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Book SynopsisMark C. Taylor explores how technological change is weaving together smart things and smart bodies to create new forms of life. He reveals that we are already cyborgs, integral cogs in what will become a superorganism of bodies and things.
Trade ReviewIntervolution is at once informative and thought-provoking—a fascinating exploration of the ever-narrowing gap between men and machines. Mark C. Taylor uses his own experience of chronic illness to probe some of the central questions of our time. -- Elizabeth Kolbert, author of
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Imagine your body. Imagine in it an artificial pancreas, and in the pancreas, an artificial brain. Now imagine that brain networked to—and learning from—thousands of matching pancreas-brains. What you are now imagining Mark C. Taylor has experienced and turns here into an absolutely riveting introduction into how artificial intelligence will transform us from the inside out. -- Jack Miles, author of
God: A Biography, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
Stimulated by his experience with the insulin pump, Taylor elegantly explores the potential of high-speed networked computers, mobile devices, miniature sensors, big data, and artificial intelligence to create breakthroughs for the human condition. Machines will enable humans to transcend our biologic roots. This is an intellectually provocative glimpse at the future of human health. -- Toby Cosgrove, CEO Emeritus, Cleveland Clinic
Contributes importantly to the discourse on the intersection of biology and technology...Highly recommended. * Choice *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
1. Our Bodies Our Selves
2. Intranet of the Body
3. Internet of Things
4. Internet of Bodies
5. Intervolutionary Future
Notes
Index
