Virtual Immortality - God, Evolution, and the Singularity in Post- and Transhumanism

2021-10-31 Social Science

Author : Oliver Krüger
Release : 2021-10-31
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 594/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Virtual Immortality - God, Evolution, and the Singularity in Post- and Transhumanism by : Oliver Krüger

Download or read book Virtual Immortality - God, Evolution, and the Singularity in Post- and Transhumanism written by Oliver Krüger. This book was released on 2021-10-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, ideas of post- and transhumanism have been popularized by novels, TV series, and Hollywood movies. According to this radical perspective, humankind and all biological life have become obsolete. Traditional forms of life are inefficient at processing information and inept at crossing the high frontier: outer space. While humankind can expect to be replaced by their own artificial progeny, posthumanists assume that they will become an immortal part of a transcendent superintelligence. Krüger's award-winning study examines the historical and philosophical context of these futuristic promises by Ray Kurzweil, Nick Bostrom, Frank Tipler, and other posthumanist thinkers.

Anime, Philosophy and Religion

2023-10-17 Social Science

Author : Kaz Hayashi
Release : 2023-10-17
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 009/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Anime, Philosophy and Religion by : Kaz Hayashi

Download or read book Anime, Philosophy and Religion written by Kaz Hayashi. This book was released on 2023-10-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anime is exploding on the worldwide stage! Anime has been a staple in Japan for decades, strongly connected to manga. So why has anime become a worldwide sensation? A cursory explanation is the explosion of online streaming services specializing in anime, like Funimation and Crunchyroll. Even more general streaming services like Netflix and Amazon have gotten in on the game. Anime is exotic to Western eyes and culture. That is one of the reasons anime has gained worldwide popularity. This strange aesthetic draws the audience in only to find it is deeper and more sophisticated than its surface appearance. Japan is an honor and shame culture. Anime provides a platform to discuss “universal” problems facing human beings. It does so in an amazing variety of ways and subgenres, and often with a sense of humor. The themes, characters, stories, plotlines, and development are often complex. This makes anime a deep well of philosophical, metaphysical, and religious ideas for analysis. International scholars are represented in this book. There is a diversity of perspectives on a diversity of anime, themes, content, and analysis. It hopes to delve deeper into the complex world of anime and demonstrate why it deserves the respect of scholars and the public alike.

Transport in Capitalism

2022-11-30 Social Science

Author : Oliver Schwedes
Release : 2022-11-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Transport in Capitalism by : Oliver Schwedes

Download or read book Transport in Capitalism written by Oliver Schwedes. This book was released on 2022-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transport is the only sector that has not yet contributed to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions. To understand why sustainable transport has not been developed yet, Oliver Schwedes highlights the special features of the transport sector and describes the political conditions for a successful change in transport development. He makes clear that technical innovations alone will not be enough; rather, transport policy must be practised as social policy.

The Lower !Garib - Orange River

2023-06-30 Social Science

Author : Luregn Lenggenhager
Release : 2023-06-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Lower !Garib - Orange River by : Luregn Lenggenhager

Download or read book The Lower !Garib - Orange River written by Luregn Lenggenhager. This book was released on 2023-06-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lower !Garib, or Orange River, flows through the historical Namaqualand and since 1990 has formed the international border between Namibia and South Africa. The contributors to this volume focus on this hardly discussed stretch of the Orange River to understand the region's social history, geography, and economy. This book brings together scholars from Namibia, South Africa, and overseas, as well as the knowledge and analysis from people living in the region. In concise chapters and short portraits, they discuss the region's past and present from a variety of perspectives.

Climate Protection, Resource Efficiency, and Sustainable Engineering

2023-08-31 Social Science

Author : Ilona Horwath
Release : 2023-08-31
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 777/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Climate Protection, Resource Efficiency, and Sustainable Engineering by : Ilona Horwath

Download or read book Climate Protection, Resource Efficiency, and Sustainable Engineering written by Ilona Horwath. This book was released on 2023-08-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The big societal challenges, such as climate change and public health, call for innovative approaches to address them. The contributors of this book present new ways to tackle these challenges by inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations in light weight engineering. They introduce a framework for transdisciplinary collaboration, explore the potential of light weight engineering in the areas of climate protection, resource efficiency, and sustainable mobility. To do so, they exemplify results and limitations of transdisciplinary collaboration based on three case studies: the optimization of rescue tools, the re-design of products to foster re-use and recycling processes in companies and society, and the additive manufacturing of individualized assistive tools and prostheses.

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