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Non potendo conseguire l’immortalità, gli umani cercano ostinatamente di prolungare la vita e di potenziare le proprie capacità fisiche e mentali, ricorrendo sempre più alla scienza e alla tecnologia. Il libro illustra questi tentativi, che preludono all’avvento di un nuovo stadio dell’umanità, di un “post-umano” che, grazie alle pratiche della bioingegneria e alle tecnologie della mente, potrebbe presentarsi in forme inedite: individui migliorati nell’aspetto fisico, nella salute e nella longevità, oppure simbionti di uomo e di macchina, robot e cyborg, oppure componenti di una smisurata “creatura planetaria” dotata di capacità mentali senza precedenti, sede di una vasta intelligenza connettiva e deposito sterminato di conoscenze. Si tratta di un potente atto di delega tecnologica dalle conseguenze non tutte positive e in parte imprevedibili. I possibili scenari del post-umano sono analizzati sotto il profilo teorico, sociale ed etico, e se ne mettono in luce i possibili rischi. I cinque capitoli del libro sono corredati da alcuni racconti, da frequenti citazioni di autori classici e contemporanei e da illustrazioni di opere originali di Luigi Battisti e Fabrizio Bosco.

Immortality. --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Immortalism. --- Longevity. --- Human body --- Composition --- Age factors. --- Age factors in human body composition --- Life, Long --- Life extension --- Life span prolongation --- Long life --- Prolongation of life span --- Philosophy. --- Ethics. --- Philosophy of mind. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Behavioral sciences. --- Philosophy of Mind. --- Behavioral Sciences. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Bionics --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Electronic data processing --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Mind, Philosophy of --- Mind, Theory of --- Theory of mind --- Metaphysics --- Philosophical anthropology --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Values --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Age --- Health --- Life spans (Biology) --- Old age --- Aging --- Death --- Longevity --- Immortality --- Religious aspects --- Animal behavior. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Animals --- Animals, Habits and behavior of --- Behavior, Animal --- Animal psychology --- Zoology --- Ethologists --- Psychology, Comparative --- Behavior