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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
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- Année de publication
- 2017
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- Titre
- To Be a Machine
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Mark OConnell
- Éditeur
- Granta Books
- Publié
- 2017
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 1783781963
- ISBN13
- 9781783781966
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Histoires vraies, Technologie & Ingénierie, Thématique philosophique, Philosophie, Science, Presse d'opinion & Essais, Technologie, Intelligence Artificielle
- Évaluation
- 3,75 sur 5
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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.