HYBRID HUMANS HC

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HYBRID HUMANS HC

Author: Harry Parker

Publisher: WELLCOME COLLECTION

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"*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE* As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver An eye-opening account of disability, identity and how robotics and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. His rehabilitation took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered - are all humans becoming hybrids? Whether it's putting on contact lenses every day or DIY biohackers tinkering in garages, Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be. ""I loved Hybrid Humans. It is modest, wise ... and a way of looking at the future without nostalgia for the past"" - Jeanette Winterson ""This may be a tour of the scientific avant garde, but the focus is always on the human heart and mind"" - Observer, Book of the Day ""Harry Parker has explored the cutting edge of interaction between humanity, computing and AI ... a captivating and cautionary travel guide to a new world"" - Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being"

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