Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human

Chorost, Michael

ISBN 10: 0285637509 / ISBN 13: 9780285637504

Published by Souvenir Press, 2006

About this Item

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Seller Inventory # GOR002036121

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rebuilt: How Becoming Part Computer Made Me More Human
• Publisher: Souvenir Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0285637509
• ISBN 13: 9780285637504
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

One of the most pressing debates of our age is outlined in insightful, humorous prose that asks all the big questions. This is a fascinating personal journey, with a wider importance than the personal. Its issues will be widely debated in the media on publication. The serialisation is under negotiation. The author tour, included a high profile speaking engagement for the publication launch. Michael Chorost became a cyborg when he had a computer surgically embedded in his skull to artificially restore his hearing. Chorost went from deafness to hearing, from human to cyborg. The combination of flesh and computer has long been a science fiction staple, but this witty, illuminating memoir outlines how that fantasy is becoming reality. Chorost reveals how his body becomes more mechanical, he can plug himself directly into a CD player, his hearing is upgraded as new software is developed. He confronts the role of human in a machine age: if the senses are programmable, can they be trusted; are cyborgs still human? This is a brilliant despatch from the technological frontier, a report of the possibilities of the technological age.