Name: Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine
ISBN: 9781788163118

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Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine

Harry Parker

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Harry Parker's life changed overnight, when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That 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. Published in conjunction with the Wellcome Collection.

Book Details

Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
Publish Date: May 2nd, 2023
Pages: 224
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.00in - 0.70in - 0.40lb
EAN: 9781788163118
Categories: • Memoirs• General• Science & Technology

About the Author

Parker, Harry: - Harry Parker is the author of Anatomy of a Soldier (2016), translated in eight languages. He grew up in Wiltshire, and was educated at Falmouth College of Art and University College London. He joined the British Army when he was 23 and served in Iraq in 2007 and Afghanistan in 2009 as a Captain. He is now a writer and artist and lives in London.

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Autheur 'Multiple Joyce: 100 short essays about James Joyce's cultural legacy' published 16th June 2022 by Sagging Meniscus Press

Day 9 of my Advent Calendar featuring publishing highlights of 2022. Here's the astonishing 'Hybrid Humans' by Harry Parker, published by Profile Books/Wellcome Collection. https://t.co/tOgVMZ1PPb

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Praise for this book

"I loved Hybrid Humans. It is modest, wise ... and a way of looking at the future without nostalgia for the past" - Jeanette Winterson

"This may be a tour of the scientific avant garde, but the focus is always on the human heart and mind" - Observer

"Harry Parker has explored the cutting edge of interaction between humanity, computing and AI ... a captivating and cautionary travel guide to a new world" - Gavin Francis

What people are saying

The Barbellion Prize

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2 years

The Barbellion Prize is a book prize dedicated to the furtherance of ill and disabled voices in writing. 2023 Submissions Now Open

Independent publisher of inventive books, fearless writing and powerful voices. Our authors include Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff and Francis Fukuyama.

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