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To be a machine, adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death, Mark O'Connell

Label
To be a machine, adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death, Mark O'Connell
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-241)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
To be a machine
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
951070642
Responsibility statement
Mark O'Connell
Sub title
adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death
Summary
"A globe-spanning investigation into the Transhumanist movement, considering the tech billionaires, scientific luminaries, and DIY body-hackers attempting to prolong, improve, and ultimately transcend the limits of human life"--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
System crash -- An encounter -- A visitation -- Once out of nature -- A short note on the singularity -- Talkin' AI existential risk blues -- A short note on the first robots -- Mere machines -- Biology and Its discontents -- Faith -- Please solve death -- The wanderlodge of eternal life -- A short note on endings and beginnings
Content
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