02379atm a2200349 4500 pucpr 20220602133743.0 t||||gr|||| 001 0 ta 120830s2021 sz ||||gr|||| 001 0 eng d 9783030623586 EVLG spa rda eng evl 23 201.66 M5541r 23 201.66 M5541r Mercer, Calvin Religion and the Technological Future: An Introduction to Biohacking, Artificial Intelligence, and Transhumanism / Calvin Mercer and Tracy J. Trothen. Foreword by Ron Cole-Turner. Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021 Switzerland : xvii, 266 pages. rdacontent txt text rdamedia n unmediated rdacarrier nc volume Includes bibliographical references and index. We live in an age of rapid technological advancement. Never before has humankind wielded so much power over our own biology. Biohacking, the attempt at human enhancement of physical, cognitive, affective, moral, and spiritual traits, has become a global phenomenon. This textbook introduces religious and ethical implications of biohacking, artificial intelligence, and other technological changes, offering perspectives from monotheistic and karmic religions and applied ethics. These technological breakthroughs are transforming our societies and ourselves fundamentally via genetic modification, tissue engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics, the merging of computer technology with human biology, extended reality, brain stimulation, and nanotechnology. The book also considers the extreme possibilities of mind uploading, cryonics, and superintelligence. Chapters explore some of the political, economic, sociological, and psychological dimensions of these advances, with bibliographies for further study and questions for discussion. The technological future is here – and it is up to us to decide its moral and religious shape. 299289 Religion and technology. 55040 Artificial intelligence Religious aspects. 298806 Transhumanism Religious aspects. 299290 Trothen, Tracy J. 6 ddc 23 201.66 M5541r 296651 296651 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 1 2022-02-23 19 55.35 0 201.66 M5541r 80000002598384 2022-02-23 00:00:00 55.35 2022-02-23 6