The Second Amendment and Future of 3D Printing
There is no doubt anymore that informational science and technologies are growing at an exponential pace. As a result, many are beginning to use those technologies to augment and enhance their own biological substrate. It is the first time in history where there is now a growing population of cyborgs whom live among us.
Which then raises the question: how will society and its institutions react to this cyborg reality? For one cyborg father, the future looks rather bleak. Once he was informed that he was going to lose custody of his children for no other reason other than because of his biohacking ventures, he decided to fight back.
Serious Wonder reached out to Rich Lee to get his perspective on the matter:
“I think it’s important to know that the big thing I’m up against is the idea that Grinding is an act of self mutilation or that it is reckless and borderline suicidal. Both of those things are not true. This is the stance that the opposing council is taking.”– Rich Lee
Photo Credit: Rich Lee
Earlier this year, on September 28, Rich Lee was notified by his ex-wife via text that he was no longer going to have custody of his kids ever again. This came as a result of him installing “a thin tube of non-Newtonian armor in my shins to see how well it would protect bones from an impact.” While his children enjoy his biohacking life, his ex-wife is doing everything she can to take them out it.
Which is why Lee decided to start a GoFundMe page, where he asking for $6,250 to help him cover his living expenses while he pays for the court fees. He’s already achieved the total funding goal, but you can still help by sending more donations and send a clear message: cyborgs are people too!
FUTURE IMPLICATIONS
There is something very wrong with our justice system when they decide to step into a family’s life and enforce their own values upon them just because one of them might be different. It’s a message sent to all cyborgs that if they’re to continue with their biohacking lives, then they have the power to destroy it altogether. It’s a legal ruling that is predicated on nothing more than neo-Luddism. If our cyborg future is to become a prosperous one, then we must do everything we can to fight back against any injustice being inflicted upon this growing community. To not act would be to hand our future over to backwards bioconservatism. And that is a future I do not wish to live in.
#Justice4RichLee
#CyborgsArePeopleToo
#WeDemandMorphologicalFreedom
About the author
B.J. Murphy is the Editor and Social Media Manager of Serious Wonder. He is a futurist, philosopher, activist, author and poet. B.J. is an Affiliate Scholar for the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (IEET) and an Ambassador for the robotics company Humai.
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