููู
ุนูู
ุงูุญุณุงุจ ุฃู ุชุนููู
ุงููุฑุงุกุฉุ ุฃูุช ุญูููุฉูุ ุญุฑููุงู ุชุนูุฏ ุตูุงุบุฉ ุนููู. | So if you think about what it means to learn arithmetic or to learn to read, you're actually, literally rewriting your own brain. |
ุฅููู ุจุฐูู ุชุบููุฑ ุงูุจูุงุก ุงูู
ุฌูุฑู ูุนููู | You're changing the microstructure of your brain as you go along. |
ูุจู
ุนููู ุฃุดู
ูุ ูุง ูุญุชุงุฌ ุฅูู ุงูุชูููุฑ ูู ุงูุชูููููุฌูุง ูุงูุฃุฏูุงุช ุงูู
ูุฌูุฏุฉ ููุง ูููู ุญุชูู ุงูู
ุนุงูุฏ ูุงูุชูููุงุช ูุงูุฃุณุงููุจ ุงูููุณููุฉ ูุบูุฑูุง | So in a broad sense, we don't need to think about technology as only little gadgets, like these things here, but even institutions and techniques, psychological methods and so forth. |
ุฃุดูุงู ุงูุชูุธูู
ุจุฅู
ูุงููุง ุฃู ุชูุญุฏูุซู ุชุฃุซูุฑุงู ุนู
ููุงู ุนูู ุงูุทุจูุนุฉ ุงูุจุดุฑููุฉ | Forms of organization can have a profound impact on human nature. |
ุจุงููุธุฑู ููุฏูู
ุงูุ ูุฅูู ููุงู ุงูุนุฏูุฏ ู
ู ุงูุชูููุงุช ูุงูุชู ู
ู ุงูู
ุคูุฏ ุฃูููุง ุณุชุฎุถุน ููุชุทููุฑ ุนุงุฌูุงู ุฃู
ุขุฌูุงู | Looking ahead, there is a range of technologies that are almost certain to be developed sooner or later. |
ุฅูููุง ูุฌูู ูุซูุฑุงู ุงูู
ุฏูุฉ ุงูุฒู
ูููุฉ ุงูุชู ุชุณุชุบุฑููุง ูุฐู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ููู ุชุชุทููุฑ ููููููุง ุฌู
ูุนุงู ู
ุชูุงุฆู
ุฉ ู
ุน ู
ุง ูุนุฑูู ู
ู ููุงููู ููุฒูุงุฆูุฉุ ูููุงููู ููู
ูุงุฆูุฉุ ูุฅูู ุขุฎุฑู ู
ู ุฃู
ูุฑ | We are very ignorant about what the time scale for these things are, but they all are consistent with everything we know about physical laws, laws of chemistry, etc. |
ูุฏ ูุตุจุญ ู
ู ุงูู
ู
ูู ุงูุงูุชุฑุงุถ ููุถุน ุงุญุชู
ุงู ููููุน ูุงุฑุซุฉ ุณูููู
ุจุชุทููุฑ ูุฐู ุงูุชูููุงุช ูู ุงูุนุงุฌู ุฃู ุงูุขุฌู | It's possible to assume, setting aside a possibility of catastrophe, that sooner or later we will develop all of these. |
ููู
ูู ูุจุนุถู ู
ููุง ุฃู ุชููู ูุงููุฉ ูุชุบููุฑ ุทุจูุนุฉ ุญุงู ุงูุจุดุฑ | And even just a couple of these would be enough to transform the human condition. |
ุฏุนููุง ูููู ูุธุฑุฉ ุนูู ุฃุจุนุงุฏ ุงูุทุจูุนุฉ ุงูุจุดุฑูุฉ ุงูุชู ุชุชุฑู ุจุนุถ ุงูู
ุณุงุญุฉ ููุชุทููุฑ | So let's look at some of the dimensions of human nature that seem to leave room for improvement. |
