I'd like to buy it in paperback. I looked at the index of the hardcover at a local bookstore, and I didn't see a reference to transhumanism or superhumanism. Because we all know what the real goal in genetically improving humans is about.
That is correct! The book is more about the first genetically modified twins (Lulu and Nana), the background of this project and the context in which Jianku He grew up, did his PhD in the States, and was motivated by the Chinese party. But he also visits the first HIV-patients who received an experimental treatment, biohackers (like Tristan Roberts, who I also interviewed), and reflects on these developments as an anthropologist. An excellent book, but not in the theme you suggest. Concerning non-fiction, I would read for books like Evolving Ourselves (a review by me is coming soon on this channel!), How to be a machine (although, not so much about genetics), or The Singularity is Near (idem). Do you have a recommendation? PS. These are some other books that are still on my reading list about genetic modification: The Code Breaker by Isaacson (about Jennifer Doudna), and Editing Humanity by Kevin Davies.
I'd like to buy it in paperback. I looked at the index of the hardcover at a local bookstore, and I didn't see a reference to transhumanism or superhumanism. Because we all know what the real goal in genetically improving humans is about.
That is correct! The book is more about the first genetically modified twins (Lulu and Nana), the background of this project and the context in which Jianku He grew up, did his PhD in the States, and was motivated by the Chinese party. But he also visits the first HIV-patients who received an experimental treatment, biohackers (like Tristan Roberts, who I also interviewed), and reflects on these developments as an anthropologist.
An excellent book, but not in the theme you suggest. Concerning non-fiction, I would read for books like Evolving Ourselves (a review by me is coming soon on this channel!), How to be a machine (although, not so much about genetics), or The Singularity is Near (idem).
Do you have a recommendation?
PS. These are some other books that are still on my reading list about genetic modification: The Code Breaker by Isaacson (about Jennifer Doudna), and Editing Humanity by Kevin Davies.