02110atm a2200361 4500 pucpr 20220406183459.0 t||||gr|||| 001 0 ta 120830s2015 mau||||gr|||| 001 0 eng d 9780807066621 EVLG eng rda eng evl 23 610.28 23 610.28 Bess, Michael Our Grandchildren Redesigned: Life in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future / Michael Bess. Life in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future. Beacon Press, 2015. Boston, MA : Beacon Press, 2015. Boston, MA : xviii, 298 p. rdacontent txt txt rdamedia n rdacarrier nc volume Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-228) and index 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. 202196 Bioengineering Trends. 202226 Biomedical engineering 171740 Social change 113209 Humanity. 6 ddc 0 23 610.28 295985 295985 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 1 2022-02-23 19 5.98 0 610.28 B557o 80000002598459 2022-02-23 00:00:00 5.98 2022-02-23 6