Here be dragons : science, technology and the future of humanity / Olle HaÌggstroÌm.

By:

HaÌggstroÌm, Olle

Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 278 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780198723547
0198723547

Other title:

Science, technology and the future of humanity

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Additional physical formats: Electronic reproduction (manifestation):: Here be dragons : science, technology, and the future of humanityDDC classification:

303.4/83 23

LOC classification:

CB478 .H338 2016

Contents:

Science for good and science for bad -- Our planet and its biosphere -- Engineering better humans? -- Computer revolution -- Going nano -- What is science? -- The fallacious Doomsday Argument -- Doomsday nevertheless? -- Space colonization and the Fermi Paradox -- What do we want and what should we do?

Summary: The 21st century will most likely see even more revolutionary changes than the 20th, due to advances in science, technology and medicine. Particular areas where extraordinary and perhaps disruptive advances can be expected include biotechnology, nanotechnology, and machine intelligence. We may also expect various ways to enhance human cognitive and other abilities using, e.g., pharmaceuticals, genetic engineering or machine-brain interfaces - perhaps to the extent of changing human nature beyond what we currently think of as human. The potential benefits of all these technologies are enormous, but so are the risks, including the possibility of human extinction.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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The 21st century will most likely see even more revolutionary changes than the 20th, due to advances in science, technology and medicine. Particular areas where extraordinary and perhaps disruptive advances can be expected include biotechnology, nanotechnology, and machine intelligence. We may also expect various ways to enhance human cognitive and other abilities using, e.g., pharmaceuticals, genetic engineering or machine-brain interfaces - perhaps to the extent of changing human nature beyond what we currently think of as human. The potential benefits of all these technologies are enormous, but so are the risks, including the possibility of human extinction.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-273) and index.

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