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The publication frames how life sciences and converging technologies may blur the line between tools and the human, shaping society, security and defence over the next 30 years. It outlines opportunities and threats through 2050, emphasizing technical, ethical, legal and societal implications.","Human Augmentation – The Dawn of a New Paradigm  \nA strategic implications project  \nin partnership with  \nBundeswehr Office for Defence Planning  \nDisclaimer  \nThe content of this publication does not represent the official policy or strategy of the UK government or that of the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) .  \nFurthermore, the analysis and findings do not represent the official policy or strategy of the countries contributing to the project.  \nIt does, however, represent the view of the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC), a department within the UK MOD, and Bundeswehr Office for Defence Planning (BODP), a department within the German Federal Ministry of Defence. It is based on combining current knowledge and wisdom from subject matter experts with assessments of potential progress in technologies 30 years out supporting deliberationsand deductions for future humans and society.  \nHuman Augmentation – The Dawn of a New Paradigm  \nA strategic implications project dated May 2021  \nHead of Futures and Strategic Analysis  \nConditions of release  \nThis publication is UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) Crown copyright. Material and information contained in this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system and transmitted for UK government and MOD use only, except where authority for use by other organisations or individuals has been authorised by a Patent Officer of the Defence Intellectual Property Rights.  \nHuman Augmentation – The Dawn of a New Paradigm 1  \nAuthorisation  \nThe Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC) is responsible for publishing strategic trends, joint concepts and doctrine. If you wish to quote our publications as reference material in other work, you should confirm with our editors whether the particular publication and amendment state remains authoritative. We welcome your comments on factual accuracy or amendment proposals. Please send them to:  \nDCDC, Ministry of Defence Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN6 8RFE-mail: [DCDC-DocEds@mod.gov.uk](DCDC-DocEds@mod.gov.uk) Telephone: 01793 31 4216/4220  \nCopyright  \nThis publication is UK Ministry of Defence © Crown copyright (2021) . Image credits are listed on pages 104 and 105.  \nIf contacting Defence Intellectual Property Rights for authority to release outside of the UK government and MOD, the Patent Officer should be informed of any third party copyright within the publication.  \nCrown copyright and Merchandise Licensing, Defence Intellectual Property rights, Central Legal Services, MOD Abbeywood South, Poplar 2 \\#2214, Bristol, BS34 8JH.  \nEmail: [DIPR-CC@mod.gov.uk](DIPR-CC@mod.gov.uk)  \nDistribution  \nThis All DCDC publications, including a biannual DCDC Publications Disk, can be demanded from the LCSLS Headquarters and Operations Centre.  \nLCSLS Help Desk: 01869 256197 Military Network: 94240 2197  \nOur publications are available to view and download on defnet (RLI) at: [https://modgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/defnet/JFC/Pages/dcdc.aspx](https://modgovuk.sharepoint.com/sites/defnet/JFC/Pages/dcdc.aspx)  \nThis publication is also available on the [Internet at: www.gov.uk/mod/dcdc](Internet at: www.gov.uk/mod/dcdc)  \n2 Human Augmentation – The Dawn of a New Paradigm  \nForeword  \nThe prospect of using technology to radically enhance human performance has been the subject of intense debate over the last two decades. 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