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The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity

We already live in a world of ‘haves and have-nots’, but in the future could that gap widen into an immense chasm resulting in a technocracy with two-tiers of genetically engineered humans? Predictions have been made with regards to robotics and genetic evolution, and there is data to back each theory up. This article briefly investigates each claim.

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The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity

How to Stop the New World Order

Britain 'must set population limit to safeguard national security' say experts

EU spends £2bn each year on 'vain PR exercises'
The European Union has been accused of spending £2 billion each year on 'vain PR exercises'.

Beware the New Globalism
However, the world government idea is – I predict – going to gain new traction in the coming years, and this is especially on account of the economic crisis currently roiling world markets.

UN agency says crisis needs global currency rules
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said multilateral coordination of exchange rate policies, similar to the way the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulates global trade, was needed to deal with the crisis.

Financial Times Editorial Admits Agenda For Dictatorial World Government
The Financial Times, one of the most respected and widely read newspapers on the planet, features an editorial today that openly admits the agenda to create a world government

Britain thinking of joining euro: Barroso
Britain is considering joining the eurozone as a direct consequence of global financial turmoil, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Sunday.

Flashback: One generation is all they need
One day we will all happily be implanted with microchips, and our every move will be monitored. The technology exists; the only barrier is society's resistance to the loss of privacy.

Big Brother CCTV to spy on pupils aged four
Schools have installed CCTV cameras and microphones in classrooms to watch and listen to pupils as young as four.

Homeland Security turns reality TV star on ABC

‘Smart' Surveillance System May Tag Suspicious Or Lost People
Engineers here are developing a computerized surveillance system that, when completed, will attempt to recognize whether a person on the street is acting suspiciously or appears to be lost

Minority Report comes to Britain: The CCTV that spots crimes BEFORE they happen
CCTV cameras which can 'predict' if a crime is about to take place are being introduced on Britain's streets.

Home-schooling growing in popularity
The number of U.S. children being home-schooled has steadily increased during recent years and shows no sign of declining, a statistician says.

Britain 'must set population limit to safeguard national security' say experts
Britain must set a maximum population level if it is to avoid destroying the environment and putting national security at risk, say experts.

EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Farm Bureau warns just this one rule may increase milk production costs up to 8 cents a gallon.

2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved
Easily one of the most important stories of 2008 has been all the evidence suggesting that this may be looked back on as the year when there was a turning point in the great worldwide panic over man-made global warming

America the Illiterate
We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world.

Whistleblowers sent to mental ward, Chinese paper says
Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistleblowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital.

Washington Post: 20,000 More U.S. Troops To Be Deployed For “Domestic Security”

D.C. Metro to Randomly Search Riders’ Bags
Metro officials yesterday announced plans to immediately begin random searches of backpacks, purses and other bags in a move they say will protect riders and also guard their privacy and minimize delays

Video: Brain Scans Being used In Indian Judicial System
CNN's Liz Neisloss reports on a controversial new forensics technology being used for crime solving in India.

Student Arrested for “Terrorist” English Class Story
A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the “writings” that got him arrested are being taken out of context.

The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity
We already live in a world of ‘haves and have-nots’, but in the future could that gap widen into an immense chasm resulting in a technocracy with two-tiers of genetically engineered humans?

Report: U.S. lax on testing nanotech safety
Advisory council says not enough being done to study potential health hazards

Flashback: One generation is all they need
One day we will all happily be implanted with microchips, and our every move will be monitored. The technology exists; the only barrier is society's resistance to the loss of privacy.

A Global Wireless Network?
Under WSAN application, deployment and eExperiences, various themes such as surveillance, disaster prediction and management, transportation and traffic management, security and defence...

Hobbyists are trying genetic engineering at home
he Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.

The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity

How to Stop the New World Order

Britain 'must set population limit to safeguard national security' say experts

EU spends £2bn each year on 'vain PR exercises' The European Union has been accused of spending £2 billion each year on 'vain PR exercises'.

Beware the New Globalism However, the world government idea is – I predict – going to gain new traction in the coming years, and this is especially on account of the economic crisis currently roiling world markets.

UN agency says crisis needs global currency rules The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said multilateral coordination of exchange rate policies, similar to the way the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulates global trade, was needed to deal with the crisis.

Financial Times Editorial Admits Agenda For Dictatorial World Government The Financial Times, one of the most respected and widely read newspapers on the planet, features an editorial today that openly admits the agenda to create a world government

Britain thinking of joining euro: Barroso Britain is considering joining the eurozone as a direct consequence of global financial turmoil, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Sunday.

Flashback: One generation is all they need One day we will all happily be implanted with microchips, and our every move will be monitored. The technology exists; the only barrier is society's resistance to the loss of privacy.

Big Brother CCTV to spy on pupils aged four Schools have installed CCTV cameras and microphones in classrooms to watch and listen to pupils as young as four.

Homeland Security turns reality TV star on ABC

‘Smart' Surveillance System May Tag Suspicious Or Lost People Engineers here are developing a computerized surveillance system that, when completed, will attempt to recognize whether a person on the street is acting suspiciously or appears to be lost

Minority Report comes to Britain: The CCTV that spots crimes BEFORE they happen CCTV cameras which can 'predict' if a crime is about to take place are being introduced on Britain's streets.

Home-schooling growing in popularity The number of U.S. children being home-schooled has steadily increased during recent years and shows no sign of declining, a statistician says.

