Transhumanism posits that humanity is on the verge of rapid evolutionary change as a result of emerging technologies and increased global consciousness. However, this insight is dismissed as a naive and controversial reframing of posthumanist thought, having also been vilified as “the most dangerous idea in the world” by Francis Fukuyama. In this book, Andrew Pilsch counters th...(展开全部)

本书的两位作者均为超人类主义领域的专家。R. U. 希利乌斯，即肯·戈夫曼（Ken Goffman）是一位作家兼编辑，也是数码领域的著名创新者。杰·康奈尔（Jay Cornell）是美国技术科技类杂志《h+》的创办人。

本书的两位作者均为超人类主义领域的专家。R. U. 希利乌斯，即肯·戈夫曼（Ken Goffman）是一位作家兼编辑，也是数码领域的著名创新者。杰·康奈尔（Jay Cornell）是美国技术科技类杂志《h+》的创办人。

Why do people resort to plastic surgery to look young? Why are stepchildren at greatest risk of fatal abuse? Why do we prefer gossip to algebra? Why must Dogon wives live alone in a dark hut for five days a month? Why are young children good at learning language but not sharing? Over the past decade, psychologists and behavioral ecologists have been finding answers to such se...(展开全部)

Why do people resort to plastic surgery to look young? Why are stepchildren at greatest risk of fatal abuse? Why do we prefer gossip to algebra? Why must Dogon wives live alone in a dark hut for five days a month? Why are young children good at learning language but not sharing? Over the past decade, psychologists and behavioral ecologists have been finding answers to such se...(展开全部)

Ben Shneiderman's book dramatically raises computer users' expectations of what they should get from technology. He opens their eyes to new possibilities and invites them to think freshly about future technology. He challenges developers to build products that better support human needs and that are usable at any bandwidth. Shneiderman proposes Leonardo da Vinci as an inspirati...(展开全部)

From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what mak...(展开全部)

From Robocop to the Terminator to Eve 8, no image better captures our deepest fears about technology than the cyborg, the person who is both flesh and metal, brain and electronics. But philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark sees it differently. Cyborgs, he writes, are not something to be feared--we already are cyborgs. In Natural-Born Cyborgs, Clark argues that what mak...(展开全部)

- Invites the reader to explore the exciting boundaries of science - Provides an energetic romp through some of the most fascinating problems in evolutionary biology and psychology - Addresses questions such as why religion is a cross-cultural universal and why do humans love the arts? Why do men have shorter lifespans, and why do women have orgasms? For all that science knows ...(展开全部)

- Invites the reader to explore the exciting boundaries of science - Provides an energetic romp through some of the most fascinating problems in evolutionary biology and psychology - Addresses questions such as why religion is a cross-cultural universal and why do humans love the arts? Why do men have shorter lifespans, and why do women have orgasms? For all that science knows ...(展开全部)