"Human 2.0"—unfounded techno-optimism

Nick Carr reports, with seeming credulity:

"The age of Human 2.0 is here," proclaims the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in launching a new Media Lab initiative to create an improved human being.

Sounds like these guys could do with reading up a little on the subtle verities of evolutionary psychology. Oh, but acknowledging the culturally and biologically-embedded nature of our evolution wouldn't make for such a techno-optimistic strapline, I guess. ; )