To Be a Machine by Mark O'connell

To Be a Machine by Mark O'connell

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Summary

An exploration of transhumanism: the philosophical and technological movement that is working on an update of the human machine.

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To Be a Machine by Mark O'connell

WINNER OF THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE 2018 Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2017 A stunning new non-fiction voice tackles an urgent question... what next for mankind? 'Troubling and humorous, this is one of my current give-it-to-everyone books - I buy six copies at a time' Jeanette Winterson
Mark O'Connell is a journalist, essayist, and literary critic from Dublin. He is a books columnist for Slate, a staff writer at The Millions, and a regular contributor to the New Yorker's 'Page-Turner' blog and the Dublin Review; his work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times Book Review, and the Observer.
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ISBN 13 9781783781980
ISBN 10 178378198X
Title To Be a Machine
Author Mark O'connell
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Granta Books
Year published 2018-03-01
Number of pages 256
Prizes Winner of Wellcome Trust Book Prize 2018 (UK)
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