{"product_id":"enough-staying-human-in-an-engineered-age-paperback","title":"Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePassionate, succinct, chilling, closely argued, sometimes hilarious, touchingly well-intentioned, and essential. --Margaret Atwood, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly fifteen years ago, in \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill McKibben demonstrated that humanity had begun to irrevocably alter and endanger our environment on a global scale. Now he turns his eye to an array of technologies that could change our relationship not with the rest of nature but with ourselves. He explores the frontiers of genetic engineering, robotics, and nanotechnology--all of which we are approaching with astonishing speed--and shows that each threatens to take us past a point of no return. We now stand, in Michael Pollan's words, on a moral and existential threshold, poised between the human past and a post-human future. McKibben offers a celebration of what it means to be human, and a warning that we risk the loss of all meaning if we step across the threshold. Instantly acclaimed for its passion and insight, this wise and eloquent book argues that we cannot forever grow in reach and power--that we must at last learn how to say, Enough.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNatural History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1989 after being excerpted in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/i\u003eand was a national bestseller. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Missing Information\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMaybe One\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLong Distance: A Year of Living Strenuously\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives with his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, and daughter in Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 271\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761331732768,"sku":"9780805075199","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3785ebd2ff1fe355936d5fd522ec8a02.webp?v=1780204751","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/enough-staying-human-in-an-engineered-age-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}