The End of Life as We Know It, Dr. Michael Guillen
The End of Life as We Know It, Dr. Michael Guillen
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The End of Life as We Know It
Ominous News from the Frontiers of Science

Author: Dr. Michael Guillen

Narrator: Dr. Michael Guillen

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/16/2018

Synopsis

In nearly all aspects of life, humans are crossing lines of no return.Modern science is leading us into vast uncharted territory—far beyond the invention of nuclear weapons or taking us to the moon. Today, in labs all over the world, scientists are performing experiments that threaten to fundamentally alter the practical character and ethical color of our everyday lives.In The End of Life as We Know It, bestselling author Michael Guillen takes a penetrating look at how the scientific community is pushing the boundaries of morality, including scientists who detached the head of a Russian man from his crippled, diseased body, and stitching it onto a healthy new donated body; fertility experiments aimed at allowing designer babies to be conceived with the DNA from three or more biological parents; the unprecedented politicization of science—for example, in the global discussion about climate change that is pitting “deniers” against “alarmists” and inspiring Draconian legislation, censorship, and legal prosecutions; and the integration of Artificial Intelligence into communications and the economy.The End of Life as We Know It takes us into laboratories and boardrooms where these troubling advances are taking place and asks the question no scientists seem to be asking: What does this mean for the future of humanity?

About Dr. Michael Guillen

Michael Guillen, PhD, is the bestselling author of several books, including Five Equations That Changed the World: The Power and Poetry of Mathematics and Believing Is Seeing: A Physicist Explains How Science Shattered His Atheism and Revealed the Necessity of Faith. Formerly the Emmy award-winning science editor for ABC News, he continues to contribute his analyses to major media outlets. He also hosts the Science + God with Dr. G podcast and the History Channel series Where Did It Come From?.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

I admit, I found the book a bit disappointing. in part because little of what he talked about was new to me, but I am probably not the average “science news follower” out there, so this is less of a problem. My bigger concern with the book is that it is meant as a kind of warning / book of concern ab......more

Goodreads review by Adam

The simple best part of this book is that it presents an unbiased opinion on the current and future implications of technology. Guillen does a great job of organizing the text in a way that makes the ideas simple to understand and clear on what he is specifically commenting on. There are three main......more

Goodreads review by Justin

In The End of Life as We Know It: Ominous News from the Frontiers of Science, Dr. Michael Guillen presents a well-organized summary of humanity's most significant technological achievements related to the fourth industrial revolution. It includes chapters dedicated to computer networking, robotics,......more

Goodreads review by RIley

This book does a great job of connecting the reader to the discussion of technology and its impact on today’s society. The information is presented in a very readable and mostly bias-free style so that the reader is not forced to pick a side or only see one side of a story. Because the issues are so......more

Goodreads review by Ammar

Overall, the book contained lots of factual information that was used in a way that allowed me to comprehend the topics that were talked about in a very logical way. I did not have any issues with following whatever was being discussed, even though much of the information provided bounced around fro......more

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