Britain 'must set population limit to safeguard national security' say experts Britain must set a maximum population level if it is to avoid destroying the environment and putting national security at risk, say experts.

EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases Farm Bureau warns just this one rule may increase milk production costs up to 8 cents a gallon.

2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved Easily one of the most important stories of 2008 has been all the evidence suggesting that this may be looked back on as the year when there was a turning point in the great worldwide panic over man-made global warming

America the Illiterate We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world.

Whistleblowers sent to mental ward, Chinese paper says Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistleblowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital.

Washington Post: 20,000 More U.S. Troops To Be Deployed For “Domestic Security”

D.C. Metro to Randomly Search Riders’ Bags Metro officials yesterday announced plans to immediately begin random searches of backpacks, purses and other bags in a move they say will protect riders and also guard their privacy and minimize delays

Video: Brain Scans Being used In Indian Judicial System CNN's Liz Neisloss reports on a controversial new forensics technology being used for crime solving in India.

Student Arrested for “Terrorist” English Class Story A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the “writings” that got him arrested are being taken out of context.

The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity We already live in a world of ‘haves and have-nots’, but in the future could that gap widen into an immense chasm resulting in a technocracy with two-tiers of genetically engineered humans?

Report: U.S. lax on testing nanotech safety Advisory council says not enough being done to study potential health hazards

Flashback: One generation is all they need One day we will all happily be implanted with microchips, and our every move will be monitored. The technology exists; the only barrier is society's resistance to the loss of privacy.

A Global Wireless Network? Under WSAN application, deployment and eExperiences, various themes such as surveillance, disaster prediction and management, transportation and traffic management, security and defence...

Hobbyists are trying genetic engineering at home he Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.

EU spends £2bn each year on 'vain PR exercises'
The European Union has been accused of spending £2 billion each year on 'vain PR exercises'.

Beware the New Globalism
However, the world government idea is – I predict – going to gain new traction in the coming years, and this is especially on account of the economic crisis currently roiling world markets.

UN agency says crisis needs global currency rules
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said multilateral coordination of exchange rate policies, similar to the way the World Trade Organisation (WTO) regulates global trade, was needed to deal with the crisis.

Financial Times Editorial Admits Agenda For Dictatorial World Government
The Financial Times, one of the most respected and widely read newspapers on the planet, features an editorial today that openly admits the agenda to create a world government

Britain thinking of joining euro: Barroso
Britain is considering joining the eurozone as a direct consequence of global financial turmoil, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Sunday.

Flashback: One generation is all they need
One day we will all happily be implanted with microchips, and our every move will be monitored. The technology exists; the only barrier is society's resistance to the loss of privacy.

Big Brother CCTV to spy on pupils aged four
Schools have installed CCTV cameras and microphones in classrooms to watch and listen to pupils as young as four.

‘Smart' Surveillance System May Tag Suspicious Or Lost People
Engineers here are developing a computerized surveillance system that, when completed, will attempt to recognize whether a person on the street is acting suspiciously or appears to be lost

Minority Report comes to Britain: The CCTV that spots crimes BEFORE they happen
CCTV cameras which can 'predict' if a crime is about to take place are being introduced on Britain's streets.

Home-schooling growing in popularity
The number of U.S. children being home-schooled has steadily increased during recent years and shows no sign of declining, a statistician says.

Britain 'must set population limit to safeguard national security' say experts
Britain must set a maximum population level if it is to avoid destroying the environment and putting national security at risk, say experts.

EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases
Farm Bureau warns just this one rule may increase milk production costs up to 8 cents a gallon.

2008 was the year man-made global warming was disproved
Easily one of the most important stories of 2008 has been all the evidence suggesting that this may be looked back on as the year when there was a turning point in the great worldwide panic over man-made global warming

America the Illiterate
We live in two Americas. One America, now the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world.

Whistleblowers sent to mental ward, Chinese paper says
Local officials in Shandong Province have apparently found a cost-effective way to deal with gadflies, whistleblowers and all manner of muckraking citizens who dare to challenge the authorities: dispatch them to the local psychiatric hospital.

D.C. Metro to Randomly Search Riders’ Bags
Metro officials yesterday announced plans to immediately begin random searches of backpacks, purses and other bags in a move they say will protect riders and also guard their privacy and minimize delays

Video: Brain Scans Being used In Indian Judicial System
CNN's Liz Neisloss reports on a controversial new forensics technology being used for crime solving in India.

Student Arrested for “Terrorist” English Class Story
A George Rogers Clark High School junior arrested Tuesday for making terrorist threats told LEX 18 News Thursday that the “writings” that got him arrested are being taken out of context.

The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity
We already live in a world of ‘haves and have-nots’, but in the future could that gap widen into an immense chasm resulting in a technocracy with two-tiers of genetically engineered humans?

Report: U.S. lax on testing nanotech safety
Advisory council says not enough being done to study potential health hazards

Flashback: One generation is all they need
One day we will all happily be implanted with microchips, and our every move will be monitored. The technology exists; the only barrier is society's resistance to the loss of privacy.

A Global Wireless Network?
Under WSAN application, deployment and eExperiences, various themes such as surveillance, disaster prediction and management, transportation and traffic management, security and defence...

Hobbyists are trying genetic engineering at home
he Apple computer was invented in a garage. Same with the Google search engine. Now, tinkerers are working at home with the basic building blocks of life itself.