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Religion and the technological future : an introduction to biohacking, artificial intelligence, and transhumanism / Calvin Mercer, Tracy J. Trothen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mercer, Calvin R., author.
- Trothen, Tracy J. (Tracy Joan), 1963- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Religious aspects.
- Technology.
- Artificial intelligence--Religious aspects.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Transhumanism.
- Bioethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Existing and Possible Technologies: How We Biohack
- 3. Transhumanism, the Posthuman, and the Religions: Exploring Basic Concepts
- 4. Radical Human Enhancement and Ethics: Questions We Must Ask
- 5. Superlongevity and Other Physical Enhancements
- 6. Cognitive Enhancement and Moral Bioenhancement: Becoming Smarter and More Moral
- 7. Affective Enhancement and Spiritual Enhancement: Feeling Happier and More Spiritual
- 8. Cryonics: Buried, Burned, or Frozen
- 9. Mind Uploading: Cyber Beings and Digital Immortality
- 10. Superintelligence: Bringing on the Singularity
- 11. Religion 2.0 and the Enhanced Technological Future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 29, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9783030623593
- 3030623599
- Publisher Number:
- 99987126345
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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