Sex robots and vegan meat : adventures at the frontier of birth, food, sex, and death
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New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
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First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781643135724, 1643135724
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357 pages ; 22 cm
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Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 303.483 KLEEMAN 2020
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Format
Book
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781643135724, 1643135724

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Includes bibliographical references.
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A timely investigation into the forces that are driving innovation in the four core areas of human experience: birth, food, sex, and death. In Sex Robots & Vegan Meat, award-winning journalist and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on a journey into the world of the people who are changing what it means to be human. Focusing on the central pillars of the human experience-birth, food, sex, and death--Kleeman examines the people who are driving some truly amazing (and perhaps worrying) innovations. We are on the brink of seismic changes in the ways we live and die, from babies grown in artificial wombs to lab-produced meat; from sex robots able to hold polite conversation (and otherwise) to being able to choose to end our days with the perfect, painless, automated death. Our journey from cradle to grave is developing in ways which involve more and more technology, and less and less human interaction. Might these advances in technology serve to rob us of our humanity? In this book Jenny Kleeman takes a profound look at what the future might have in store--and asks some provocative questions along the way. Jenny Kleeman places these scientists front and center and asks what is driving and motivating them? Are they entrepreneurs in it for the greater good of human advancement, or might there be more sinister--i.e. monetary--motivations in play? Kleeman is a skilled and subtle interrogator and travels with the reader on a fascinating exploration of the changes afoot, their implications for who we are as a society--and as human beings. It's an immersive, eye-opening, and hugely entertaining journey into a world of extraordinary visionaries on the frontline of a social revolution.--,Publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kleeman, J. (2020). Sex robots and vegan meat: adventures at the frontier of birth, food, sex, and death (First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.). Pegasus Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kleeman, Jenny. 2020. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures At the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex, and Death. Pegasus Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kleeman, Jenny. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures At the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex, and Death Pegasus Books, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kleeman, Jenny. Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: Adventures At the Frontier of Birth, Food, Sex, and Death First Pegasus Books hardcover edition., Pegasus Books, 2020.

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