[ExI] "Olympics on steroids" takes a high-tech, F1-style angle on athletics

[William Flynn Wallace]

I would go for an enhanced Olympics if the enhancers were vetted by
physicians.  Usage to the point of amennorrhea is too much - not healthy
for the women.  Ditto for men etc.  Perhaps that would keep the contestants
healthier.  bill w

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 5:28 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> "Olympics on steroids" takes a high-tech, F1-style angle on athletics
> By Loz Blain   February 07, 2024
>
> <https://newatlas.com/sports/enhanced-games-olympics-steroids/>
> Quotes:
> It seems the Enhanced Games are on like Donkey Kong, with
> multi-million dollar investments from Peter Thiel and other
> high-profile VCs. Performance-enhancing drugs are welcome – indeed,
> this could become an early preview of a transhuman Olympics.
>
> You could argue the Tour de France beat them to it – or indeed the
> regular Olympics themselves; of the top six fastest men ever to run
> the 100-meter sprint, only Usain Bolt has never tested positive for
> banned substances.
>
> And maybe we're being too precious about the sanctity of the human
> body, in an age where bionics, brain chips, AI, gene editing and all
> manner of transhumanist technologies are coming within reach. If this
> stuff can make us better, maybe we should let it, and maybe the
> Enhanced Games are a symbolic step in that direction.
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>
> BillK
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