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2. In the wave of modern technological revolution combining rationality and imagination, the fragility and limitations of human beings are becoming more and more obvious. In the folder where postmodern technology controls everything, we use technology, enjoy technology, and use technology to enhance human capabilities. We transform ourselves with genetic technology and mechanical technology, and human beings gradually become a variable. As Rosi Braidotti writes at the beginning of Post-Humanity: “Not everyone can say for sure that we have always been human, or that we were only human ."

There is often no clear line between "cure" and "evolution". The initial starting point of medicine or biological science may be to save those who are below the lower limit of normal, but the fact is that the same technology and knowledge can also make normal Man surpasses the upper limit of human beings.

After the epidemic, our living space is compressed, and the epidemic must coexist with human time. The epidemic has changed people's way of life and eating habits.

(1. Eating habits: A large number of imported and exported foods are banned, so we can only use a single diet on earth, and canned foods are rich in various essential nutrients and canned quickly, which greatly limits the variety of human diets , especially for the body. Adolescent development.

(2. The isolation of time and family life deprives us of space to exercise, often reducing it. Reducing going out to exercise leads to a lack of absorption of sunlight, which leads to the lack of various vitamins and trace substances that the human body needs to synthesize from sunlight, posing a threat to human bone health.

What will happen to human diet and behavior after the epidemic? For the concept of "post-epidemic human", especially the new generation, what kind of evolution will they make? Where should we explore higher-level functionality?

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1. The new virtual world of virtual technologies such as the Metaverse is gradually built and perfected. We are more inclined to turn real life into virtual life. In a sense, we need less real space, and we can survive or achieve everything in simulated reality. , like "Black Mirror". From the perspective of capital control, situations such as "purely materialized human beings" will also appear quickly. As far as today's society is concerned, what capital needs are screws that can complete the work perfectly. It only needs to live in a capsule and provide the so-called "happiness" in the virtual world, such as vr travel, etc. Can work diligently until the residual value is squeezed to 0. Is this behavior and way of life evolutionary?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpJNGwU0RFg

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Walk Into VR - KAT Walk C + Afrer the fall

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Metaverse has been the buzzword especially since the parent company of Facebook is now known as Meta, with an aim to build a metaverse where humanity can thrive in. Now, almost all major game companies are either looking at creating their own version of a metaverse or heavily researching into the possibilities. Korean game developer and publisher Com2uS might be the first to give us an actual first look at its metaverse, named Com2Verse.

Com2Verse, which Com2uS is developing by consolidating the capabilities of all group companies, is a huge "all-in-one mirror world metaverse platform" that embodies real life online as it is. The real world systems such as society, culture, and economy are being transferred to the digital world, and are being made into real life spaces where daily life takes place.

"Office World" is a smart work space; "Commercial World" provides services such as finance, medical care, education, and distribution; "Theme Park World" is where users can enjoy leisure such as games, music, movies, and performances; "Community World" focuses on daily communication and sharing. The concept video shows how the metaverse connects work-life-leisure unfolds in one virtual city called "Com2Verse". This idea contains the metaverse direction that Com2us pursues, "a space for life, not a service".

The prototype video seen below showcases the ability for workers to have a smooth metaverse work environment regardless of physical distance with short-distance video chat for communication, as well as basic work support such as commuting, schedule management, meetings by size, and presentations for employees of resident companies.

In particular, the video showed users obtaining token rewards according to their activities and performances, foretelling the "Metanomics" of the independent blockchain economic system currently being built by Com2uS Group. Com2uS plans to introduce a token economy cycle in which various activities of users as the subject of production and consumption in the metaverse are linked to economic rewards, and the rewards will in turn lead to consumer goods such as digital assets and services.

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Com2Verse - First look at metaverse from game developer Com2uS - MMO Culture

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The Sandbox - A Decentralized Gaming Platform Made By Players

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The Sandbox is a decentralized community-driven gaming ecosystem for creators to monetize voxel assets and gaming experiences in the blockchain!

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Thesis Book: Hybridizing Medicines - Tiger Penis Project

Visual Research Book

Sculpture of the hybrid penis.

