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Alternatives to Involuntary Death

Timothy Leary

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English
Ronin Publishing
19 May 2009
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.""
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Imprint:   Ronin Publishing
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 215mm,  Width: 139mm,  Spine: 8mm
Weight:   158g
ISBN:   9781579510879
ISBN 10:   1579510876
Pages:   192
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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