The rich are set to become God-like cyborgs in what could be the “biggest evolution in biology” since life emerged.

This is according to Yuval Noah Harari, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who believes the radical shift will take place in the next 200 years.

Using biotechnology and genetic engineering, Harari claims the wealthy will transform into a new type of divine, immortal human with complete power over life and death.

He argues that humans are unable to resist the temptation to “upgrade” themselves, according to a report by Sarah Knapton in The Telegraph.

“We are programed to be dissatisfied,” said Harari, during a recent speech at the Hay Festival in Wales.

“Even when humans gain pleasure and achievements, it is not enough. They want more and more.

“I think it is likely in the next 200 years or so, homo sapiens will upgrade themselves into some idea of a divine being, either through biological manipulation or genetic engineering or by the creation of cyborgs, part organic part non-organic.

“We will be as different from today’s humans as chimps are now from us.”

The technology to do this, however, will be restricted to the very wealthy, claims Harari.

Up until now, he says, society has been held together by inventing “fictions,” such as religion, money and the idea of fundamental human rights.

As long as humans relied on these gods, they were controllable, he said.

“But what we have seen in the last few centuries is humans becoming more powerful and they no longer need the crutches of the gods.”

He added that the most interesting place in the world from a religious perspective is not the Middle East but Silicon Valley.

There, people are developing what he describes as a “techno-religion,” in which they believe death is just a technological problem.

富人们将变成会成为上帝般的电子人，这将可能是人类有史以来“在生物方面最大的进化”。这是来自耶路撒冷希伯来大学的教授尤尔瓦•诺亚•哈拉里的预言，他相信这种巨变会在未来200年内发生。

哈拉里说，富人们使用生物技术和基因工程技术，能够转化成新人类 — 神圣，永恒，掌控生死。

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称，哈拉里提出，人类无法拒绝“升

级”自身的诱惑。哈拉里教授最近在威尔士干草文学节发表演说称，“我们生来就不满足现状。”

“即使人类获得了快乐和成就，仍然感到不满足。他们想要更多。”

“我认为在接下来的约200年里，现代人很可能会通过使用生物改进或基因工程，或通过创造半有机半无机的电子人，使自身升级为神。”

“就像猩猩和我们完全不一样，未来人类也将会与今天截然不同。”

然而，哈拉里教授称，改造人类技术将只属于富人。

他说，在目前为止，社会被创造的“虚幻概念”团结在一起，如宗教，金钱，人权思想等。

他说，只要人类相信他们必须依靠这些“神”，他们就是受到控制的。

但是我们在过去几个世纪里所看到的是，人类变得越来越强大，不再需要神作为依靠。

他补充道，从宗教的观点来看，世界上最有趣的地方不是中东，而是硅谷。

这里的人们发展出这样一种他称之为“技术宗教”的观念：他们相信死亡只是一个技术问题。

    Words to Learn 相关词汇

  【电子人】diànzǐrén cyborg a living being whose powers are enhanced by computer implants or mechanical body parts

    【拐杖】guǎizhàng crutch a support used by an injured or disabled person, often in pairs, as an aid to walking