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100 _aBess, Michael
245 _aOur Grandchildren Redesigned:
_bLife in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future /
_cMichael Bess.
246 _aLife in the Bioengineered Society of the Near Future.
260 _bBeacon Press,
_c2015.
_aBoston, MA :
264 _bBeacon Press,
_c2015.
_aBoston, MA :
300 _axviii, 298 p.
336 _2rdacontent
_btxt
_atxt
337 _2rdamedia
_bn
338 _2rdacarrier
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_avolume
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 218-228) and index
505 _aEnvisioning 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.
650 0 _9202196
_aBioengineering
_vTrends.
650 0 _9202226
_aBiomedical engineering
650 0 _9171740
_aSocial change
650 0 _9113209
_aHumanity.
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