Alternatives to Involuntary Death (Paperback)

Death is increasingly on the agenda for baby boomers moving ever closer to it. Timothy Leary brings some startlingly fresh ideas to this topic. Fundamentally, he claims, we have been brainwashed by our institutions -- government, organized religion, the healthcare industry -- to accept death as an inevitable end. Leary argues instead that death is misunderstood, that we don't "have" to die, and that there are "commonsense alternatives." His theory rests on the transhumanist approach that says human beings are evolving into spiritual machines -- beings that are part human and part machine and eventually will not die as the term is commonly understood. Being fitted with machine parts like bionic knees is part of this process. And as we evolve through the cybernetic age, he says, we will gain new wisdom that broadens our definition of personal immortality and gene-pool survival -- the "postbiologic option of the information species."

General

Imprint:	Ronin Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2023
First published:	February 2009
Authors:	Timothy Leary
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	192
ISBN-13:	978-1-57951-087-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	1-57951-087-6
Barcode:	9781579510879

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