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'Radical Evolution' and 'More Than Human': The Incredibles
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/03/books/review/03PAULL.html?pagewanted=all
By ANNIE MURPHY PAUL
Published: July 3, 2005
''This book can't begin with the tale of the telekinetic monkey.'' So
opens Joel Garreau's captivating, occasionally brilliant and often
exasperating ''Radical Evolution.'' Garreau, a reporter and editor at
The Washington Post and the author of the influential work of social
demography ''Edge City,'' acknowledges his authorial choice is a
sacrifice. After all, ''how often does someone writing nonfiction get
to lead with a monkey who can move objects with her thoughts?'' But to
begin his book about the technological enhancement of the human mind
and body with this kind of gee-whiz gimmick would send a misleading
signal. Garreau makes it clear he's more interested in people than in
machines.
RADICAL EVOLUTION
The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It
Means to Be Human.
By Joel Garreau.
384 pp. Doubleday. $26.
MORE THAN HUMAN
Embracing the Promise of Biological Enhancement.
By Ramez Naam.
276 pp. Broadway Books. $24.95.
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