ุงูุงู
ุชุฏุงุฏ ุงูุตุญูู ูู ุฃู
ุฑู ู
ูู
ู ูู
ูุญู ูุฅููู ุนูุฏู
ุง ูุง ุชููู ุนูู ููุฏ ุงูุญูุงุฉ ุชุตุจุญ ุจููุฉ ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ุฐู ูุงุฆุฏุฉ ุฃููู | Health span is a big and urgent thing, because if you're not alive, then all the other things will be to little avail. |
ุงููุฏุฑุงุช ุงูููุฑููุฉ.. ุฏุนููุง ูุชุญุฏูุซ ุนู ุฐูู ุงูุฐู ููุฏุฑุฌ ุชุญุช ุนุฏุฏู ู
ู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑ ุงููุฑุนููุฉ ุงูู
ุฎุชููุฉ ุงูุฐุงูุฑุฉุ ุงูุชุฑููุฒุ ุงูุทุงูุฉ ุงูุนููููุฉุุงูุฐูุงุกุ ุงูุชุนุงุทู | Intellectual capacity -- let's take that box, which falls into a lot of different sub-categories: memory, concentration, mental energy, intelligence, empathy. |
ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑ ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ | These are really great things. |
ุงูุณุจุจ ุงูุฐู ูุฌุนููุง ูุนุทู ููุฐู ุงูุณู
ุงุช ุฃูู
ููุฉ ูุจุฑู ูู ุฃูููุง ุชุฌุนููุง ูู ุฃูุถู ุญุงู ูู
ูุงูุณุฉ ุงูุขุฎุฑูู ุฅูููุง ุณูุน ุชุญุฏุฏ ูุถุนูุง. | Part of the reason why we value these traits is that they make us better at competing with other people -- they're positional goods. |
ููู ุฌูุฒุกุงู ู
ู ุงูุณุจุจ -- ูููุฐุง ุงูุณุจุจ ูุฏููุง ูุงุนุฏุฉ ุฃุฎูุงููุฉ ูู
ู
ุงุฑุณุฉ ูุฐุง ุงูุดูุก -- ููู ุฃููู
ู
ูู
ูู ูู ุญุฏ ุฐุงุชูู
. | But part of the reason -- and that's the reason why we have ethical ground for pursuing these -- is that they're also intrinsically valuable. |
ุฅูููู ูุฃู
ูุฑู ุฌููุฏ ุฃู ุชููู ูุงุฏุฑุงู ุนูู ููู
ุงูุนุงูู
ู
ู ุญููู ุจุตูุฑุฉ ุฃูุจุฑ ูุงููุงุณ ุงูุฐูู ุชุชูุงุตู ู
ุนูู
ุ ูุชุฐูููุฑ ู
ุง ุชุนููู
ุชู. | It's just better to be able to understand more of the world around you and the people that you are communicating with, and to remember what you have learned. |
ุงูุฃูู
ุงุท ูุงูู
ูููุงุช ุงูุนููููุฉ | Modalities and special faculties. |
ุนููู ุงูุฅูุณุงู ููุณ ู
ูุนุงูุฌู ู
ุนููู
ุงุชู ุฃูุญุงุฏู ุจู ุฃููู ูู
ุชูู ุงูุนุฏูุฏ ู
ู ุงููุญุฏุงุช ุงูู
ุชุทููุฑุฉ ูุงูู
ุฎุชููุฉ ุงูุชู ุชููู
ูููู ู
ููุง ุจู
ูุงู
ูู ู
ุนูููุฉ | Now, the human mind is not a single unitary information processor, but it has a lot of different, special, evolved modules that do specific things for us. |