Synthetic biology and tissue culture.

Tissue culture and 3D bioprinting.

3D bioprinting of hybrid tiger penis

Visual Experiments

In TCM culture, the idea behind the myth of the eating of tiger penis for male virility enhancement is called "Yi Xing Bu Xing," which means that an ill person can consume an animal organ or part to nourish or heal the corresponding or similarly-shaped human organ or body part. For instance, eating pig liver is good for our liver. The consumption of tiger penis is a cultural myth that formed under such a conceptual context. Against this background, how shall an alternative solution be designed? Due to the maturation of technologies for tissue culture and 3D bioprinting in recent years, scientists and commercial companies have been working collaboratively to synthesize cultured meat using these technologies to ameliorate the worldwide crisis of food shortage. Therefore, it seems feasible to produce "artificial tiger penis" by utilizing those technologies. However, such an idea might be problematic. For example, in recent years, scientists have attempted to take advantage of the technology to synthesize "artificial rhino horn." However, it turns out that the endeavor might not succeed in replacing the market demand for wild rhino horns; instead, the demand would probably increase. The problem is that the new market for synthesized horns will only serve as a cover-up for continuing illegal trade. Also, since the faux-horns are physically and genetically identical to the real ones, authorities will have a hard time telling the two apart. This may lead to poachers claiming that the horns they were bringing were actually cultured, allowing them to continue unpunished. Another major concern is that, if allowed, the marketing campaigns of the various companies that produce these synthetic animal parts may inadvertently drive up poaching activities. Such efforts often create more demand from consumers, even as products from wild animals and plants continue to command a premium over synthetic or farmed alternatives.

Therefore, the interviews with four TCM practitioners from Taiwan were conducted and subsequently a decision is made to propose a novel solution plan-to establish a new belief system of virility enhancement using technology to synthesize the medicine which is more potent than tiger penis. By setting this new belief system significantly apart from the old one, it is hoped that the myth of tiger penis is to be obsoleted in the market. Because the genesis of this "belief" came from the conviction in "Xing" (Chinese: 形; literally means shape or form), it was decided that the alternative solution should be reinforced in the context of this "Xing" culture. Hence, I started the process by selecting the animals that are considered to have properties of male virility enhancement in different cultures. The "Xing" belief of virility enhancement implied by each animal is divergent. For example, the implication of the tiger is mainly about the animal's strong and ferocious image. However, it is not only TCM culture that has this sort of myth; this type of cultural phenomenon exists across the world. For instance, oyster is a kind of aphrodisiac or the tentacles of octopus represents a sensual symbol in Japanese culture. Therefore, at this stage, the intended goal is to deconstruct the shapes of these creatures and to retain their most imposing forms that denote male stamina and virility. For this stage, the actual technical details are temporarily put aside, and the attention is steered to the experiments for the visual representation, through which a new hybrid creature is to be made.

The first modeling experiment was conducted to morph together the images of tigers, oyster, and octopus to design a number of different models of synthetic creatures using painting, prototype modeling. After completing the design, the second round of the interviews, focused on the appearance of the prototypes, with the TCM practitioners were conducted, and they were expected to give their opinions as to which prototype was more compelling from on their clinical experience and the perspective of TCM. Based on the practitioners' suggestions, the second round of modeling experiment was conducted to improve and make the appearance of the prototype more convincing, and at the same time, eliminating those of less connotation of virility enhancement. The practitioners provided invaluable suggestions during their interviews, such as the importance of representing an impressive visual image. For instance, in the scientific procedure of extracting Ganoderma for medicine, it is usually the mycelium that is used. However, in ancient books, the illustrations are mostly of the sporocarp. Therefore, most of the packages for Ganoderma- derived pills are represented with images of the sporocarp. As a consequence, the visual identity of the tiger itself is actually more well-received than that of tiger penis. Thus, the new synthetic creature should retain the characteristics of tiger fur pattern instead of that of the tiger genital.

