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The Transhumanist Reader : Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future.
The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative po...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Wiley,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life extension, and consider possible solutions to the growing issues of social and ethical implications and concerns. Edited by the internation. |
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| Notas: | Why the "AGI Sputnik" Will Change Things Dramatically and Launch a New Phase of the Intelligence Explosion. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (476 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | References9 Transavatars; Avatars and Simulation; Avatar Censuses; Secondary and Posthumous Avatars; Conclusion; Note; References; 10 Alternative Biologies; Biology as Technology; The Rise of Machines; Complexity; The Science of Complexity; Synthetic Biology-Complex Embodied Technology; Top-Down Synthetic Biology; Bottom-Up Synthetic Biology; Protocells; Artificial Biology; From Proposition to Reality; Future Venice; Artificial Biology and Human Enhancement; References; Further Reading; Part III Human Enhancement The Cognitive Sphere. |
| ISBN: | 9781118555965 1118555961 9781118555996 1118555996 |