TECHNOPHOBIA!: SCIENCE FICTION VISIONS OF POSTHUMAN TECHNOLOGY
Book ID/图书代码： 13590015B80809
English Summary/英文概要： Techno-heaven or techno-hell? If you believe many scientists working in the emerging fields of twenty-first-century technology, the future is blissfully bright. Initially, human bodies will be perfected through genetic manipulation and the fusion of human and machine; later, human beings will completely shed the shackles of pain, disease, and even death, as human minds are downloaded into death-free robots whereby they can live forever in a heavenly "posthuman" existence. In this techno-utopian future, humanity will be saved by the godlike power of technology.
If you believe the authors of science fiction, however, posthuman evolution marks the beginning of the end of human freedom, values, and identity. Our dark future will be dominated by mad scientists, rampaging robots, killer clones, and uncontrollable viruses. In this timely new book, Daniel Dinello examines "the dramatic conflict between the techno-utopia promised by real-world scientists and the techno-dystopia predicted by science fiction."
Organized into chapters devoted to robotics, bionics, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other significant scientific advancements, this book summarizes the current state of each technology, while presenting corresponding reactions in science fiction. Dinello draws on a rich range of material, including films, television, books, and computer games, and argues that science fiction functions as a valuable corrective to technological domination, countering techno-hype and reflecting the "weaponized, religiously rationalized, profit-fueled" motives of such science. By imaging a disastrous future of posthuman techno-totalitarianism, science fiction encourages us to construct ways to contain new technology, and asks its audience perhaps the most important question of the twenty-first century: is technology out of control?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 技术革新——究竟是天堂还是地狱？倘若你相信那些在21世纪新兴的科技领域奋斗的科学家们，未来将是一片光明。起初，通过基因控制以及人类与机器的融合，人体将进一步完善，之后，人类将彻底摆脱痛苦、疾病、甚至死亡，人类能够以“超人类”的形式得以永生。在这个“技术乌托邦”的未来时代，万能的科技将拯救人类。
然而，倘若你相信科幻小说的作者，“超人类”进化标志着人类自由、价值观和身份的终结。我们的未来将一片黑暗，疯狂的科学家、机器人和失控的病毒将主宰人类的未来。在这本新书中，作者Daniel Dinello审视了“现实世界中科学家们许诺的技术天堂与科幻作品中预见的技术地狱之间的巨大反差”。
本书分为机器人技术、仿生学、人工智能、虚拟现实、生物技术、纳米技术等几个章节，总结了每种技术目前的发展状况，同时提供了科幻作品中对应的描述。作者引用了多种资料，包括电影、电视、书籍和电脑游戏，认为科幻作品是对技术主宰的一种有价值的修正。通过对未来“超人类”灾难的想象，科幻作品鼓励我们重建接受新技术的方式，并且提出21世纪最重要的一个问题：科技发展是否已经到了无法控制的地步？（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：书评
“你可能想了解有关技术恐怖的方方面面，但又不敢询问，这本书就提供了很好的研究，读完后印象深刻。”——《卫报》，2006年4月1日
Review
"As a study of everything you wanted to know about the terrors of technology but were to afraid to ask, Technophobia! Is impressive."--The Guardian, 1 April 2006
About the Author/作者介绍： DANIEL DINELLO现任芝加哥哥伦比亚大学电影与影视教授。DANIEL DINELLO is Professor of Film and Video at Columbia College in Chicago.
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