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“Em suma, o que dizer de um indivíduo que nasceu cego, surdo ou sem empatia?
Considerando que ver, ouvir e ter empatia são características típicas da espécie humana, se
ele nasceu sem elas, poderíamos dizer que ele não possui ‘a natureza humana’? Ou seja, ele
não seria humano? Ou, em vez disso, ele seria humano e inumano ao mesmo tempo, já que
possuiria algumas características humanas, e careceria de outras?” (335/336)
“a tecnicização da vida humana é um processo em curso, o que aponta para a relativa
indistinção entre natureza e técnica, assim como demonstra que a intensa e extensa
manipulação dos humanos não nos conduziu à desgraça anunciada.” (336) TALVEZ
Cognition enhancing drugs used to treat individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders could also
improve mental faculties such as memory and concentration in healthy individuals, enabling them to
work more efficiently or for longer.Drugs could also facilitate cognitive maintenance, which could be
particularly beneficial to the ageing workforce. Revealing the optimal timing of treatment onset, as well
as the risk factors that could facilitate cognitive decline, will be invaluable. Cognitive training delivered
by computer may be able to improve learning. Cognitive training will be most useful if it can provide
transferable improvements, rather than just better performance on specific tasks. Brain stimulation,
particularly non-invasive techniques, might facilitate improved learning and training outcomes, but
further research will be needed to reveal how it should be used. Collective cognition could also
facilitate enhanced performance at work. The rise in ubiquitous communications technologies over the
past decade has changed how we work and is likely to improve efficient and inexpensive coordination
and knowledge-sharing. This brings new opportunities to harness technology to boost the power of a
collective network to solve complex problems. Individuals will in turn use the outputs of collective
efforts to enhance their individual performance.