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.
| ISBN: | 9781783781966 |
| Publication date: | 6th April 2017 |
| Author: | Mark OConnell |
| Publisher: | Granta Books an imprint of Granta |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 234 pages |
| Genres: |
Information technology industries |