ุฅุฐุง ูููุฑูุง ูู
ูู ุงูุนุงุฏุฉ ูุฃุฎุฐ ู
ู ุงูุญูุงุฉ ูู
ุง ูุนุทููุง ุงููุซูุฑ ู
ู ู
ุนูุงูุง-- ุงูู
ูุณูููุ ุงูู
ุฑุญุ ุงูุฅุซุงุฑุฉ ุงูุฌูุณููุฉุ ุงูุฑูุญุงููุฉุ ุงูุฌู
ุงู ุงูุฑุนุงูุฉ ูุงูุงูุชู
ุงู
ุ ุงูุซุฑุซุฑุฉุ ุงูุญุฏูุซ ู
ุน ุงูุขุฎุฑูู. ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃู
ูุฑุ ุนูู ุงูุฃุฑุฌุญุ ู
ุฏุนูู
ุฉ ุนู ุทุฑูู ุงูุฏูุงุฆุฑ ุงูุฅููุชุฑููููุฉ ุงูุฎุงุตูุฉ ุงูุชู ูู
ูููุง ูุญู ุงูุจุดุฑุ ูููู ูู
ูู ุฃู ูููู ููู
ุดูู ุขุฎุฑ ู
ู ุฃุดูุงู ุงูุญูุงุฉ ุงูุฐูููุฉ ุงูุชู ุชูุชูุฑ ุฅูู ูุฐู ุงูุฏูุงุฆุฑ ุงูุฅููุชุฑูููุฉ | If you think about what we normally take as giving life a lot of its meaning -- music, humor, eroticism, spirituality, aesthetics, nurturing and caring, gossip, chatting with people -- all of these, very likely, are enabled by a special circuitry that we humans have, but that you could have another intelligent life form that lacks these. |
ูุญู ู
ุญุธูุธูู ุฃูู ูุฏููุง ุขููุงุช ุนุตุจููุฉ ุงููุงุฒู
ุฉ ูู
ุนุงูุฌุฉ ุงูู
ูุณููู ูุฌุนููุง ููุฏูุฑูุง ููุณุชู
ุชุน ุจูุง. | We're just lucky that we have the requisite neural machinery to process music and to appreciate it and enjoy it. |
ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃุดูุงุกุ ุชู
ูููุ ู
ู ุญูุซ ุงูู
ุจุฏุฃ .. ุชููู ูุงุจูุฉ ููุชุนุฒูุฒ. | All of these would enable, in principle -- be amenable to enhancement. |
ุจุนุถ ุงูุฃุดุฎุงุต ูุฏููู
ูุฏุฑุงุช ู
ูุณููููุฉ ุฃูุถู ุจุงูุฅุถุงูุฉ ุฅูู ูุฏุฑุฉ ุฃูุจุฑ ุนูู ุชูุฏูุฑ ุงูู
ูุณููู ุฃูุซุฑ ู
ู ุงูุฃุฎุฑูู | Some people have a better musical ability and ability to appreciate music than others have. |
ุฅููู ู
ู ุงูู
ู
ุชุน ุฃู ูููู ูุธุฑุฉ ุนูู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ุงูุฃุฎุฑู ูุฐูู -- ุฅุฐุง ูุงูุช ูู ูุฐู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ุชู
ูู ูุฏุฑุงู ุนุงููุงู ู
ู ุงูุฃูู
ููุฉ ูู
ู ูุนุชูุฏ ุฃูู ุงูุชุทููุฑ ูุฏ ุญุตู ูุชุฒููุฏูุง ุจุงููุณุงุฆู ุงูุชู ูุญุชุงุฌูุง ุชู
ููุฏุงู ููุชุนุงุทู ู
ุน ุงูููู
ุงูุฃุฎุฑู ุงูุชู ู
ู ุงูู
ู
ูู ุฃู ุชููู ู
