Artificial Evolution: How technology makes us think we're better than we are (and why that's dangerous) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781672370776)

For a species as complex as ours, evolution should take about a million years. But in just the past 200 years we've hacked the process so that even the slowest and stupidest among us can move faster than a cheetah, fly higher than an eagle, and perform miracles of science that would have dazzled Einstein. But instead of elevating humanity to unparalleled enlightenment, technology has given us a sense of unparalleled entitlement. We act as though each new gain in comfort, convenience, and security not only makes our lives better-but also makes us better. It is a dangerous delusion. Based on a combination of research and personal experience-including resuscitating a vintage rotary phone, flying around the world on the Concorde, and fishing in a stream of industrial waste called Stink Run-author Rob Sneddon builds a case that "progress" is a runaway train and the engineer is too busy texting to notice.

Author: Rob Sneddon
ISBN-10: 1672370779
ISBN-13: 9781672370776
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2019
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.35d