How could genetically modified humans change the future of jobs?

With the new era of genetic modification slowly evolving into something more real, come questions that none of us would have thought we needed an answer to. And I can help you answer one of them.

How could genetically modified humans change the future of jobs?

 

  • What questions did you need to research in order to create your sway?

All the questions I wanted to research were about genetically modified humans in general. Even to this day, genetically modified humans are very far from the concept of being a genetically modified human and being really good at everything. I wanted to research if genetic modification on humans were even safe, ethical, and actually happening. For the stuff about work, I wanted to really research how much genetically modified humans can make a difference. I’ve mentioned multiple times that I think it’s inevitable that genetically modified humans will be taking over jobs, so I wanted to see how they would compare against something like machines. So I researched what machines were good at, and how much machines took over human jobs. I did this because machines were designed to efficiently do things better than humans at jobs, which is can be the same way I can see a future genetically modified human. It’s a little far-fetched, but I think it makes sense when you think about it a lot.

  • What new or familiar digital tools did you try to use as you worked through this project?

The tools that were new to me were Gale and Google Scholar. I didn’t see myself using them at all when I first heard about it, but it’s a really good tool you can pull good and reliable sources. The tools that were familiar to me were the citation websites, and of course, YouTube. Both are really easy to use and very valuable.

  • What was the process you used to investigate the topic and how did you verify and cite the information you found?

The process I had to investigate the topic was really difficult to find at first. The hardest part was the first step. But I figured it out by then, the way I did it was to figure out all the simple questions at first and use that momentum and energy to find more creative ways to solve the other questions. For some questions, I’d think about what would be the easiest way to not just answer the question, but the easiest way to find the information for that question. An example of this was when I was a bit stumped on how to answer some of the machinery ones. There was no way I could compare genetically modified humans to machines yet because genetically modified humans aren’t even that advanced at the moment. But both are designed to be efficient and in some ways “better.” So, by comparing the pros and cons of a robot to a human, I can accurately say which pros/cons also go alongside being a genetically modified human. I also had factored in how easy it would be to find this information.

To verify the information I found and made sure it wasn’t some lie, one of the things I would do is go to the author and do research on him as well. For example, K. Lee Lerner is a Harvard graduate who was an author, and an editor and was known for making science-related articles. I only knew this because K. Lee Lerner was someone who wrote the genetic engineering article on Gale that I had pulled one of my sources from. After finding out K. Lee Lerner was trustworthy, I used a citation machine (https://www.citationmachine.net/mla?ref=ama) to cite all my websites.

  • How did the process of completing this challenge go? What could you have done better?

This challenge was very difficult for me. I’m not much of a research person, although I have to admit. I was super hooked on reading more about genetic engineering. If it’s anything I wish I could have done/included, I would talk about modeling specifically. This is because altering your appearance overall seems less far-fetched than altering your skills and interests in the future. But I think it was too specific and hard to get a source off of, but imagine the controversy when people start genetically modifying themselves to look really good for a shoot. It turns into this whole system where people have to be genetically modified to compete against others, and it becomes more cosmetic than medical. Should cosmetic genetically modified people not be allowed in modeling at all? See what I mean? I think it would have done really well, but I was on a time limit here.