To Be a Machine
Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
New York : Doubleday, [2017]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 241 pages ; 25 cm
"A globe-spanning investigation into the Transhumanist movement, considering the tech billionaires, scientific luminaries, and DIY body-hackers attempting to prolong, improve, and ultimately transcend the limits of human life"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
System crash -- An encounter -- A visitation -- Once out of nature -- A short note on the singularity -- Talkin' AI existential risk blues -- A short note on the first robots -- Mere machines -- Biology and its discontents -- Faith -- Please solve death -- The Wanderlodge of eternal life -- A short note on endings and beginnings.
Subjects:
Humanism.
Medical technology -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Prosthesis -- Social aspects.
Humanism.
Medical technology -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Prosthesis -- Social aspects.
Target Audience: 1400L
ISBN:
9780385540414
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-241).