TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bess,Michael
TI  - Our grandchildren redesigned: life in the bioengineered society of the near future 
SN  - 9780807052174 (hardcover : alk. paper)
AV  - R856 .B47 2015
U1  - 610.28 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Boston
PB  - Beacon Press
N1  - Includes bibliographical references 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
ER  -