Artificial Evolution: How technology makes us think we’re better than we are (and why that’s dangerous)
Independently published
ISBN13:
9781672370776
$12.76
For a species as complex as ours, evolution should take about a million years. But in just the past 200 years we've hacked the process so that even the slowest and stupidest among us can move faster than a cheetah, fly higher than an eagle, and perform miracles of science that would have dazzled Einstein. But instead of elevating humanity to unparalleled enlightenment, technology has given us a sense of unparalleled entitlement. We act as though each new gain in comfort, convenience, and security not only makes our lives better-but also makes us better. It is a dangerous delusion. Based on a combination of research and personal experience-including resuscitating a vintage rotary phone, flying around the world on the Concorde, and fishing in a stream of industrial waste called Stink Run-author Rob Sneddon builds a case that "progress" is a runaway train and the engineer is too busy texting to notice.
- | Author: Rob Sneddon
- | Publisher: Independently published
- | Publication Date: December 20, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 152 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1672370779
- | ISBN-13: 9781672370776
- Author:
- Rob Sneddon
- Publisher:
- Independently published
- Publication Date:
- December 20, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 152 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1672370779
- ISBN-13:
- 9781672370776