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In the year 2103, robots may very well replace humans. The replacement has already started with voice-automated systems instead of phone operators, ATM machines instead of bank tellers, and security cameras instead of guards. Humans adapt to these robotic replacements without even realizing anything has changed. Even though not many people notice the differences, the machines tend to be more helpful, and make fewer mistakes. If the machines do a better job than humans, does that make them superior? If humans didn’t want to work anymore, they can now just rely on machines to do, because they are programmed to do it and will do it better. In Enough, Bill McKibben illustrates his assumptions of superiority and laziness in a “perfect world,” where genetically engineered humans don’t make any mistakes, there will be more problems in the future than the present. McKibben makes many assumptions in his book, but there is one underlying one that stands out—superiority. “If the engineering works as intended, the offspring will be superior to their parents”(61). When children become genetically engineered to be more intelligent, then they will become superior to their parents. When it comes time to discipline the child, he/she might use this advanced intelligence to outsmart the parent and get out of the punishment. Instead of younger kids asking their parents of reasons why the world goes round and round, the parents will ask the kids questions.
Approximate Word count = 905
Approximate Pages = 3.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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