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More Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological EnhancementMore Than Human: Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement by Ramez Naam
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An accessible argument for human enhancement technologies
Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond To The Redesigned Human Of The FutureCitizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond To The Redesigned Human Of The Future by James Hughes
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A progressive, democratic approach to human enhancement
Redesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic FutureRedesigning Humans: Our Inevitable Genetic Future by Gregory Stock
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The most accessible argument for germinal choice and genetic enhancement
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend BiologyThe Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil
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A long anticipated argument for accelerating change
Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent MindRobot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind by Hans Moravec
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A vision of the coming of machine intelligence
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human IntelligenceThe Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil
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A vision of possibilities of nano-neural technology
Rapture: How Biotech Became The New ReligionRapture: How Biotech Became The New Religion by Brian Alexander
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Alexander argues that transhumanism and genetic science have converged
The Scientific Conquest of DeathThe Scientific Conquest of Death by Immortality Institute
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Leading transhumanists argue the science and morality of life extension
Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better PeopleEnhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People by John Harris
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A defense of human enhancement from one of Britain's leading bioethicists
Human EnhancementHuman Enhancement
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A collection organized by transhumanist bioethicists Nick Bostrom and Julian Savulescu
Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be HumanRadical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human by Joel Garreau
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A sprawling journalistic introduction to leading transhumanist and anti-transhumanist thinkers
Liberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech RevolutionLiberation Biology: The Scientific and Moral Case for the Biotech Revolution by Ronald Bailey
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A libertarian transhumanist manifesto
Transhuman Space (HC)Transhuman Space (HC) by David Pulver
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A very entertaining encyclopedia of posthuman possibilities
From Chance to Choice: Genetics and JusticeFrom Chance to Choice: Genetics and Justice by Allen Buchanan
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Four leading bioethicists defend genetic enhancement
Remaking EdenRemaking Eden by Lee M. Silver
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Seminal, but not clear enough about the way to avoid social inequality
The Cyborg HandbookThe Cyborg Handbook by Chris Gray
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A collection of key documents of Harawayan cyborgology
Cyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman AgeCyborg Citizen: Politics in the Posthuman Age by Chris Habl Gray
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Rambling but broad introduction to intersection of technology and politics
The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed By Rapidly Advancing TechnologiesThe Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed By Rapidly Advancing Technologies by Damien Broderick
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A wide-ranging overview of converging trends
Converging Technologies for Improving Human Performance: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive ScienceConverging Technologies for Improving Human Performance: Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science
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A stunningly H+ document from a National Science Foundation working group
Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics)Choosing Children: Genes, Disability, and Design (Uehiro Series in Practical Ethics) by Jonathan Glover
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A defense of parents' rights, and even obligations, genetically enhance their children
Cloning After Dolly: Who's Still Afraid?Cloning After Dolly: Who's Still Afraid? by Gregory E. Pence
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Pence is one of the most courageous of the transhumanist bioethicists
Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity (The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology)Medical Enhancement and Posthumanity (The International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology) by Bert Gordijn
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A wonderful collection of essays
Natural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human IntelligenceNatural-Born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence by Andy Clark
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We have been cyborgs since the invention of written language
Visions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st CenturyVisions: How Science Will Revolutionize the 21st Century by Michio Kaku
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Kaku is a modern visionary
Accelerando (Singularity)Accelerando (Singularity) by Charles Stross
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Stross' humorous and engaging novel explores dozens of posthuman possibilities
Liberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human EnhancementLiberal Eugenics: In Defence of Human Enhancement by Nicholas Agar
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A defense of parents' rights to select children's characteristics
How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and InformaticsHow We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics by N. Katherine Hayles
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The classic lit crit take on posthumanism
Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to SuperintelligenceScience Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence
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Discusses philosophical issues of transhumanism as reflected in science fiction
Man into Superman: The Startling Potential of Human Evolution -- and How to Be Part of ItMan into Superman: The Startling Potential of Human Evolution -- and How to Be Part of It by Robert C. W. Ettinger
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A classic statement of transhumanist aspiration by the founder of the field of cryonics
Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman FutureSupermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future
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A nice collection of different visions of posthumanity
Schismatrix Plus (Complete Shapers-Mechanists Universe)Schismatrix Plus (Complete Shapers-Mechanists Universe) by Bruce Sterling
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A collection of Bruce Sterling's stories sketching a posthuman future, which outlines a "transhumanist" political project