Name: Unnatural Selection: Why the Geeks Will Inherit the Earth (en Inglés)
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Author: Roeder, Mark
ISBN: 9781628724356

portada Unnatural Selection: Why the Geeks Will Inherit the Earth (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Mark Roeder

Editorial

Arcade Publishing

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

320

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

21.3 x 14.5 x 3.0 cm

Peso

0.39 kg.

ISBN13

9781628724356

Categorías

Influencia de la ciencia y la tecnología
Tecnologías digitales: aspectos éticos y sociales

Unnatural Selection: Why the Geeks Will Inherit the Earth (en Inglés)

Mark Roeder (Autor) · Arcade Publishing · Tapa Dura

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Reseña del libro "Unnatural Selection: Why the Geeks Will Inherit the Earth (en Inglés)"

Unnatural Selection is the first book to examine the rise of the "technocentric being"--or geek--who personifies a distinct new phase in human evolution. People considered geeks often have behavioral or genetic traits that were previously considered detrimental. But the new environment of the Anthropocene period--the Age of Man--has created a kind of digital greenhouse that actually favors their traits, enabling many non-neurotypical people to bloom. They resonate with the technological Zeitgeist in a way that turns their weaknesses into strengths. Think of Mark Zuckerberg versus the towering, Olympics-bound Winklevoss twins in the movie Social Network. Roeder suggests that the rise of the geek is not so much the product of Darwinian "natural selection" as of man-made--or unnatural--selection. He explains why geeks have become so phenomenally successful in such a short time and why the process will further accelerate, driven by breakthroughs in genetic engineering, neuropharmacology, and artificial intelligence. His book offers a fascinating synthesis of the latest trends in these fields and predicts a twenty-first century "cognitive arms race" in which new technology will enable everyone to become more intelligent and "geek-like."