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Our grandchildren redesigned

life in the bioengineered society of the near future

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Beacon Press
Language
English
Pages
298

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Table of Contents

Envisioning the future : between the Jetsons and the Singularity
Pharmaceuticals
Bioelectronics
Genetics and epigenetics
Wild cards : nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, robotics, synthetic biology
Should we re-engineer the human condition?
Who gets enhanced?
A fragmenting species? : cultural preferences inscribed into biology
If I ran the zoo. adventures along the plant/animal/human/machine borderlands
Mechanization of the self
Turbocharging moral character
Shared intimacies: monitoring and transmitting mental contents
Virtual reality and (yawn) this other reality
Til death do us no longer part. Implications of extremely long healthspans
New sounds for the old guitar : sex, food, privacy, the arts, warfare
Why extreme modifications should be postponed, or, the Singularity can wait
Humane values in a world of moderate enhancements
What you and I can do today
Enhancing humility : some concluding thoughts.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-228) and index.

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Boston
Other Titles
Life in the bioengineered society of the near future
Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
610.28
Library of Congress
R856 .B44 2015, R856

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 298 pages
Number of pages
298

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30391703M
ISBN 10
0807052175
ISBN 13
9780807052174, 9780807052181
LCCN
2015004102
OCLC/WorldCat
900594511

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