Can biohacking rewrite the human operating system?

There are a growing number of individuals around the world who experiment with interventions to improve their health, optimise performance, and, in some cases, extend lifespan. The amorphous biohacking community embraces methods that vary widely.  Dr Shannon Ang, an assistant professor of sociology at NTU, said biohacking carries "some of the flavour of techno-utopianism" – the belief that technology is the primary way to solve most modern problems. "Techno-utopians – think Elon Musk – are often captured with the idea of transcending human limits using technology, also called 'transhumanism'," he said. "They tend to justify potential risk and harm with the promise of progress and discovery of eventual 'solutions'." Seen this way, some of the more extreme practices and beliefs in the biohacking community – from trying untested methods to rejecting scientific or medical authority – is "a feature, not a bug", said Dr Ang.

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