Steve Talbott: 2 books
Devices of the Soul (Hardcover)
Battling for Our Selves in an Age of Machines
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2007
"Self-forgetfulness is the reigning temptation of the technological era. This is why we so readily give our assent to the absurd proposition that a computer can add two plus two, despite the obvious fact that it can do nothing of the sort--not if we have in mind anything remotely resembling what...
Beyond Biotechnology
The Barren Promise of Genetic Engineering
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
In 2001 the Human Genome Project announced that it had successfully mapped the entire genetic content of human DNA. Scientists, politicians, theologians, and pundits speculated about what would follow, conjuring everything from nightmare scenarios of state-controlled eugenics to the hope of engineering...