June 4th 2012, 

The Role of the Creator

We have all created something in the time that we've been alive. For most of us it's those macaroni pictures in the 4th grade, and for others it's anything from adjustments to your bike or even creating 10x scaled models of toys from blue foam. Now most of these things are easily made and easily disregarded without any ill effect to the rest of the world, but what happens when a serious discovery is made and the creator doesn't care for their creation the way they should? What if like Dr. Victor Frankenstein we were to abandon our greatest creations because of fear and "leaping before looking" into our desires?

Dr. Frankenstein, from the Mary Shelly novel, discovered the secret to animating life to lifeless matter. Upon doing this he stopped at nothing to create his "perfect" creature from dead flesh. His rash decision to rush into production without thinking resulted in the creation of a demonic beast and a blight on humanity which would be of the ultimate cost to Victor and those he loved. It's narratives like this that make me fear for the future. In our present time, scientists are mapping the human genome, creating synthetic cells, and ushering in a new age of self automated and smart technologies.

My point is, are we moving to fast? Are we creating our own frankenstein monsters without even realizing it?