Technological Process

After reviewing the visual images of the synthetic creatures designed in the modeling experiment, this part is to specify the technologies and techniques entailed for the application. Even though there might not have been the actual application of some of the emerging technologies mentioned here, the theoretical feasibility is to be presented here. Additionally, some of the technologies that are not to be practically performed in today's society owing to ethical reasons are to be discussed for the feasibility at a scientific level.

Regarding the creation of this hybrid creature, the first element to discuss is genetic engineering. Based on the understanding of synthetic biology, it is known that nowadays even an organism can be used as a component in industrial production chains. For example, in the medical field, in order to synthesize insulin for people with diabetes, scientists have attempted to insert a fragment of DNA responsible for producing such protein as insulin into E. coli. So the E. coli can perform the function meant for this DNA fragment to synthesize insulin constantly. In this case, E. coli becomes a new synthetic organism created by humans because it is inserted with a DNA fragment that is not its own. By using such a genetic technology in this project, it is attempted to sequence the DNA of the creatures such as tigers, oyster, and octopus that boast the connotation of virility enhancement, to synthesize cells of the new synthesized creature. Undoubtedly, this involves the identification of the genetic sequences of each creature and what are the DNA sequences to be put together, but it is not impossible at a theoretical level.

With the cell containing the genes of various creatures, the next step entails the technologies of tissue culture and 3D bioprinting to develop a specific organ of the synthetic creature as the ingredient of the new virility enhancement pills. First of all, it entails a 3D printer to print the mold of the synthetic creature's organ and to insert cells into the structure of this mold simultaneously. After that, this blob of tissue is to be placed in a sterilized incubator for temperature and humidity control. The structure of the synthetic creature consists of the hydrogel as the printing material, and the cells are printed simultaneously inside the hydrogel structure. Different organ requires a different set of cell composition. For instance, the formation of a penis involves epithelial cells and connective tissue cells, among others. Therefore, a synthetic creature's organ can be made just by employing hydrogel and different cells as the materials, and it shall then be developed in a sterilized incubator. Concerning this part of the technology, the discussion between scientists who are specialized in tissue culture and I has been continued to avoid an imagination distant from actual science so as to base this design on biological science rather than empty talk and fantasy.

Speculative Design and Public Engagement

In this project, due to legal restrictions, some of the technologies still cannot be implemented in the design practice at this stage, including genetic modification of animals. Thereby, at this stage, the approaches of speculative design and critical design are utilized to create a fictional scenario. For the scenario, a series of objects, images, and performances or activities are offered to allow the viewers to experience the ethical, economic and political debates that might appear in the future society where the pills have been invented.

According to the interviews with the TCM practitioners, clinical treatments given to patients with sexual dysfunction normally depend on the patients' respective problems, e.g., low sperm count, lack of endurance, and insufficient hardness. The medicines prescribed varies with symptoms, and the problem is not to be solved by using a single type of animal/plant-derived drug. Besides, in most cases in TCM treatment, a combination of various animal/plant-derived medicine is prescribed accordingly to a specific symptom. On the contrary, Viagra-of the Western medicine-can provide immediate effectiveness against sexual dysfunction once taken, while TCM virility enhancement medicine is often consumed chronically to reboot the balance within the body. Based on the above knowledge, for this future scenario to be created, there will be a new form of a habit of taking such a virility enhancement medicine. This habit is a combination consisting of TCM and the Western medical practices. And it is used in different combinations to treat different symptoms.

According to the conventional production methods of TCM virility enhancement medicine, a number of creatures are to be soaked in white spirit for about a month, and then the medicine shall be taken a cup per day. Therefore, in this future scenario, a similar fashion is being employed to create a new diet culture for virility enhancing effects. After this virtual virility enhancing food are created, workshops are to be held for the public to participate to experience the various kinds of hybrid virility enhancing food. Additionally, a series of group discussions are to be organized to allow the participants to exchange views on this type of novel food that binds the Eastern and Western cultures. Besides, this kind of food that cannot tell to be real or fake is often seen in life. For example, crab stick from Japan is an example of popular "fake" food. It does not actually contain crab meat, but it has formed a new fashion of eating and has become a new kind of food. Furthermore, some questions might be raised among these instances and discussions: What is the value of such type of fake food in human society? Is this kind of food analogous to the belief system in TCM? Considering the storied formed by food and virility enhancement are divergent in different cultures, are we able to create a new story of food and medicine? Taking into consideration that the Western virility enhancement pill-Viagra-along with some recreational drugs often accounts for the drug-taking habits in some subcultures, will this new enhancement pill become a part of recreation and culture? What are the issues and dangers to be taken into consideration beforehand?

