Brain & Mind
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Claim: accelerating technology reshapes morals. Argues that energy and machines made slavery unnecessary — one barrel of oil equals 5–10 years of human labor and a jet engine replaces 160,000 rowers — and that food tech flips ethics as synthetic meat falls from $380,000 to about $5, potentially ending 6 billion animal deaths a year. Reproductive tools (IVF, egg freezing, surrogacy, gene edits like BRCA or p53) shift what counts as right, demanding humility and forgiveness.
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