{"product_id":"god-human-animal-machine-technology-metaphor-and-the-search-for-meaning-paperback-1","title":"God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMeghan O'Gieblyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed \u003ci\u003eInterior States. \u003c\/i\u003e- \"At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks thoughtfully and articulately to the most crucial issues awaiting our future.\" --Phillip Lopate \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] truly fantastic book.\"--Ezra Klein\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness--i.e., souls--might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surpass our comprehension and control, and the spread of digital metaphors for self-understanding, the core questions of existence--identity, knowledge, the very nature and purpose of life itself--urgently require rethinking. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMeghan O'Gieblyn tackles this challenge with philosophical rigor, intellectual reach, essayistic verve, refreshing originality, and an ironic sense of contradiction. She draws deeply and sometimes humorously from her own personal experience as a formerly religious believer still haunted by questions of faith, and she serves as the best possible guide to navigating the territory we are all entering.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMEGHAN O'GIEBLYN is the author of the essay collection \u003ci\u003eInterior States\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published to wide acclaim and won the Believer Book Award for Nonfiction. Her writing has received three Pushcart Prizes and appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e anthology. She writes essays and features for \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Guardian, Wired, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52464975708467,"sku":"9780525562719","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZWVZYVlERkNvZEtic0JxcFc1ODBjdz09_f4882e1c-7104-42a4-af3b-ec993c67250e.webp?v=1759269459","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/god-human-animal-machine-technology-metaphor-and-the-search-for-meaning-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}