Furthermore, a series of questions are raised in the workshop for participants to think about and to establish their respective cultures of the new food and drugs in each participant group. Besides, another question is that: if we can come to deal with the issues such as animal conservation, the preservation of TCM culture, and other types of social conflicts through the establishment of such a story? Before the events are to be held, engagement with reporters are made to make the public aware of such activities and works through media reports, and through sharing the information on social media, the views of the general public on this proposal of virility enhancement pills can be collected, which can be utilized in this design project for further revisions and reflections. Furthermore, media reports can also serve as a channel for the general public to know about this project and to experience this future scenario.

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This project centers around a TCM ingredient-"tiger penis." The reason for selecting tiger penis as the subject is that tiger penis is different from other animal organs, such as bear bile, that is scientifically proven to be effective as medicine. Because of that, there is no easy way to find a substitute for tiger penis merely through scientific methods.

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A deep concern for the welfare of livestock animals is at the heart of Second Livestock. Our Animal-Computer Interfaces and Virtual Environments are tailored to meets the needs and desires of each species.

Animals do not experience the world quite like humans and what may be important features for a human in a virtual environment may be inconsequential or perhaps even threatening for another species. We have consulted with experts who understand what the optimal virtual environment would look like for each animal and have tailored our environments to allow our birds to have a fulfilling existence.

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The enclosures are built to provide a comfortable and healthy home. Omni-directional treadmills provide livestock with the freedom to move freely in the virtual world. Each enclosure has independently filtered air to keep communicable diseases and parasites from spreading throughout the facility. The birds are fed a diverse, organic free range diet.

Though the animals spend their entire lives in a virtual world, light pipes use sunlight to illuminate the building during daylight hours to ensure that the birds produce sufficient levels of vitamin D.

The small and lightweight Animal-Computer Interfaces are designed to fit comfortably and allow chickens a full range of motion.

In short, we go to great lenghts to ensure that our birds are treated as humanely as possible. It could be argued that they are better off in our facilities than they would be in the real world.

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A deep concern for the welfare of livestock animals is at the heart of Second Livestock. Our Animal-Computer Interfaces and Virtual Environments are tailored to meets the needs and desires of each species. Animals do not experience the world quite like humans and what may be important features for a human in a virtual environment may be inconsequential or perhaps even threatening for another species.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits

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" Fifteen Million Merits" is the second episode of the first series of British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror . It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker and his wife Kanak Huq and directed by Euros Lyn, and first aired on Channel 4 on 11 December 2011.

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“Gene Drive”

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Pink Chicken Project suggests changing the colour of the entire species Gallus gallus domesticus to pink - using the recently invented CRISPR gene-drive technique.

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Peter K. Haff, ‘Technology as a geological phenomenon: implications for human well-being’, Geological

Society, London, Special Publications, 395, (2013) 301-309

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ANTHROPOCENE English Definition and Meaning | Lexico.com

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Does English Have More Words Than Any Other Language?

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Designing the human body | Agi Haines | TEDxMaastricht

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Posthuman: “Not everyone can say for sure that we have always been human, or that we were only human ."

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In addition to the rapid development of technology, many technologies, such as 5G, computing power, blockchain, virtual technology, etc., such as the metaverse and other virtual worlds, are rapidly being built. We are experiencing the "fourth industrial revolution" driven by the flow of Internet information. ". Not only that, since the beginning of the 20th century, the natural environment and social environment have been actively or passively changing rapidly, and we are rushing into the unknown at a high speed. Faced with these changes, how can people quickly "evolve" to deal with them? This evolution is a quick response by humans to a sense of crisis. Is this a positive response?

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alienation—evolution—regeneration