Since the 20th century, mankind has made advancements in technology from medicine and televisions to nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. Before the 21st century, the world's best scientists and researchers met in Paris to discuss the possibility of human augmentation. Plastic surgery and implants were becoming more common as the century was ending. The conference discussed the ethical and moral quandaries of human augmentation only being made available to wealthy, developed countries. It also discussed the “need” and “want” in human augmentation, and the potential for human augmentation over the next century. After the discussions, The Code of Ethics on Human Augmentation was showed to the world.
The code created standards for a form of technology that is still in its infancy. World leaders at the time were too forced on the second major period of globalization. And scientist became too focus on the global warming to care about augmentation. The world soon forgot about the code until the year 2025.
The entire world has changed for better or worst. The Digital Revolution is still going strong as holograms are becoming popular as a form of entertainment. The Middle East is still suffering from terror attacks and ISIL is still a problem in the world. More cities suffered from terror attacks from Portland to Tokyo. NATO–Russia relations are still strained because of the annexation of Crimea and several other issues between them. The gap between rich and poor nations is getting worst as third world countries are suffering. More countries have left the EU.
In the Korean Peninsula, South Korea and North Korea are finally reunited after years of empty threats and attacks. Both South and North Korea have renamed their new country, The Republic of Korea. The Korean government is currently helping out the North Korean, who have suffered hunger and torture. It only have been four years since both nations reunited and there's still a lot of work going on. Many families, that were torn apart, have finally reunited. Pyongyang and several other cities have changed thanks to the aid of the international world.
However, the world has advanced technologically and more countries are adopting social politics like same-sex marriage into their country. Then, augmentation started to become popular in the world. It started with making your ears look like an elf's and then advanced into prosthesis. The world was witnessing something big as cyberware was becoming more common in the world. Many countries realize that Transhumanism was becoming more popular with the youth.
The Osaka branch of Renraku - a cutting edge tech company. Computers, vehicles - especially after it's merger with Toyota - and the sciences. They were the big wigs in the world, making waves in 2010, with about fifteen years of it being around.
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