To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death /
O'Connell, Mark, 1979-
To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death / - London : Granta books, 2017. - 241 pages ; 24 cm. - Wellcome Book Prize .
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-241).
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.
Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2018.
178378198X 9781783781980: £9.99 9781783781980
GBB802523 bnb
018667292 Uk
Human evolution--Technological innovations.
Artificial intelligence
Human-computer interaction.
Human-machine systems.
Cyborgs.
003.5 OCO
To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death / - London : Granta books, 2017. - 241 pages ; 24 cm. - Wellcome Book Prize .
Wlc
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-241).
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.
Winner of the Wellcome Book Prize 2018.
178378198X 9781783781980: £9.99 9781783781980
GBB802523 bnb
018667292 Uk
Human evolution--Technological innovations.
Artificial intelligence
Human-computer interaction.
Human-machine systems.
Cyborgs.
003.5 OCO