The Resource To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death, Mark O'Connell
To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death, Mark O'Connell
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The item To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death, Mark O'Connell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library.
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- Summary
- "A globe-spanning investigation into the Transhumanist movement, considering the tech billionaires, scientific luminaries, and DIY body-hackers attempting to prolong, improve, and ultimately transcend the limits of human life"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Contents
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- System crash
- An encounter
- A visitation
- Once out of nature
- A short note on the singularity
- Talkin' AI existential risk blues
- A short note on the first robots
- Mere machines
- Biology and Its discontents
- Faith
- Please solve death
- The wanderlodge of eternal life
- A short note on endings and beginnings
- Isbn
- 9780385540414
- Label
- To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death
- Title
- To be a machine
- Title remainder
- adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark O'Connell
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A globe-spanning investigation into the Transhumanist movement, considering the tech billionaires, scientific luminaries, and DIY body-hackers attempting to prolong, improve, and ultimately transcend the limits of human life"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1979-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Connell, Mark
- Dewey number
- 306.4/61
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- B821
- LC item number
- .O365 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Humanism
- Medical technology
- Technological innovations
- Prosthesis
- Artificial intelligence
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death, Mark O'Connell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- System crash -- An encounter -- A visitation -- Once out of nature -- A short note on the singularity -- Talkin' AI existential risk blues -- A short note on the first robots -- Mere machines -- Biology and Its discontents -- Faith -- Please solve death -- The wanderlodge of eternal life -- A short note on endings and beginnings
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385540414
- Lccn
- 2016021725
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn951070642
- (OCoLC)951070642
- Label
- To be a machine : adventures among cyborgs, utopians, hackers, and the futurists solving the modest problem of death, Mark O'Connell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- System crash -- An encounter -- A visitation -- Once out of nature -- A short note on the singularity -- Talkin' AI existential risk blues -- A short note on the first robots -- Mere machines -- Biology and Its discontents -- Faith -- Please solve death -- The wanderlodge of eternal life -- A short note on endings and beginnings
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 241 pages
- Isbn
- 9780385540414
- Lccn
- 2016021725
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)ocn951070642
- (OCoLC)951070642
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