ูุฌูุฏุฉุ | It's also interesting to think about what other things are -- so if these all enabled great values, why should we think that evolution has happened to provide us with all the modalities we would need to engage with other values that there might be? |
ุชุฎููููุง ูู ุฃูู ููุงู ูุงุฆูุงุช ูุง ุชู
ูู ุงูุขูููุฉ ุงูุนุตุจููุฉ ุงููุงุฏุฑุฉ ุนูู ู
ุนุงูุฌุฉ ุงูู
ูุณููู | Imagine a species that just didn't have this neural machinery for processing music. |
ูุจุฏุฃูุง ููุฐุง ุจุงูุชุญุฏูู ุจูุง ุจุญููุฑุฉ ุจููู
ุง ููุถู ุงูููุช ูู ุงูุงุณุชู
ุชุงุน ุจุฃุฏุงุกูู ู
ูุณููููู ุฌู
ูู ูุงูุฐู ุณู
ุนูุงู ููุชูู .. ููุฃูู ุงููุงุณ ูุงููุง ููุฃุฏููู ุญุฑูุงุชู ุณุฎููุฉ ูุณูุจุฏูู ู
ูุฒุนุฌูู ููููููู
ูู ูุชู
ููููุง ู
ู ู
ุนุฑูุฉ ู
ุง ูููุง ูููู
ุจู | And they would just stare at us with bafflement when we spend time listening to a beautiful performance, like the one we just heard -- because of people making stupid movements, and they would be really irritated and wouldn't see what we were up to. |
ูููู ูุฏ ูููู ููู
ูุฏูุฑุฉ ุฃุฎุฑู ุชุจุฏู ุบูุฑ ู
ูุทูููุฉ ุจุงููุณุจุฉ ููุง ููููููู
ูู ุญูููุฉ ุงูุฃู
ุฑุ ูุณุชุบูููู ุจุนุถ ูุฐู ุงูููู
ุงูุนุธูู
ุฉ | But maybe they have another faculty, something else that would seem equally irrational to us, but they actually tap into some great possible value there. |
ุจููู
ุง ุชุจุฏู ุฃุฐูุงููุง ุบุงุฆุจุฉ ุนู ู
ุซู ูุฐู ุงูููุนูุฉ ู
ู ุงููููู
| But we are just literally deaf to that kind of value. |
ููููููุง ูุณุชุทูุน ุฅุถุงูุฉุ ุจุนุถ ุงููุฏุฑุงุช ุงูุญุณููุฉ ุงูุฌุฏูุฏุฉ ูุงููุฏุฑุงุช ุงูุนูููุฉ ูุฐูู | So we could think of adding on different, new sensory capacities and mental faculties. |
ุงููุธุงุฆู ุงูุฌุณุฏููุฉ ูุงูู
ูุฑููููุฌูุง ุงูุฐู ูุนูู ูุถุจูุท ุงููููุณ. | Bodily functionality and morphology and affective self-control. |
ุฑูุงูููุฉ ุฐุงุชููุฉ ุฃูุจุฑ | Greater subjective well-being. |
ุงููุฏุฑุฉ ุนูู ุงูุชุญูู ุจูู ุงูุงุณุชุฑุฎุงุก ูุงูุนู
ู -- ุงููุฏุฑุฉ ุนูู ุงูุณููุฑ ุจุจุทุก ุนูุฏู
ุง ุชุฑูุฏ ุฐููุ ูุจูู ุงูุฅุณุฑุงุน. | Be able to switch between relaxation and activity -- being able to go slow when you need to do that, and to speed up. |
ุงููุฏุฑุฉ ุนูู ุงูุชุบููุฑ ุฐูุงุจุงู ูุฅูุงุจุงู ุจุดููู ุฃุณูู ุณูููู ู
ู ุงูุฌููุฏ ุงูููุงู
ุจูุฐุง -- ุณูููู ู
ู ุงูุณูู ุนููู ูุฐูู ุฃู ุชุญููู ูุชูุฌุฉูุ ุฎุงุตูุฉ ุนูุฏู
