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-Titulo Original : To Be A Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, And The Futurists Solving The Modest Problem Of Death
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“This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians’ pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters.” -New York Times Book Review (editors choice) Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our biology-of our senses, intelligence, and lifespans-with technology. Its supporters have reached a critical mass and now include some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley and beyond, among them Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Ray Kurzweil. In this provocative and eye-opening account, journalist Mark O’Connell explores the staggering (and terrifying) possibilities that present themselves when you think of your body as an outmoded device. He visits the world’s foremost cryonics facility to witness how some have chosen to forestall death, discovers an underground collective of biohackers boosting their senses by implanting electronics under their skin, and meets with members of a team urgently investigating how to protect mankind from rogue artificial superintelligence. In investigating what it means to be a machine, O’Connell shines a light on our ancient desire to transcend the animal condition-and offers a surprising meditation on what it means to be human. Review **Winner of the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize****Shortlisted for the 2017 Baillie-Gifford Prize for Nonfiction****Finalist for the 2017 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize** “Troubling and humorous, this is one of my current give-it-to-everyone books-I buy six copies at a time. Did you know our future belongs to a few asocial geeks for whom being human has always been a problem? Now they can solve it! - Jeanette Winterson, Vulture “O’Connell… dissects the practices and beliefs of trans-humanism with extraordinary exuberance and wit… To Be a Machine is sometimes hilarious (triggering several bursts of uncontrollable giggles while I read it on the Tube) but even as O’Connell mocks the more absurd manifestations of trans-humanism he shows sympathy and understanding for its adherents.” -Financial Times “Wryly humorous, cogently insightful…. To Be a Machine is a lucid, soulful pilgrimage into the heart of what humanity means to us now-and how science may redefine it tomorrow, for better and for worse.” -NPR.org “Open-minded… With a practiced journalist’s sense of engagement and empathy leavened by healthy skepticism, O’Connell describes the peculiar constellation of scientists, seekers, grifters, and con artists orbiting techno-optimist communities over the past half century…. Offer[s] much-needed critical analysis that never veers into condescension.” - LA Review of Books “OConnell unleashes his prodigious researching and writing skills on what could be your future.” -Philadelphia Inquirer “O’Connell is a writer of elegant precision and winning facetiousness… His ear and eye for detail are prodigious… O’Connell’s writing-full of high-low swerves and personal asides-is a constant reminder of the bathetic reality of being human.” -4Columns “[O’Connell] reveals a bounty of beguiling ingenuity and genuine absurdity, eliciting laughs and empathy, because we are our most human while trying to become something more than human.” -Playboy OConnell, a columnist for Slate, is a charming, funny tour guide. Writing on transhumanism often gets swept away by the inherent drama of its adherents promises, but OConnells eye for small human details…keeps the narrative grounded in a way that rigorous scientific debunking wouldnt.” -Vice The game-changing technology being developed in Silicon Valley is often hard to wrap ones head around, and Mark OConnell takes readers on a wild ride through this world in a way that makes one feel that anything is possible and everything is happening right now. -Newsweek In this thoughtful and readable book, [O’Connell] aims to understand the motivations of those who are guided by the belief that technology will enable humans to tran
-Fabricante :
Anchor
-Descripcion Original:
“This gonzo-journalistic exploration of the Silicon Valley techno-utopians’ pursuit of escaping mortality is a breezy romp full of colorful characters.” -New York Times Book Review (editors choice) Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our biology-of our senses, intelligence, and lifespans-with technology. Its supporters have reached a critical mass and now include some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley and beyond, among them Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and Ray Kurzweil. In this provocative and eye-opening account, journalist Mark O’Connell explores the staggering (and terrifying) possibilities that present themselves when you think of your body as an outmoded device. He visits the world’s foremost cryonics facility to witness how some have chosen to forestall death, discovers an underground collective of biohackers boosting their senses by implanting electronics under their skin, and meets with members of a team urgently investigating how to protect mankind from rogue artificial superintelligence. In investigating what it means to be a machine, O’Connell shines a light on our ancient desire to transcend the animal condition-and offers a surprising meditation on what it means to be human. Review **Winner of the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize****Shortlisted for the 2017 Baillie-Gifford Prize for Nonfiction****Finalist for the 2017 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize** “Troubling and humorous, this is one of my current give-it-to-everyone books-I buy six copies at a time. Did you know our future belongs to a few asocial geeks for whom being human has always been a problem? Now they can solve it! - Jeanette Winterson, Vulture “O’Connell… dissects the practices and beliefs of trans-humanism with extraordinary exuberance and wit… To Be a Machine is sometimes hilarious (triggering several bursts of uncontrollable giggles while I read it on the Tube) but even as O’Connell mocks the more absurd manifestations of trans-humanism he shows sympathy and understanding for its adherents.” -Financial Times “Wryly humorous, cogently insightful…. To Be a Machine is a lucid, soulful pilgrimage into the heart of what humanity means to us now-and how science may redefine it tomorrow, for better and for worse.” -NPR.org “Open-minded… With a practiced journalist’s sense of engagement and empathy leavened by healthy skepticism, O’Connell describes the peculiar constellation of scientists, seekers, grifters, and con artists orbiting techno-optimist communities over the past half century…. Offer[s] much-needed critical analysis that never veers into condescension.” - LA Review of Books “OConnell unleashes his prodigious researching and writing skills on what could be your future.” -Philadelphia Inquirer “O’Connell is a writer of elegant precision and winning facetiousness… His ear and eye for detail are prodigious… O’Connell’s writing-full of high-low swerves and personal asides-is a constant reminder of the bathetic reality of being human.” -4Columns “[O’Connell] reveals a bounty of beguiling ingenuity and genuine absurdity, eliciting laughs and empathy, because we are our most human while trying to become something more than human.” -Playboy OConnell, a columnist for Slate, is a charming, funny tour guide. Writing on transhumanism often gets swept away by the inherent drama of its adherents promises, but OConnells eye for small human details…keeps the narrative grounded in a way that rigorous scientific debunking wouldnt.” -Vice The game-changing technology being developed in Silicon Valley is often hard to wrap ones head around, and Mark OConnell takes readers on a wild ride through this world in a way that makes one feel that anything is possible and everything is happening right now. -Newsweek In this thoughtful and readable book, [O’Connell] aims to understand the motivations of those who are guided by the belief that technology will enable humans to tran
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