Human Purpose and Transhuman Potential: A Cosmic Vision for Our Future Evolution

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Synopsis
[from inside flaps] ""Today we stand at a new frontier. We have within our sight--if not yet within our reach--a radically new human freedom. It is the freedom from our inborn genetic condition--the liberation from the constraints of our biological form.... The human era as we have known it is coming to an end. The posthuman era is about to begin." So writes Ted Chu, in this magisterial treatment of the increasingly timely debate about transhumanism and the meaning and purpose of human evolution. A prominent macroeconomist and polymath, Chu offers the most systematic effort yet to explore the scientific, historical, ethical, and philosophical dimensions of this worldwide discussion, reframing a field too often disfigured by scientific reductionism. Chu immediately establishes an interdisciplinary and evolutionary stance and then examines the ongoing transhumanist project from a rich variety of perspectives. He goes on to articulate a goal for humanity in the face of technological breakthroughs that beckon us toward previously unimagined potentials for progress--that is, if we can find the courage to consciously manage our own evolution. A new understanding of transhumanism emerges as he plumbs the depths of the world's wisdom traditions and surveys the most cutting-edge evolutionary theories and scientific advances. While admitting that the pursuit of human happiness is appropriate and noble, Chu demonstrates why our ultimate purpose--our "new divine covenant"--is to serve the forward march of cosmic evolution through the transcendence of our own biology, thus making way for our evolutionary successors in the posthuman future."
Copyright:
2014

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
486 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781579830250
Publisher:
Origin Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Ted Chu
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality
Submitted By:
Evan Reese
Proofread By:
Lori C.
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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