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008			150130s2015 mau b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2015004102
020			_a9780807052174 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_z9780807052181 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aR856 _b.B47 2015
060	1	0	_aQT 36
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100	1		_aBess, Michael,
245	1	0	_aOur grandchildren redesigned : _blife in the bioengineered society of the near future / _cMichael Bess.
246	1		_aLife in the bioengineered society of the near future
264		1	_aBoston : _bBeacon Press, _c[2015]
300			_axviii, 298 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_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.
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