Hybrid Humans (inbunden, english) Profile Books Ltd

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*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE*As heard on BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekAs seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi OliverAn eye-opening account of disability, identity and how robotics and AI are altering our understanding of what it means to be human - from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a SoldierHarry Parker''s life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan.His rehabilitation took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered - are all humans becoming hybrids? Whether it''s putting on contact lenses every day or DIY biohackers tinkering in garages, Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention.Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be."I loved Hybrid Humans. It is modest, wise ... and a way of looking at the

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