Bess, Michael <br/><br/>
Our Grandchildren Redesigned:   Life in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future / 
 Life in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future. 
Michael Bess. 
 - Boston, MA :  Beacon Press,   2015. 
 - xviii, 298 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-228) and index 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780807066621 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bioengineering--Trends.<br/>Biomedical engineering<br/>Social change<br/>Humanity.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.28