Technophobia! - 9780292709867

Technophobia!Science Fiction Visions of Posthuman Technology\nAuthor(s): Daniel Dinello\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Texas Press, United States\nImprint: University of Texas Press\nISBN-13: 9780292709867, 978-0292709867\nSynopsis\nTechno-heaven or techno-hell? If you believe many scientists working in the emerging fields of twenty-first-century technology, the future is blissfully bright. Initially, human bodies will be perfected through genetic manipulation and the fusion of human and machine; later, human beings will completely shed the shackles of pain, disease, and even death, as human minds are downloaded into death-free robots whereby they can live forever in a heavenly \""posthuman\"" existence. In this techno-utopian future, humanity will be saved by the godlike power of technology. \n\n If you believe the authors of science fiction, however, posthuman evolution marks the beginning of the end of human freedom, values, and identity. Our dark future will be domina?