Possibly somewhat lost amid more momentous news on Wednesday morning was the publication of a report by a working party drawn from the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society into cognitive enhancing drugs and bionic engineering.
Possibly somewhat lost amid more momentous news on Wednesday morning was the publication of a report by a working party drawn from the Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society into cognitive enhancing drugs and bionic engineering.
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Keith Bruce
The chairwoman, Professor Genevra Richardson, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme (between bulletins from Jim Naughtie in the US) that the technology in development to boost memory, attentiveness and mental agility had the potential to transform our employment, for better or for worse. The implication was that employers might introduce workplace doping, so that staff will become as efficient as Tour de France cyclists in pursuit of that corporate goal.
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