To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
Mark O'Connell journeys through the worlds of cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and futurists to investigate ambitious technological responses to mortality. Examining the people and ideas behind these movements, To Be a Machine explores changing definitions of humanity and the future.
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To Be a Machine examines the ideas and communities shaping contemporary visions of the future.
Mark O'Connell considers cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and futurists drawn to the possibilities of technological transformation.
At its center is the enduring human question of death and the efforts to solve, delay, or redefine it.
The book offers a thoughtful exploration of technology, ambition, and competing visions of what it means to be human.
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