©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/KMATIJA Human by Design An Ethical Framework for Human Augmentation Nadja Oertelt Contributors: Adam Arabian, E. Christian Brugger, Michael Chorost, Nita A. Farahany, Samantha Payne, and Will Rosellini Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MTS.2017.2654286 Date of publication: 6 March 2017 32 1932-4529/17©2017IEEE R apid advances in science and technology are opening doors for the fulfillment of human desires in ways that were not previously possible. Neural, genetic, pharmacological, and physical forms of augmentation of the human experience promise to multiply both in number and complexity over the next decades. It is our responsibility to create a public, open discourse around the ethical implications of technology that will shape what it means to be human in the near and distant future. IEEE TEchnology and SocIETy MagazInE ∕ march 2017http://www.ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/KMATIJA