| Description |
1 online resource (99 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
What's the issue? |
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What's the issue? (QEB Publishing)
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| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 26, 2019) |
| Summary |
What is transhumanism? What is AI? Are these good developments or bad ones? How might immortality be possible? And should we even want to live forever? Get the facts and make up your own mind on these and more questions related to enhanced human potential with Future Humans, part of the new What's the Issue? series. What does it really mean to be human? In the future, might we be forced to rethink the answer? In this fascinating book, explore these questions through topics like:Prosthetics and implantsPlastic surgeryPerformance drugsExternal memoryGenetic modificationsNanotechnologySmart drugs (cognitive enhancers)CyborgsBioprintingThe What's the Issue? series tackles engaging, thought-provoking subjects chosen from the headlines and public debates. What's the Issue? asks 'what's all the fuss about?', presents the key facts, reviews what's at stake in each case and weighs the pros and cons. The goal of the series is to help young people understand difficult concepts, provide them with the tools to inform their own opinions and help them to see and influence changes within our society. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Author's Note -- The Future Human is You -- Hello Every Body -- The Evolution of You -- Intelligence -- In the Mind -- Sleep -- Making Memories -- Personal Identity -- Living Together -- Wealth and Status -- A Group of Individuals -- Medical Powers -- Cosmetic Procedures -- Smart and Stupid Drugs -- Genetic Modification -- Clones -- Aging and Death -- Nanotechnology -- Bioprinting -- Cyborg Enhancements -- Uploading -- Robotics -- AI -- Superintelligence -- Is this a Simulation? -- Post-human Species -- Pros and Cons -- Mind Map -- Glossary |
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Find Out More -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y |
| Subject |
Human beings -- Juvenile literature.
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Technological forecasting -- Juvenile literature.
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Human beings. (OCoLC)fst00962832
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Technological forecasting. (OCoLC)fst01144998
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Added Author |
Guitian, Cristina, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780711248564 (electronic bk.) |
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0711248567 (electronic bk.) |
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