The Night of Outward Thinking Overstrengthening of Human Capabilities through Science Late 20th to early 21st century

The Night of Outward Thinking Overstrengthening of Human Capabilities through Science Late 20th to early 21st century

After World War II, science and technology were embraced as a good that would reduce human suffering and constraints, and advances in medicine, industry, and information technology transformed life and cognition. In the context of the Cold War and the era of rapid growth, prediction, control, and efficiency are fixed as values, and human capabilities shift from aids to enhancements. Following muscular strength and sensation, even memory, calculation, and judgment were relegated to external devices, and intelligence began to be treated not as an internal quality but as a function generated and operated externally. As a result, important selection and optimization are preceded on the mechanism side, and human actions and responsibilities are reorganized. In a society where intelligence is evaluated in terms of speed and accuracy, human elements such as hesitation and ambiguity are regarded as defects, and the conditions that have supported human nature are being eroded. The ove
r-enhancement of capabilities is a crossroads that questions not how far we can go, but what we can leave behind, and requires language and joint halts to ensure that technology does not replace purpose.