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humanodon · 4096 days ago · link · · parent · post: Malcolm Gladwell: Do Genetic Advantages Make Sports Unfair? : The New Yorker
It annoys me when friends who really love their sports start talking about "fairness" and "level playing fields." I don't watch sports to see shit that a normal person can do. I watch sports to see things most people cannot do. I would also gladly watch superhuman feats as well. If everyone is so concerned about being fair, why not just go with the flow and make it mandatory for people to dope? The 20th century to me, seemed to be about humanity figuring out its limits. In these early days of the 21st century, it really seems like the century will be about transcending those limits and figuring out what it means to be human in the face of the technologically altered mental and physical states that may occur as the century wears on.