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Imagining a future in which humans fundamentally reshape the natural world using nanotechnology, synthetic biology, de-extinction, and climate engineering.
We have all heard that there are no longer any places left on Earth untouched by humans. The significance of this goes beyond statistics documenting melting glaciers and shrinking species counts. It signals a new geological epoch. In The Synthetic Age, Christopher Preston argues that what is most startling about this...
About the Author
Christopher J. Preston is Professor of Philosophy and a Research Fellow in the Mansfield Center's Program on Ethics and Public Affairs at the University of Montana.
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The Synthetic Age is a powerful exposé of our ability to play nature and outperform evolution. This well-written and accessible book reminds us that humanity must accompany its ever-expanding technical prowess with a greater sense of responsibility of planetary proportions.
―Calestous Juma, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School; author of Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New TechnologiesPreston's thorough and engaging exploration of the many ways that our species has learned...
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- PublisherThe MIT Press
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 0262037610
- ISBN 13 9780262037617
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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