Super You: How Technology is Revolutionizing What It Means to Be Human - Softcover

Walker, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 078975486X ISBN 13: 9780789754868

Publisher: Que Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Rewind Your Biology and Live Like a 20-Year-Old! Edit Your Genes to Live Disease-Free! Find a Parking Space with Your Internet-Connected Brain!
Advances in longevity, genetics, nanotech, and robotics will make all this possible!

This is not science fiction. This is your future. Right now, pioneering scientists and technologists are transforming what it means to be human by overcoming biological limits that have existed since our ancestors swung out of the trees&;and into the suburbs. With incredible inspiration and perseverance, these visionaries are solving deep problems of human health and longevity&;and their progress is accelerating. Super You takes you inside their labs, companies, and minds&;to show how you can reap the benefits of a stronger, longer, better, life. You&;ll learn how to start hacking your life today, to become more super, every day. Discover what&;s possible when yesterday&;s human limits are gone!

• Learn how evolution became obsolete&;and why it&;s time to start hacking yourself
• Save your life with whirring &;jet engine&; hearts, printed organs, and other medical miracles
• Rewire and turbo-boost your ape brain
• Become a mega-mind by connecting your brain directly to the Internet to use Google&;s synthetic neocortex
• Become superhuman with cyborg technology
• Design and mold your looks
• Genetically engineer your baby to be a tennis star (and other true stories)
• Prepare for the political and religious backlash against the future
• Discover how scientists will make death obsolete by treating it like a curable disease&;and how to live until they do

About this title

About the Author

Andy Walker, one of North America's top technology journalists, cohosted
G4TechTV's syndicated Call for Help with Leo Laporte, and was executive editor of
the pioneering digital lifestyle magazine Dig_iT.

Kay Walker is a leading life
hacker who teaches how to overcome neurological limits at
AwesomeLifeClub.com.

Sean Carruthers has written, podcasted, and
broadcasted about technology for nearly 20 years. As custom video manager for
The Canadian Press' PageMasters, he has produced 10,000 videos.
readsuperyou.com

From the Back Cover

Rewind your biology and live like a 20-year-old
Edit your genes to live disease free
Find a parking space with your Internet-connected brain!

Advances in longevity, genetics, nanotech, and robotics will make all this
possible very soon.

This is not science fiction. This is your future. Right now, pioneering scientists
and technologists are transforming what it means to be human by overcoming
biological limits that have existed since our ancestors swung out of the
trees...and into the suburbs. With incredible inspiration and perseverance, these
visionaries are solving deep problems of human health and longevity--and their
progress is accelerating. Super You takes you inside their labs, companies, and
minds... to show how you will reap the benefits of a stronger, longer, better, life.
You'll learn how to start hacking your life today, to become more super, every
day. Discover what's possible when yesterday's human limits are gone! (And find that
parking space, too.)

* Learn how evolution became obsolete--and why it's time to start hacking
yourself
* Save your life, with whirring "jet engine" hearts, printed organs, and other
medical miracles
* Rewire and turbo-boost your ape brain
* Become a megamind by connecting your brain directly to the Internet to
use Google's synthetic neocortex
* Become superhuman with cyborg technology
* Design and mold your looks (and see what happens when you can)
* Genetically engineer your baby to be a tennis star (and other true stories)
* Prepare for the political and religious backlash against the future
* Discover how scientists will make death obsolete by treating it like a
curable disease--and how to live until they do

Edition details

• Publisher: Que Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 078975486X
• ISBN 13: 9780789754868
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352