Lesson | Smrt English

Warm-up

How has the human race changed over the centuries? What are the differences between people today and people 5000 years ago?
Are children today different from their parents? How?
What is evolution? How would you explain it to someone who has never heard about it before?

How long into the story of our creation did humans appear?
Briefly explain the view of human development he calls , “That’s all She Wrote...”
Enriquez says that at one point, the entire human population was reduced to just 2000 people. How does that make you feel?
What does Enriquez mean when he says there have been “29 upgrades” to the human species?
What major discovery is mankind about to make? What will be the consequences of this?
What are the dangers of studying genetics like this?
What is the “Ace Gene?” What special thing do people with the Ace Gene share?
What about the 577r?
What could this mean for the future?
Enriquez says we may be able to download our memories at some point in the future. What does that mean? How would it change human life?
How much has autism increased since 2000? What does Enriquez believe that may mean?
“We’re trying to take in as much data in a day as people used to take in in a lifetime.” What does this mean?

Is the sequencing of human genome too dangerous? As a group, think of all the benefits and dangers of human beings fully understanding their own genetic structure.
If it were possible for you to grow a new body and download your memories to it, would you do it? Would it still be you?
Could humans be evolving in real time?
How do you think your great grandchildren might be different from you?

This presentation talks about the moral and ethical consequences of science and technology.