To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death /
by O'Connell, Mark.
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BookPublisher: London : Granta, 2017Description: 234 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781783781966 (pbk.) :; 1783781963 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 599.938 OCOSubject(s): Human evolution -- Technological innovations | Human-computer interaction | Human-machine systems | Cyborgs | Popular Science | Popular Science and MathematicsSummary: 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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| Book - Adult Paperback | Crosby Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 599.938 OCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002949225X |
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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