Contents | Playboy — July, 2006

July, 2006

features52 The New HumanWhat it means to be a human being is changing right before our eyes. With advancements in genetics, robotics and nanotechnology, we have started to alter our minds, memories, progeny and maybe even our souls. Radical Evolution author Joel Garreau details how the next scientific frontier will be inside us. Also, Margaret Atwood ponders immortality, Ray Kurzweil considers our singular future, and Mary Midgley rationalizes why we can't live forever.70 Not Your Father's Hi-Fi...

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