ุง ุชููู ู
ุณุชุบุฑูุงู ูู ูุนูู ุดูุกู ู
ูุง | Able to switch back and forth more easily would be a neat thing to be able to do -- easier to achieve the flow state, when you're totally immersed in something you are doing. |
ุงูุงุฌุชูุงุฏ ูุงูุชุนุงุทู | Conscientiousness and sympathy. |
ุงููุฏุฑุฉ ุนูู .. ููู ุชุทุจููู ุนู
ูููู ุขุฎุฑ ู
ู ุดุฃูู ุฃู ูุชุณุจูุจ ูู ู
ุดุงูู ุฐุงุช ุนูุงูุจ ุงุฌุชู
ุงุนููุฉ ูุจูุฑุฉ. | The ability to -- it's another interesting application that would have large social ramification, perhaps. |
ุฅุฐุง ููุช ุชุฑูุฏ ุฃู ุชุญุงูุธ ุนูู ุงุฑุชุจุงุทู ุงูุนุงุทูู ุจุดุฎุตู ู
ูุงุ ุจุญููุซ ูุง ููุญุณุฑ ู
ุน ุงูุฒู
ู ุงูุญุจู ูุง ููุจุบู ุนููู ุฃู ูุฎุชูู ุฅุฐุง ูู
ุชูู ุชุญุจู ููู ุฐูู | If you could actually choose to preserve your romantic attachments to one person, undiminished through time, so that wouldn't have to -- love would never have to fade if you didn't want it to. |
ูุฏ ูุง ูููู ุชุญููู ุฐูู ุจุชูู ุงูุตุนูุจุฉ ุงูุชู ูุชุฎููููุง | That's probably not all that difficult. |
ูุฏ ูููู ู
ุฌุฑูุฏ ูุฑู
ููู ุจูุณุทุ ุฃู ุดูุก ู
ู ูุฐุง ุงููุจููุ ูู
ููู ูุนู ุฐูู | It might just be a simple hormone or something that could do this. |
ููุฏ ุชู
ูุช ุงูุนู
ูููุฉ ุจุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู
ูุฆุฑุงู ุงูุจุฑุงุฑู | It's been done in voles. |
ูู
ูููู
ููุฏุณุฉ ูุฃุฑ ุงูุจุฑุงุฑู ูููุชูู ุจุฒูุฌุฉ ูุงุญุฏุฉ ูู ุญูู ุฃููู ูู ุงูุฃุตู ูุง ููุชูู ุจุฒููุฌุฉ ูุงุญุฏุฉ. | You can engineer a prairie vole to become monogamous when it's naturally polygamous. |
ุฅููู ู
ุฌุฑุฏู ุฌููู ุจุณูุท. | It's just a single gene. |
ูุฏ ูููู ุฃูุซุฑ ุชุนููุฏุงู ุนูุฏ ุงูุจุดุฑุ ูููู ููุณ ุฅูู ุญุฏูู ูุจูุฑ. | Might be more complicated in humans, but perhaps not that much. |
ูุฐู ูู ุขุฎุฑ ุตูุฑุฉ ุฃุฑูุฏ ุฃู -- ุงูุขู ูุฌุจ ุนูููุง ุงุณุชุฎุฏุงู
ุงูู
ุคุดุฑ ุงูููุฒุฑู. | This is the last picture that I want to -- now we've got to use the laser pointer. |
ุฃูู
ุงุท ุงูููููููุฉ ุงูู
ู
ููุฉ ููุง ุชุนุชุจุฑ ูุณููุฉ ู
ู ูุณุงุฆู ุงูุนูุด -- ุทุฑููุฉ ูููุฌูุฏุ ููุชุฌุฑุจุฉุ ููุชูููุฑุ ูููุธุฑ ู
ู ุญูููุ ููุชูุงุนู ู
ุน ุงูุนุงูู
