Over the next fifteen years, Garreau makes clear in this New York Times Book Club premiere selection, these enhancements will become part of our everyday lives. Summary and reviews of Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau, plus links to a book excerpt from Radical Evolution and author biography of Joel Garreau. Radical Evolution 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. American journalist and author Joel Garreau’s non-fiction book Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our BodiesAnd What It Means To Be Human (2005) describes various technologies and scenarios that will lead the world into a 'posthuman' or 'transhuman' future, in which humanity and technology merge. Print brochure (1.8 MB, pdf) Joel Garreaus Radical Evolution joins several recent titles that attempt to make sense of the radical future possibilities for our species. 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. At this moment we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Taking 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.
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