www.morethanhuman.org
As some of you know, I spent a good chunk of the last two years working on a book. Well, it’s out! The book is titled “More Than Human” and it’s a non-fiction look at the potential to use biotechnology to make people stronger, smarter, and longer lived. The book covers both the science of enhancement and the social, ethical, and economic implications.
You can read about what's going on with the book, including recent reviews, upcoming bookstore events, and happenings in my blog at www.morethanhuman.org
Here's a description of the book:
More Than Human is about our growing power to alter our minds, bodies, and lifespans through technology. Over the last 5-10 years scientists and doctors have learned an incredible amount about how to enhance memory, improve physical performance, rewrite our genes, alter the rate of aging, and even how to connect our brains directly with computers and robots. This is not science fiction - this is the research happening in labs around the world right now, research that's restored sight to blind men and women, created mice that live to the age of 200 in "human years", and given the paralyzed the ability to control computers just by thinking about it.
More Than Human takes the reader into the labs where this is happening to understand the science of human enhancement. It also steps back to look at the big picture. How will these technologies affect society? What will they do to the economy, to politics, and to human identity? What social policies should we enact to regulate, restrict, or encourage the use of these technologies?
Ultimately More Than Human concludes that we should embrace, rather than fear, the power to alter ourselves - that in the hands of millions of individuals and families, it stands to benefit society more than to harm it.
You can read more at www.morethanhuman.org
If the above looks good to you, then I'm asking YOUR help to make the book a success! There are five things you can do to help:
1) BUY THE BOOK!
Click here to buy a copy of my book.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
The more you buy, the higher I’ll rate on Amazon and possibly on other lists. The higher I rank, the more other people will buy the book!
2) BUY RELATED BOOKS!
If you buy related books on Amazon, people who look at those books will see a link to More Than Human! So if you’ve been thinking about buying any of the following books, buy them now!
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
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Collapse by Jared Diamond
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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
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A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
The Ancestor’s Tale by Richard Dawkins
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
or any of Amazon’s best selling popular science books
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
3) SUBMIT A REVIEW TO AMAZON!
Once you’ve read the book (or now if you’ve read it already), go back to the Amazon page and write up a review. Don't feel obliged to make it a 5 star review. Users can sniff out phoney reviews. Just write what you honestly think.
4) POST TO YOUR BLOG!
If you have a blog, including a livejournal, post a link to the Amazon page for my book to your blog. That’ll cause the book to pop up on sites that track which books are being most discussed and most linked to in the blogosphere. (Like Technorati's BookTalk: www.technorati.com/live/products.html )
5) FORWARD THIS MAIL!
If you know others who you think would be interested in the book, tell them about it or forward this mail! Especially if they're people I don't know.
Thank you all for your help. With your help and a little luck, More Than Human may get out there in front of a lot of people.
mez
As some of you know, I spent a good chunk of the last two years working on a book. Well, it’s out! The book is titled “More Than Human” and it’s a non-fiction look at the potential to use biotechnology to make people stronger, smarter, and longer lived. The book covers both the science of enhancement and the social, ethical, and economic implications.
You can read about what's going on with the book, including recent reviews, upcoming bookstore events, and happenings in my blog at www.morethanhuman.org
Here's a description of the book:
More Than Human is about our growing power to alter our minds, bodies, and lifespans through technology. Over the last 5-10 years scientists and doctors have learned an incredible amount about how to enhance memory, improve physical performance, rewrite our genes, alter the rate of aging, and even how to connect our brains directly with computers and robots. This is not science fiction - this is the research happening in labs around the world right now, research that's restored sight to blind men and women, created mice that live to the age of 200 in "human years", and given the paralyzed the ability to control computers just by thinking about it.
More Than Human takes the reader into the labs where this is happening to understand the science of human enhancement. It also steps back to look at the big picture. How will these technologies affect society? What will they do to the economy, to politics, and to human identity? What social policies should we enact to regulate, restrict, or encourage the use of these technologies?
Ultimately More Than Human concludes that we should embrace, rather than fear, the power to alter ourselves - that in the hands of millions of individuals and families, it stands to benefit society more than to harm it.
You can read more at www.morethanhuman.org
If the above looks good to you, then I'm asking YOUR help to make the book a success! There are five things you can do to help:
1) BUY THE BOOK!
Click here to buy a copy of my book.
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
The more you buy, the higher I’ll rate on Amazon and possibly on other lists. The higher I rank, the more other people will buy the book!
2) BUY RELATED BOOKS!
If you buy related books on Amazon, people who look at those books will see a link to More Than Human! So if you’ve been thinking about buying any of the following books, buy them now!
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
Collapse by Jared Diamond
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
The Ancestor’s Tale by Richard Dawkins
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
or any of Amazon’s best selling popular science books
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect
3) SUBMIT A REVIEW TO AMAZON!
Once you’ve read the book (or now if you’ve read it already), go back to the Amazon page and write up a review. Don't feel obliged to make it a 5 star review. Users can sniff out phoney reviews. Just write what you honestly think.
4) POST TO YOUR BLOG!
If you have a blog, including a livejournal, post a link to the Amazon page for my book to your blog. That’ll cause the book to pop up on sites that track which books are being most discussed and most linked to in the blogosphere. (Like Technorati's BookTalk: www.technorati.com/live/products.html )
5) FORWARD THIS MAIL!
If you know others who you think would be interested in the book, tell them about it or forward this mail! Especially if they're people I don't know.
Thank you all for your help. With your help and a little luck, More Than Human may get out there in front of a lot of people.
mez
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