ุงูุฎุงุฑุฌู. | A possible mode of being here would be a way of life -- a way of being, experiencing, thinking, seeing, interacting with the world. |
ูู ุงูุฃุณูููู ููุงุ ูู ุชูู ุงูุฒุงููุฉ ุงูุตุบูุฑุฉุ ูุฏููุง ู
ุณุงุญุฉ ุตุบูุฑุฉ ู
ู ูุฐู ุงูู
ุณุงุญุฉ ุงููุจูุฑุฉ ุงูู
ุณู
ูุญุฉ ูุจูู ุงูุจุดุฑ-- ูุงุฆูุงุช ูุชูู ุงูุชู ููุง ููุณ ูุฏุฑุงุชูุง ุงูุจููููุฌูุฉ . | Down here in this little corner, here, we have the little sub-space of this larger space that is accessible to human beings -- beings with our biological capacities. |
ุฅูู ุฐูู ุฌุฒุก ู
ู ุงูู
ุณุงุญุฉ ุงูู
ุณู
ูุญุฉ ููุญููุงูุงุช-- ูุจู
ุง ุฃูููุง ุญููุงูุงุชุ ูุฅูููุง ููุนุชุจูุฑ ูุฑุนุงู ู
ู ูุฐุง. | It's a part of the space that's accessible to animals; since we are animals, we are a subset of that. |
ููู
ูููู
ุชุฎููู ุจุนุถ ุงูุชุทูุฑูุงุช ุงูุชู ุทุฑุฃุช ุนูู ุงููุฏุฑุงุช ุงูุจุดุฑููุฉ. | And then you can imagine some enhancements of human capacities. |
ูุณูููู ุจุฅู
ูุงูู ุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ุฃููุน ู
ุฎุชููุฉ ู
ู ุฃูู
ุงุท ุงูููููููุฉ ุฅุฐุง ููุฏูุฑ ูู ุงูุนููุด ูู
ุฆุชูู ุณูุฉ. | There would be different modes of being you could experience if you were able to stay alive for, say, 200 years. |
ูุฅููู ุณูููู ุจู
ูุฏูุฑู ุฃู ุชุนูุด ุฃูู
ุงุทุงู ู
ู ุงูุญูุงุฉ ูุณุชุชุฑุงูู
ุฎุจุฑุงุชู ููุฐุง ููุณ ู
ู
ููุงู ููุจุดุฑ ูู ููุชูุง ุงูุญุงูู. | Then you could live sorts of lives and accumulate wisdoms that are just not possible for humans as we currently are. |
ูุจุนุฏ ูุฐุงุ ุณูููู ุจุฅู
ูุงูู ุงูุงูุชุฑุงุจ ู
ู ุงูู
ุฌุงู ุงูุฐู ุชููู ููู ุงูุฃูุถูููุฉ ููุฅูุณุงูุ ูู
ูุงุตูุฉ ูุฐู ุงูุนู
ูููุฉ ุญุชูู ุงูุชุดุงู ุงูู
ุฒูุฏ ู
ู ุฃูู
ุงุท ุงูููููููุฉ ุงูู
ุชููููุนุฉ ูู ูุฐู ุงูู
ุณุงุญุฉ ุงููุงุฆูุฉ. | So then, you move off to this larger sphere of "human +," and you could continue that process and eventually explore a lot of this larger space of possible modes of being. |
ููู
ู ุงูููุงู
ุจูุฐุง ุงูุฃู
ุฑ ูุจุฏู ุดูุฆุงู ุฌููุฏุงูุ | Now, why is that a good thing to do? |
ุญุณูุงูุ ูุญู ูุนูู
ุจุงููุนู ุจุฃูู ูู ุชูู ุงูุญูููุฉ ุงูุจุดุฑููุฉุ ุชูุฌุฏ ุฃูู
ุงุท ุงูููููููุฉ ุงูุฑุงุฆุนุฉ ูุชูู ุงูุฌุฏูุฑุฉ ุจุงูุงูุชู
ุงู
