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Radical Evolution
Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies--and what it Means to be Human | Joel Garreau
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Arguing that the acceleration of technological innovation is setting the course for the next stage of human evolution, the author of Edge City raises thought-provoking questions about human culture, society, and the very nature of humankind. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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Going to give this one a Pick rather than a So-So: even though it's outdated (written before smartphones) and there's a frustrating thread of chauvinism that keeps popping up, there's still plenty of good questions raised and varied arguments put forward. It does make me wonder how different the book and its conclusions would be if written today, I feel we may not be so optimistic.

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Half way through, and although the book seems a little dated now there's still some interesting ideas. But this is a theme that seems to pop up a little too frequently - both expressed by the author and from his subjects. Might be ok if the hypothetical ogling was balanced, but that and the underboob on the cover makes it feel like the future is only for certain demographic....

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