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 | How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics (1st Edition) by N. Katherine Hayles Paperback, 364 Pages, Published 1999 ISBN-10: 0-226-32146-0 / 0226321460 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-32146-2 / 9780226321462 In this age of DNA computers and artificial intelligence, information is becoming disembodied even as the "bodies" that once carried it vanish into virtuality. While some marvel at these changes, envisioning consciousness downloaded into a computer or humans "beamed" "Star Trek" -style, others view | |