-- ุญูุงุฉ ุงูุฅูุณุงู ูู ุฃูุถู ุญุงูุงุชูุง ุชุจุฏู ุฑุงุฆุนุฉ. | Well, we know already that in this little human circle there, there are these enormously wonderful and worthwhile modes of being -- human life at its best is wonderful. |
ููุณ ููุงู ุณุจุจ ูุงุญุฏ ููุฏูุนููุง ูุตุฏูู ุฃูู ุถู
ู ูุฐู ุงูู
ุณุงุญุฉ ุงููุจูุฑุฉ ูุง ุชูุฌุฏ ุฃูู
ุงุท ุงูููููููุฉ ุฐุงุช ุงูุฃูู
ููุฉ ุงูุจุงูุบุฉ. ุจู ุชูุฌุฏ ููุงู ุฃุนุฏุงุฏ ุชููู ู
ุณุชูู ูุฏุฑุงุชูุง ุงูุฌุงู
ุญุฉุ ููู ูู
ุฌุฑุฏู ุงูุชุฎููู ุฃู ุงููุญููู
ุจูุง. | We have no reason to believe that within this much, much larger space there would not also be extremely worthwhile modes of being, perhaps ones that would be way beyond our wildest ability even to imagine or dream about. |
ููุญูู ูุฐู ุงูู
ุดููุฉ ุงูุซุงูุซุฉุ ุฃุนุชูุฏ ุฃูููุง ูุญุชุงุฌ ุจููู ุฑูููุฉ ูุญุฐุฑ ูุญูู
ุฉ ูุถุจุท ููุณ -- ุชุทููุฑ ุงููุณุงุฆู ุงูุชู ุชู
ููููุง ู
ู ุฒูุงุฑุฉ ูุฐู ุงูู
ุณุงุญุฉ ุงููุจูุฑุฉ ูุณุจุฑ ุฃุบูุงุฑูุง. ูุฅูุฌุงุฏ ุงูููู
ุงูุซู
ููุฉ ุงูุชู ุชูู
ู ููุงู. | And so, to fix this third problem, I think we need -- slowly, carefully, with ethical wisdom and constraint -- develop the means that enable us to go out in this larger space and explore it and find the great values that might hide there. |
ุดูุฑุงู | Thanks. |
ู
ุฑุญุจุงู ุจุงูุฌู
ูุน. ุฃูุง ุณูุฑููุง. | Hi, everyone. I'm Sirena. |
ุฃุจูุบ ู
ู ุงูุนู
ุฑ 11 ุนุงู
ุงู ูู
ู ููููุชููุช. | I'm 11 years old and from Connecticut. |
ุญุณูุงูุ ุฃูุง ูุง ุฃุนุฑู ุญูุงู ูู
ุงูุง ููุง. | Well, I'm not really sure why I'm here. |
ุฃุนููุ ู
ุง ุนูุงูุฉ ูุฐุง ุจุงู ุชููููุฌูุงุ ุงูุชุฑููู ูุงูุชุตู
ูู
ุ | I mean, what does this have to do with technology, entertainment and design? |
ุญุณูุงูุ ุฃูุง ุฃุณู
ู ุฌูุงุฒ ุงูุขู ุจูุฏ ูุงููุงุชู ูุงููู
ุจููุชุฑ ุฎุงุตุชู ุชููููุฌูุง ููู ูุง ุนูุงูุฉ ููุฐุง ุจุฐูู. | Well, I count my iPod, cellphone and computer as technology, but this has nothing to do with that. |
ูุฐุง ููุฏ ูู
ุช ุจุจุนุถ ุงูุจุญุซ ุญููู. ุญุณูุงูุ ูุฐู ูุชุงุฆุฌ ุจุญุซู. | So I did a little research on it. |
ุจุงูุทุจุนุ ุฃุฑุฌู ุฃู ุชุณุนููู ุงูุฐุงูุฑุฉ. | Well, this is what I found. |
ุงููู
ุงู ู
ุตููุน ูู ุงูุงุณุงุณ ู
ู ุตูุฏูู ุฎุดุจู | Of course, I hope I can memorize it. |
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