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Author O'Connell, Mark, 1979- author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Doubleday, 2017.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 PHS Non-Fiction  306.4 O'Connell    ---  Available
Edition First edition.
Description 241 pages ; 24cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents System crash -- An encounter -- A visitation -- Once out of nature -- A short note on 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 beginnings and endings -- Acknowledgements -- A partial list of works consulted.
Indexed In: Junior Library Guild
Summary An eye-opening look into a world of tech visionaries, billionaires, and eccentrics dedicated to forestalling death and improving mankind through technology.
Audience Ages 16-17.
Grades 11-12.
Awards A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
Subject Humanism -- Juvenile literature.
Medical technology -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Prosthesis -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects uvenile literature.
Humanism.
Medical technology -- Social aspects.
Prosthesis -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
Humanism.
Medical technology -- Social aspects.
Prosthesis -- Social aspects.
Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
ISBN 9780385540414 (hardcover)

 
    
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