{"product_id":"designer-evolution-a-transhumanist-manifesto-9781591022909","title":"Designer Evolution: A Transhumanist Manifesto","description":"\u003cp\u003eForewords by Dr. Aubrey de Grey (Department of Genetics  University of Cambridge) and Robert A. Freitas Jr. (Senior Research Fellow  Institute for Molecular Manufacturing)\"A rare and uplifting vision of the biological future we can and should create for ourselves.\"  Dr. Gregory Fahy  Chief Scientific Officer  Vice President  21st Century MedicineThe debate about the ethics of human biotechnology or genetic engineering is one of the most important cultural issues of our time. \"Transhumanism\" is the philosophy that most of all supports genetic science and biotechnology  yet the public knows little about this emerging philosophy. Transhumanism declares unequivocal support for the attempt to eliminate disease  defeat death  and enhance the body and mind beyond the limitations of the age-old human condition.In Designer Evolution Simon Young presents a polemical espousal of transhumanist philosophy and a trenchant attack on its critics  the \"Bio-Luddites.\" The author calls for a rejection of premodern superstition and postmodern nihilism in favor of a renewed belief in human progress through scientific rationality.In an age when cynicism  fatalism  and nihilism are rife  Designer Evolution will rekindle a feeling of optimism about the future of our species. This is a concise  reader-friendly introduction to a vitally important philosophy that will become difficult to ignore as advances in biotechnology increasingly claim the headlines in the coming decades.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651710967861,"sku":"ByrdShop_1591022908","price":35.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781591022909.jpg?v=1781837959","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/designer-evolution-a-transhumanist-manifesto-9781591022909","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}