{"product_id":"radical-evolution-the-promise-and-peril-of-enhancing-our-minds-our-bodies-and-what-it-means-tobe-human-paperback","title":"Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- And What It Means Tobe Human - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoel Garreau\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking us behind the scenes with today's foremost researchers and pioneers, bestselling author Joel Garreau shows that we are at a turning point in history. At this moment we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetic, robotic, information, and nanotechnologies, we are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny-and perhaps our very souls. \u003ci\u003eRadical\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEvolution\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that the powers of our comic-book superheroes already exist, or are in development in hospitals, labs, and research facilities around the country-from the revved-up reflexes and speed of Spider-Man and Superman, to the enhanced mental acuity and memory capabilities of an advanced species. Over the next fifteen years, Garreau makes clear in this \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Club premiere selection, these enhancements will become part of our everyday lives. Where will they lead us? To heaven-where technology's promise to make us smarter, vanquish illness, and extend our lives is the answer to our prayers? Or, as some argue, to hell-where unrestrained technology brings about the ultimate destruction of our species?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \"Radical Evolution, bestselling author Joel Garreau, a reporter and editor for the\" Washington Post, shows us that we are at an inflection point in history. As you read this, we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetic, robotic, information and nanotechnologies, we are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny-and perhaps our very souls. \u003cbr\u003eTaking us behind the scenes with today's foremost researchers and pioneers, Garreau reveals that the super powers of our comic-book heroes already exist, or are in development in hospitals, labs, and research facilities around the country -- from the revved up reflexes and speed of Spider-Man and Superman, to the enhanced mental acuity and memory capabilities of an advanced species. \u003cbr\u003eOver the next fifteen years, Garreau makes clear, these enhancements will become part of our everyday lives. Where will they lead us? To heaven-where technology's promise to make us smarter, vanquish illness and extend our lives is the answer to our prayers? Or will they lead us, as some argue, to hell -- where unrestrained technology brings about the ultimate destruction of our entire species? With the help and insights of the gifted thinkers and scientists who are making what has previously been thought of as science fiction a reality, Garreau explores how these developments, in our lifetime, will affect everything from the way we date to the way we work, from how we think and act to how we fall in love. It is a book about what our world is becoming today, not fifty years out. As Garreau cautions, it is only by anticipating the future that we can hope to shape it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJOEL GARREAU is a student of culture, values and change. The author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eEdge City: Life on the New Frontier \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Nine Nations of North America, \u003c\/i\u003e he is a reporter and editor at \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Po\u003c\/i\u003est, a member of the scenario-planning organization Global Business Network, and has served as a senior fellow at George Mason University and the University of California at Berkeley. He has appeared on such national media as Good Morning America, Today, The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, NBC \u003ci\u003eNightly News\u003c\/i\u003e, ABC's \u003ci\u003eWorld News Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, and NPR's \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Broad Run, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 09, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685344153663,"sku":"9780767915038","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/b2e104ddf8695f1cb5bd8055f051e940_69363742-2d8c-46d5-b00e-d60dac5c95be.webp?v=1764970673","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/radical-evolution-the-promise-and-peril-of-enhancing-our-minds-our-bodies-and-what-it-means-tobe-human-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}