Description: Transcendence : The Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism and the Singularity, Paperback by Sirius, R. U.; Cornell, Jay (ILT), ISBN 1938875095, ISBN-13 9781938875090, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Transhumanism is an international movement that advocates the use of science and technology to overcome the "natural" limitations experienced by humanity through such developments as: the Singularity--the creation of machine intelligences that exceed the capacities of our biological brainsthe ability to replicate individual minds and put them into solidstate bodies or virtual environmentsindividual control over mental and emotional states for enhancing functionalities and/or ecstasies Some of this is happening now. Some of it is still in the minds of dreamers. In nearly ninety AZ entries, Transcendence provides a multilayered look at the accelerating advances in artificial intelligence, cognitive science, genomics, information technology, nanotechnology, neuroscience, space exploration, synthetic biology, robotics, and virtual worlds that are making transhumanism a reality. Entries range from Cloning and Cyborg Feminism to Designer Babies and MemoryEditing Drugs. In addition, th notes historical predecessors and personalities, both in mythology and history--ranging from Timothy Leary to Michael Jackson to Ray Kurzweil. It also introduces the culture around Transhumanism, covering all the geeky obsessions of the Transhumanist movement.
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Book Title: Transcendence : the Disinformation Encyclopedia of Transhumanism and the Singularity
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Disinformation Company The Limited, T.H.E.
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2015
Topic: Biotechnology, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Intelligence (Ai) & Semantics, General, Movements / Humanism
Genre: Philosophy, Computers, Science
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Jay Cornell, R. U. Sirius
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
