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Carregando... Upgrade Me: Our Amazing Journey to Human 2.0de Brian Clegg
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 90% of this is just a lot of technology related trivia ( interesting, but ... ) ( ) The author devotes so much space to arguing that humans are *already* in their 2.0 version, recounting a lot of the history and prehistory of cultural and technological evolution, that there is relatively little left for the discussions of possible future upgrades such as life extension and brain enhancements. Though skeptical of transhumanism and the tech singularity, he says that "those who panic at the thought of enhancing the basic human being miss the point that is the basis of this book. We have been enhancing ourselves ever since our brains developed enough to start making use of the things around us." (p 258) Amen: _techne_ surpasses _phusis_ (art surpasses nature). sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
"Biologically, human beings haven't changed in 100,000 years - but thanks to our amazing brains we can upgrade ourselves to add capabilities that took other creatures millions of years to evolve. Thanks to this "unnatural" evolution we are already Human 2.0." "In an effort to live longer, become more attractive to the opposite sex, be better able to defend ourselves, make the most of our brains, and repair damaged bodies, we have transformed ourselves." "To do this, we have done many things: created artificial skin in the form of clothing, cloned human organs for transplants, and used nanotechnology to provide support for failing functions in the human body." "Now with a better understanding of these mechanisms of the body, cloning, gene therapy, bionics, and other technologies, the rate at which we're changing is becoming ever faster. This process of upgrading is nothing new. It has been around for millennia, and it raises some provocative questions, such as: What will the future hold for us? Will our drive to upgrade continue to give positive benefits or will it result in the destruction of our humanity? Where is our evolutionary survival heading?" "Sure to cause much debate, Upgrade Me is science journalist Brian Clegg's ambitious account of humanity's need to upgrade."--Jacket. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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