Kybernetica.com > Radical Evolution by Joel Garreau

[Question Technology] The strongest parts of the book come when Garreau is profiling people -- particularly Raymond Kurzweil, Bill Joy, and Jaron Lanier -- their personal histories and how they came to hold the views they hold. But when it comes to weighing their arguments, Garreau sides mostly with the post-humanists without much critical analysis. 

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