{"product_id":"the-toxic-marriage-of-transhumanism-ai-and-eugenics","title":"The Toxic Marriage of Transhumanism, AI and Eugenics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIrina Kuzminsky\u003c\/strong\u003e (author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e“A well-researched, timely, sensitively written, and urgent appeal that we wake up to what is threatening our humanity.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eIrina Kuzminsky’s new book confronts the history, promises and dangers of transhumanism and human ‘enhancement’, addressing the two core questions underlying the whole transhumanist debate: what is a human being, and what is consciousness?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eTranshumanism is emerging as a new secular faith, distorting and inverting spiritual traditions of human transcendence, and positioning itself as a new religion, with AI as its enabler. The ‘Superhuman’ AI, supposedly imminent, is projected to outstrip all human abilities and render humans obsolete and expendable – except for the promoters, who see themselves as the privileged elite. Enter eugenics, with the author exposing in detail the shocking views of many of the influential and wealthy proponents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThe crux with transhumanism: if we start defining ourselves as comparable to the machines we ourselves have created, we are welcoming in our own devolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eThis book is a gripping meditation on evolution, identity, the sacredness of life and the soul of humanity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003eIrina Kuzminsky is an interdisciplinary artist, poet, dancer, writer and researcher whose creative and academic work is deeply spiritual in nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60006622298496,"sku":"9781915594129","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3281\/8754\/files\/ToxicMarriageofTranshumanism.jpg?v=1790766401","url":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-toxic-marriage-of-transhumanism-ai-and-eugenics","provider":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}