Re: books recommendation please

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Fri Jan 10 2003 - 17:58:43 MST


> > Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition
> > It's a classic!
>
> On the other hand we have moved on, have we? It does introduce a lot of
> transhumantech themes in a rather sympathetic if somewhat bemused way,
> but it does not put transhumanism on any particular footing.
>
> _The Spike_ by a certain Damien Broderick is maybe more up-to-date.
>
> I think David Brin's _Transparent Society_ might be a bit heavy, but it
> is a wonderful defense of the open society and a good starting point to
> discuss privacy, technology and what kind of society we would like to
> live in.
>
> What about Lee Silver's _Remaking Eden_?

I really enjoyed, and highly recommend Cory Doctorow's "Down and Out
in the Magic Kingdom" <http://www.craphound.com/down/>.

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