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Genes, Technology, and Apocalypse: An Epilogue for Humanity

By (author) Yochai Ataria

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This bookÂ offers a critique of a certain contemporary discourse in popular science that consists of (1) identifying the origins and therefore essential nature of Homo Sapiens; and (2) identifying the nature of technology. The authorâ€™s critique is that this double gesture generates a deterministic worldview â€“ man is evil and technology has its own necessity â€“ that operates to exonerate humanity from responsibility to the horrors of the 20th century, epitomized in Auschwitz and Hiroshima, for example. The author situates this operation within what he identifies as an â€œapocalyptical-eschatological state of mindâ€. Yochai Ataria explains that theÂ dynamics of technology and the quest for the first human are the two central vectors shaping both scientific and popular discourse today, highlighting the importance of understanding the deep connection between the two.

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