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Mark O’Connell is an Irish writer and journalist. He is a staff writer for The Millions and a regular contributor to publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.
Known for: To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
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To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
A journalist’s exploration of transhumanism—the movement that seeks to use technology to transcend human limitations and even mortality. O’Connell travels across the world meeting scientists, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who believe that merging with machines or uploading consciousness could redefine what it means to be human.
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Exploration of Transhumanist Ideology
Transhumanism is not simply a movement or a subculture—it is a philosophy dressed as a dream of escape. From my first encounters with its adherents, I saw that it was animated by a profound dissatisfaction with the human condition. Pain, decay, ignorance, death—these were taken not as natural inevit...
From To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
Meeting with Max More and Natasha Vita-More
My journey led me to Max More and Natasha Vita-More, two thinkers whose names are woven into the very fabric of modern transhumanism. Meeting them felt less like an interview and more like a visitation to the heart of the faith. They lived what they preached. Their home, their ideas, even their lang...
From To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death
About Mark O'Connell
Mark O’Connell is an Irish writer and journalist. He is a staff writer for The Millions and a regular contributor to publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine. His work often explores technology, identity, and the human condition.
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Mark O’Connell is an Irish writer and journalist. He is a staff writer for The Millions and a regular contributor to publications such as The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine.
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