Post-postbiological evolution?
It has already become a commonplace to discuss postbiological evolution in various contexts of futures studies, bioethics, cognitive sciences, philosophical anthropology, or even economics and SETI studies. The assumption is that technological/cultural evolution will soon entirely substitute for the...
| Publicado en: | Futures Vol. 99; pp. 28 - 36 |
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Elsevier B.V.
May2018
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