Enhancing Me The Hope and the Hype of Human Enhancement

Name: Enhancing Me The Hope and the Hype of Human Enhancement
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ISBN: 9780470724095

ISBN-10: 0470724099

ISBN-13: 9780470724095

Edition: 2008

Authors: Pete Moore

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Science is developing more and more potential for human beings to enhance themselves. The pace of change is rapid, and some people are already warning that we are heading for a post-human future populated by ever-lasting, self-sustaining intelligence systems into which the contents of a human mind have been poured... Is this true? In Enhancing Me, Pete Moore examines the ways in which technology can change our bodies, our brains, our emotions, and how long we live. He talks to people who have actually been 'enhanced' to find out what it's like and how beneficial it is; and to the experts to find out what the future holds - including a look at some of the more controversial,…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 276
Size: 6.25" wide x 7.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction



Longer Than Life



Techno Fixes



Maintain and Repair



Uploading



Brighter Than Life



Let's Stretch



In Touch with the Brain



Maxing Memory



Better Than Life



Conformity in Enhancement



Adding Technology



Better and Beyond



Faster Than Life



Restoring Function



Doping - Drugs and Genes



Sporting Superhumans



Hype or Hope?


Index