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The transhumanist reader classical and contemporary essays on the science, technology, and philosophy of the human future / edited by Max More and Natasha Vita-More.

Contributor(s): More, Max, 1964- | Vita-More, Natasha, 1950-.
Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013Description: xiii, 460 pages ill.ISBN: 9781118334317 .Subject(s): Medical technology -- Social aspects | Humanism -- History | Human body (Philosophy) -- History | Genetic engineering -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
pt. I. Roots and core themes -- pt. II. Human enhancement : the somatic sphere -- pt. III. Human enhancement : the cognitive sphere -- pt. IV. Core technologies -- pt. V. Engines of life : identity and beyond death -- pt. VI. Enhanced decision-making -- pt. VII. Biopolitics and policy -- pt. VIII. Future trajectories : singularity -- pt. IX. The world's most dangerous idea.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Roots and core themes -- pt. II. Human enhancement : the somatic sphere -- pt. III. Human enhancement : the cognitive sphere -- pt. IV. Core technologies -- pt. V. Engines of life : identity and beyond death -- pt. VI. Enhanced decision-making -- pt. VII. Biopolitics and policy -- pt. VIII. Future trajectories : singularity -- pt. IX. The world's most dangerous idea.

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