{"product_id":"wireheads-mike-jay-9780300278880","title":"Wireheads: An Unnatural History of Technology in the Brain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the mavericks and scientists, crackpots and artistic visionaries who imagined a future where machines fuse with our minds\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs humanity and technology become ever more tightly interwoven, \u003ci\u003eWireheads\u003c\/i\u003e explores the final and most intimate frontier: the brain, and the electronic devices, magnetic signals, implants, and computer interfaces that promise to merge it with the world of the machine. Will these technologies eventually direct our thoughts and behaviour--or are they doing so already? Will they maintain us in states of artificial bliss, or connect us to higher intelligences, or replace the world of our senses with simulated realities?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Jay, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003ePsychonauts\u003c\/i\u003e, now traces the tangled, paranoid history of these real and fantastical brain technologies. From the fictions of H. G. Wells and Philip K. Dick to \u003ci\u003eThe Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e, the CIA's Cold War experiments and Elon Musk's Neuralink, scientists and visionaries have long chased the dream of neural enhancement and control, with wildly varying degrees of success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEncompassing covert military operations and psychedelic art, moral philosophy and cybernetic theory, Jay has assembled a thrilling narrative out of our attempts to understand and rewire the brain--and a brilliant meditation on what it means to be human in a posthuman age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Jay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300278888\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300278880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mike Jay","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443124351231,"sku":"9780300278880","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df1ff240-a9c2-4cf7-a3fa-95f0facc64fe.jpg?v=1777202003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wireheads-mike-jay-9780300278880","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}