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- 256pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
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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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To Be a Machine, Mark OConnell
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2017
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- Titolo
- To Be a Machine
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Mark OConnell
- Editore
- Granta Books
- Pubblicato
- 2017
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1783781963
- ISBN13
- 9781783781966
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Storie vere, Tecnologia & Ingegneria, Tematica filosofica, Filosofia, Scienza, Tecnologia, Giornalismo d’opinione & Saggi, Intelligenza artificiale
- Valutazione
- 3,75 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.