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Today's Quiz Question: How many nations are setting out strategic plans for human augmentation and bio-digital convergence similar to those of the UK Ministry of Defense?

In today's episode of the podcast, I answer the previous quiz question regarding the WHO's definition of "herd immunity" and do a (moderately) deep dive into the UK Ministry of Defense's recently published document: Human Augmentation - The Dawn of a New Paradigm. 

What is human augmentation all about? Is it really a good thing for society? What are the risks? What are the benefits? Who will it benefit?  How does it relate to the 4th Industrial Evolution?  All of this and more. 

References:

• Herd Immunity according to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity
• World Health Organisation's current definition of herd immunity https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/herd-immunity-lockdowns-and-covid-19
• Screenshots of previous versions of the definition (curtesy of Off-Guardian) https://off-guardian.org/wp-content/medialibrary/132854256_10208161360149486_4898295426410809828_o.jpg?x51581
• Off-Guardian article on definition change https://off-guardian.org/2020/12/28/who-secretly-changed-their-definition-of-herd-immunity/
• Director General's Remarks regarding Herd Immunity (12/10/21) https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19---12-october-2020
• Chickenpox - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickenpox
•  Dr. Fauci testifies to Congress regarding gain of function research (video from 2012) https://www.bitchute.com/video/KMQxI3yOj597/
• Klaus Schwab tells RTS viewers in 2016 what the future of technology will look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2Ow8bdqC2E
• Human germline engineering - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_germline_engineering
• World Economic Forum - What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution?

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