From a plane crash victim whose legs no longer function to a paralyzed Humboldt Broncos survivor — how supermachinery is restoring humanity

In Superhumanity: Part 1 , we reported on the Enhanced Games, an athletic competition that will be staged next May in Las Vegas for a willing contingent of chemically assisted swimmers, sprinters, and weightlifters. Even the last-place finishers will get a paycheque. World record-breakers will be awarded US$1 million. The Enhanced Games may or may not portend a new era of superhuman competition. Feedback from the elites who oversee world sport has been predictably harsh, while others hail this assault on Olympian hypocrisy and defend a person’s choice to jab and juice as she or he pleases.

In Part 2, our attention turns to the Age of Supermachinery

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