To Be a Machine
adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death
$5.24
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2018
Summary
To Be a Machine: Adventures in the Transhumanist Wonderland
Winner 2018 Wellcome Prize
What is transhumanism?
Simply put, it is a movement whose aim is to use technology to fundamentally change the human condition, to improve our bodies and minds to the point where we become something other, and better, than the animals we are. It’s a philosophy that, depending on how you look at it, can seem hopeful, or terrifying, or absurd. In To Be a Machine<…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781783781980 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178378198X |
| Author: | Mark O'Connell |
| Publisher: | Granta Books |
| Imprint: | Granta Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 183g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Mark O'Connell
Mark O’Connell is a journalist, essayist, and literary critic from Dublin. He is a books columnist for Slate, a staff writer at The Millions, and a regular contributor to the New Yorker’s ‘Page-Turner’ blog and the Dublin Review; his work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and the Observer.
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