To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death
O'Connell, Mark, 1979-2017
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Mark O'Connell presents us with an exploration of transhumanism: its philosophical and scientific roots, its key players and possible futures. From charismatic techies seeking to enhance the body to immortalists who believe in the possibility of 'solving' death; from computer programmers quietly re-designing the world to vast competitive robotics conventions. O'Connell paints a vivid portrait of an international movement driven by strange and frequently disturbing ideas and practices, but whose obsession with transcending human limitations can be seen as a kind of cultural microcosm, a radical intensification of our broader faith in the power of technology as an engine of human progress.
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Author:
O'Connell, Mark, 1979-, author
Imprint:
London : Granta, 2017.
Collation:
234 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781783781966 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
599.938599.938 OCON
Local class:
599.938 O
Language:
English
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BRN:
257330